AuntMinnie

OCTOBER 28, 2024

The American College of Radiology (ACR) has released an update to its ACR Appropriateness Criteria. The update consists of 247 diagnostic imaging and interventional radiology topics and covers 4,000 clinical scenarios, and now includes eight new and 18 revised topics.

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AuntMinnie

AUGUST 23, 2024

The founder of an interventional radiology practice in Houston has agreed to pay $8.8 According to the claim, beginning in 2015, Andrew Gomes , MD, allegedly offered physicians who invested in his clinics returns in dividends if they referred patients for treatment of peripheral arterial disease (PAD). Attorney Alamdar S.

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AuntMinnie

MAY 28, 2024

ChatGPT would require further refinement before being used clinically to help educate patients about cardiac imaging, according to a study published May 23 in Clinical Imaging. The responses were scored as correct, incorrect, or clinically misleading by two cardiologists and one radiologist, with categorization based on majority vote.

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AuntMinnie

APRIL 10, 2024

All topics include a narrative, an evidence table, and a literature search summary. Spanish translations of the ACR AC are also available from Colegio Interamericano de Radiología, and more versions will be posted on a rolling basis as translations progress, according to the ACR.

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Imaging Technology

MAY 14, 2024

milla1cf Tue, 05/14/2024 - 12:45 May 14, 2024 — University Hospitals (UH) and Siemens Healthineers announce a 10-year strategic alliance that builds on their 40-year history of clinical and research collaboration. tesla and 3T scanners. Separately, Varian, a Siemens Healthineers company, will provide linear accelerators.

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AuntMinnie

JUNE 14, 2024

Weekend admission for transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPS) procedures is tied to higher mortality risk and post-procedure morbidity, suggest findings published June 12 in Clinics and Research in Hepatology and Gastroenterology. TIPS is an interventional radiological procedure used to bypass the portal vein system.

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JVIR

AUGUST 6, 2023

Regardless of intent, pre- and postprocedural imaging are central to determining disease burden, clinical decision-making, and management (2). After intervention, accurate response assessment requires clear communication and consistent terminology between diagnostic and interventional radiologists.

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JVIR

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

They could suggest differential diagnoses from imaging findings and clinical history, even in rare diseases (1). Although structuring of radiology reports in multiple languages is proven (2), its applicability to interventional radiology (IR) reports has remained unexplored.

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AuntMinnie

OCTOBER 10, 2023

The American College of Radiology (ACR) has released an update to its Appropriateness Criteria, which includes nine new and nine revised topics. The criteria in total include 233 diagnostic imaging and interventional radiology topics with more than 1,100 clinical variants covering more than 3,000 clinical scenarios.

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AuntMinnie

OCTOBER 25, 2024

Most Influential Radiology Researcher Erik Middlebrooks, MD, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL Erik Middlebrooks, MD. One of this year's nominations for Most Influential Radiology Researcher is Erik Middlebrooks, MD, of the Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, FL. But we're still just scratching the surface."

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AuntMinnie

OCTOBER 2, 2024

Ultrasound model predicts liver disease progression. Scientific Paper of the Year Advanced Practice Provider Procedures Commonly Performed in Interventional Radiology: Medicare Volume Trends From 2010 to 2021. Lindquester, et al, Journal of the American College of Radiology , July 1, 2024.

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Imaging Technology

JANUARY 10, 2024

Experts shared their insights and experiences from the fields of interventional cardiology, interventional radiology , and vascular surgery. Improvements in outcomes following peripheral vascular intervention have lagged compared to other endovascular treatments, such as percutaneous coronary intervention.

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Imaging Technology

JULY 6, 2023

milla1cf Thu, 07/06/2023 - 22:19 July 7, 2023 — Bayer , a global leader in radiology, has initiated the Phase III clinical development program called QUANTI , aiming to evaluate the safety and efficacy of gadoquatrane, an investigational extracellular macrocyclic gadolinium-based contrast agent (GBCA) for use in magnetic resonance imaging ( MRI ).

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Imaging Technology

DECEMBER 4, 2023

He has applied this investigative approach across a range of neurological disorders, with a major focus on stroke prevention and cerebrovascular disease assessment. While at Weill Cornell, Gupta led a research program to evaluate emerging neuroimaging techniques that may improve patient care.

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AuntMinnie

JUNE 3, 2024

"Somebody on the other end of the spectrum might say a theranostics center represents a clinical practice where patients are administered a radiopharmaceutical, with any diagnostic imaging sent out to those who do diagnostic imaging, and then these patients are sent back for clinical care to their medical oncologist for all follow-up," he added.

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Imaging Technology

JULY 13, 2023

milla1cf Thu, 07/13/2023 - 12:09 July 13, 2023 — New computed tomography (CT) technology allows for a comprehensive, simultaneous evaluation of lung structure and function, something not possible with standard CT, according to a study published in Radiology , a journal of the Radiological Society of North America ( RSNA ).

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AuntMinnie

JULY 4, 2024

When it comes to hospitals' focus on specific clinical programs, 61% of respondents indicated that their hospital has a vascular surgery program, 54% have a cardiac surgery program, and 31% have a dedicated structural heart disease program -- all of which use fixed C-arm devices.

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AuntMinnie

DECEMBER 5, 2023

MRI shows that injections of mesenchymal stem cells can improve clinical symptoms of patients with knee osteoarthritis and may result in early cartilage regeneration, according to research delivered November 30 at RSNA in Chicago. Few effective treatments are available other than medical therapy for pain control, Ghanaati noted.

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Imaging Technology

DECEMBER 20, 2023

in New York. “Multi-disciplinary clinical management is needed to maximize the benefit of early detection, diagnosis, and treatment of lung cancer.” Multi-disciplinary clinical management is needed to maximize the benefit of early detection, diagnosis, and treatment of lung cancer.

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Global Radiology CME

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

Capsule Retention and Risk Factors: Capsule endoscopy is used for evaluating small-bowel disorders, such as bleeds and Crohn disease.[ Approximately 2% of all capsule endoscopies result in CR [ 2 ] The clinical indication for capsule endoscopy is correlated with different rates of CR. Fernández-Urién I, Carretero C, González B, et al.

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Imaging Technology

OCTOBER 4, 2023

milla1cf Wed, 10/04/2023 - 13:18 October 4, 2023 — A new artificial intelligence ( AI ) model combines imaging information with clinical patient data to improve diagnostic performance on chest X-rays , according to a study published in Radiology , a journal of the Radiological Society of North America ( RSNA ).

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Imaging Technology

APRIL 21, 2023

Interventional radiology – and specifically interventional CT – plays a key role in the diagnosis and treatment of disease. We are thrilled to now increase global access to this innovative solution and its many clinical benefits to healthcare systems around the world.”

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AuntMinnie

FEBRUARY 11, 2024

echocardiography) for congenital heart disease, diagnostic; 76987 including placement and manipulation of transducer, image acquisition, interpretation, and report 76988 placement, manipulation of transducer, and image acquisition only. CM stands for the Clinical Modification of the classification system.

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AuntMinnie

AUGUST 5, 2024

Imagine going in for a diagnostic MRI scan and coming out with a progressive, irreversible, and potentially fatal disease. It certainly doesn't help matters that the disease has been linked to gadolinium-based contrast agents, a ubiquitous tool in the MR armamentarium. In 2006 the U.S. report of NSF in 33 dialysis patients at a St.

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Global Radiology CME

JUNE 5, 2023

Following surgery, patients should begin antibiotic coverage of pathogens associated with endophthalmitis per recommendations provided by their institution’s infectious disease specialist. Clinical features of single and repeated globe rupture after penetrating keratoplasty. 7 Prognosis: Ruptured globes maintain a poor prognosis.

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Imaging Technology

JULY 25, 2023

The results also follow those of the PICTURE clinical trial published in Investigative Radiology in May, 2023, which found the non-inferior quality of morphologic assessment of lesions of the brain and spine with VUEWAY compared with Gadavist. mmol/kg versus a full dose of gadobutrol (0.1 mmol/kg). [i] mmol/kg gadobutrol (Gadavist).[ix]

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Future Teleradiology

DECEMBER 4, 2023

How each modality is used for different clinical purposes. Chapter 6: Diagnostic Applications: Uncovering Medical Conditions How X-ray imaging is used to diagnose a wide range of medical conditions, from fractures to lung diseases. The role of X-ray technologists in operating and maintaining these complex systems.

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Independent Imaging

FEBRUARY 21, 2020

It measures the heart’s ability to respond to external stress, but in a controlled clinical environment. 3-Phase Bone Scan A 3-phase bone scan is used to diagnose abnormal areas within the bones or joints, such as a fracture, bone pain, infection, or bone disease, which cannot be seen successfully with a standard X-ray.

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Radiology Cafe

MARCH 25, 2018

Add to this an ageing population, an increased prevalence of comorbidities (4) and that modern medicine is practiced in a more defensive way than in the past and it is easy to see why there will be no slowdown in the burden placed upon radiological services. Nanotechnology: intelligent design to treat complex disease. Vien, Daniel P.

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Radiology Cafe

FEBRUARY 5, 2019

Portrait of Sir Godfrey Hounsfield (1919-2004) The first clinical CT scan: Atkinson Morley's Hospital, October 1971 Credit: impactscan.org. 11) Charles Dotter, a vascular radiologist and commonly known as ‘The Father of Interventional Radiology’, invented angioplasty. (12) Modern trends in interventional radiology.

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Imaging Technology

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

resident in the Departments of Neuroradiology and Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology at University Hospital Freiburg in Freiburg, Germany. The researchers hope to reexamine the patients in the future, recording both clinical symptoms and changes to the brain's microstructure.

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