AuntMinnie

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

A PACS-integrated AI tool not only correctly identified pneumothorax on inpatient chest x-rays but also prioritized scans and improved radiologist reporting times, according to a group in Cleveland, OH. The research was published October 29 in Academic Radiology.

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The British Institute of Radiology

JUNE 8, 2023

In the third blog of her series on AI and the radiographer, Shamie Kumar explores the impact on the radiographer when AI is integrated within an imaging modality. The question to explore in this blog is when AI is integrated within an imaging modality itself and how that may impact a radiographer.

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AuntMinnie

JULY 29, 2024

Thoracic surgeons at the University of Toronto in Ontario, Canada, assessed outcomes after implementing a quality improvement initiative in which they ditched x-rays in these patients in favor of clinical observation alone. All patients who had any symptoms underwent a chest x-ray. days vs. 2.3

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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.

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Imaging Technology

JUNE 6, 2024

Braun , MD, Clinical Professor of Medicine (Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine), Icahn Mount Sinai , and a co-author of the study. DDR is a much easier method to capture lung function and it provides more clinical data than PFT alone. Chest radiography is typically acquired in the evaluation of pulmonary disorders.

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Imaging Technology

OCTOBER 1, 2023

The qXR-CTR is a deep-learning-based computer vision algorithm designed for use by physicians in all inpatient and outpatient settings, to automate the CTR assessment on chest radiographs (CXR). Tariq Ahmad , Chief, Heart Failure Program - Section of Cardiology, Yale School of Medicine With the FDA clearance of qXR-CTR, Qure.ai

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REBEL EM

AUGUST 30, 2023

Take Home Points Clinical presentation is very nonspecific; evaluate all patients presenting with back pain for infectious risk factors. MRI is key to diagnosis, obtain this imaging in all patients who raise clinical suspicion Patients with hemodynamic instability and neurologic compromise warrant empiric antibiotics. 7 th ed.

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