AuntMinnie

OCTOBER 22, 2024

BOSTON -- ChatGPT shows early promise in classifying clinically significant breast pain, according to research presented at the Conference on Machine Intelligence in Medical Imaging (CMIMI). ChatGPT also correctly identified most clinically significant breast symptoms. of clinically significant symptoms.

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AuntMinnie

JUNE 6, 2024

The new rules now in effect in Michigan help ensure that only medical radiologic technologists with the appropriate education and training can operate medical imaging equipment, according to an American Registry of Radiologic Technologists (ARRT) legislative update. Both the ARRT and the MSRT are opposing that measure.

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AuntMinnie

MARCH 20, 2024

The Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H) has tapped the American College of Radiology's (ACR) Chief Research Officer Etta Pisano, MD, to develop its clinical trial portfolio and lead its Advancing Clinical Trials Readiness initiative. Department of Health and Human Services.

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AuntMinnie

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Canon Medical's new midrange ultrasound scanner, Aplio me. Image courtesy of Canon Medical. VIENNA -- Canon Medical Systems Europe unveiled a new ultrasound scanner and a radiography/fluoroscopy (R/F) system in its booth at ECR 2024. Canon Medical's new Xavion digital R/F system and CXDI-B1 digital detector.

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Health Imaging

OCTOBER 3, 2024

After reviewing years' worth of data from their clinic, one institution discovered that on numerous occasions issues with implant data integrity put patients at risk.

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AuntMinnie

MAY 29, 2024

Developing and testing a new class of “super phantoms” is needed to optimize new medical imaging techniques before they are used in human studies, according to an article published May 24 in Communications Engineering. Phantoms are test objects used for initial testing and optimization of medical imaging techniques.

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Health Imaging

MAY 25, 2023

Surveying the landscape of interpretive AI in radiology, two researchers note a yawning gap between great expectations set in the recent past and actual clinical implementations as of spring 2023.

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AuntMinnie

JANUARY 24, 2025

Imaging AI tools and algorithms continue to be rapidly developed and deployed into clinics, but experts say theres an elephant in the room that still needs to be addressed: reimbursement. A lot of people may not know whether or not their breast imaging clinic has an option for an AI-assisted read for their normal mammograms.

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AuntMinnie

JANUARY 7, 2025

Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued draft guidance providing recommendations to drug companies on the design of clinical trials for optical imaging drugs used with imaging devices during medical procedures.

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AuntMinnie

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

When it comes to medical imaging, radiology is what most often comes to mind, and for good reason. A large percentage of medical imaging created by most hospitals tends to come from the radiology department. In most cases, medical images and scans are placed into an electronic medical record (EMR) as a link. In the U.S.

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AuntMinnie

MARCH 5, 2025

Tanya Moseley, MD, chief of breast imaging at the University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson, has received the 2025 American Roentgen Ray Society (ARRS) Distinguished Educator award. For more than two decades, Moseley's contributions to the ARRS have transformed radiological education, the society said.

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AuntMinnie

MARCH 18, 2025

Furthermore, the bill aims to align financial incentives with clinical guidelines and unify payment across care delivery settings. However, recent medical advances like hypofractionation, where the total dose of radiation is divided into large doses and treatments are given once a day or less often, have affected total patient volume.

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Radiology Business

JULY 1, 2024

Led by radiologist Yosef Chodakiewitz, MD, Project Hercules aims to enroll 100,000 adults, with a focus on medically underserved populations.

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AuntMinnie

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

Large language model (LLM) Mistral outperformed Llama and rivals the performance of GPT-4 Turbo in a real-world application that assessed the completeness of clinical histories accompanying radiology imaging orders from the emergency department, researchers have reported. The study findings were published February 25 in Radiology.

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AuntMinnie

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

Implementing a clinical decision support system (CDSS) had little effect on reducing inappropriate imaging orders by doctors in university hospitals, according to a study published February 10 in JAMA. percentage points, which was not statistically significant, the researchers reported.

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Radiology Business

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Korak Sarkar, MD, vividly recalls a clinical case that clearly demonstrated the significant impact that enterprise imaging can have on healthcare delivery.

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Health Imaging

JANUARY 2, 2024

Two AI developers have announced new agreements with the academic medical center, both related to improving the delivery of oncology services.

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AuntMinnie

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

Researchers led by Courtney Tomblinson, MD, from Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, TN, outlined current challenges for breastfeeding radiologists and how departments can develop and implement strategic lactation plans to create more accessibility for trainees and faculty.

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AuntMinnie

JANUARY 22, 2025

The team trained the model using data from 1,504 CT scans and the corresponding clinical lung tumor segmentations taken from 1,295 patients treated with radiotherapy for primary or metastatic lung tumors. Kashyap and colleagues hope the study findings could help radiology departments establish their own medical image segmentation datasets. "[Our]

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Health Imaging

MARCH 28, 2024

The Embolize Trial will test multiple procedures and assess any reduction in pain scores and medication usage.

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AuntMinnie

MARCH 11, 2025

While the pandemic affected medical operations across the country, the experts said that radiologists developed and honed their sense of resiliency as imaging was placed on the front lines. Medical imaging played a significant role in the early days of the pandemic when it hit its initial peak in April 2020.

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AuntMinnie

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

The southern and western parts of the metropolitan area in Valencia are a complete disaster area, with over 210 lives lost and most roads and railways closed, Luis Marti-Bonmati, MD, clinical director of medical imaging at Hospital Universitario y Politécnico La Fe, told AuntMinnie.com on November 3.

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AuntMinnie

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

Researchers led by ShivendraRai, MD, from King Georges Medical University in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India, found that LUS scoring predicts surfactant administration better than chest x-ray in preterm neonates of 34 weeks' gestation admitted within 12 hours of birth with clinical suspicion of RDS.

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AuntMinnie

DECEMBER 24, 2024

"For example, when we scan a patient as they use their asthma medication, we can see how much of their lungs and which parts of their lung are better able to move air in and out with each breath."

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AuntMinnie

JANUARY 2, 2025

The finding is from an analysis of 1,964 five-star online reviews and 139 less than five-star reviews, with the latter revealing that shortcomings in procedural outcomes, patient education, and bedside manner contribute to negative feedback, noted lead author Esha Chadha, a medical student at Ohio State University in Columbus, and colleagues.

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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. He earned his medical degree from Washington University in St.

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AuntMinnie

DECEMBER 1, 2024

Emergency Medical Services (EMS) in Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico. The clinical team perform an ultrasound scan at the Nyankunde Hospital, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, where Warren Cooper, MD, has performed operations ranging from repairing broken bones to craniotomies for over a decade. The response was overwhelming.

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AuntMinnie

APRIL 11, 2025

Food and Drug Administration (FDA) should ideally review manufacturers' plans for enabling clinical site-level validation of AI-enabled device software functions (AI-DSF), the American College of Radiology (ACR) recommended in comments on FDA's AI lifecycle management draft guidance. The full document is available at the ACR, here.

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AuntMinnie

JANUARY 28, 2025

To better assess the current landscape and challenges of AI applications in cardiac CT and MRI specifically, the paper aims to bridge the gap between burgeoning research developments and limited clinical applications, according to lead author Domenico Mastrodicasa, MD, from the University of Washington in Seattle, and colleagues.

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AuntMinnie

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

Researchers led by Ronnie Sebro, MD, PhD, of the Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, FL, found that patients experience a loss in bone mineral density (BMD) after transplant, which puts them at higher risk for osteoporosis and fractures. On one hand, frequent DEXA scans could detect BMD loss early in these patients, but at a higher financial cost.

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REBEL EM

APRIL 14, 2025

Inaccurate BP readings in the ED can result in inappropriate interventions, including unnecessary medication administration or missed diagnoses. Given its clinical significance, understanding the impact of cuff size on BP measurements is crucial for optimizing patient outcomes in emergency settings.

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AuntMinnie

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

Between case studies and speaker experiences, attendees could get a sense of the range of patient experiences with IBD -- from blood and stool testing and two ultrasound exams per year to multiple medications, surgeries, and numerous scans. Educate your patient in every clinical contact, he advised. A survey of patients in the U.K.

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AuntMinnie

JANUARY 27, 2025

Want to share your knowledge of medical imaging? Davin Korstjens is the Director of Market Intelligence at IMV Medical Information Division, part of Science and Medicine Group. Disclosure: IMV Medical Information Division is a sister company of AuntMinnie.com. Click here to sign up for the IMV Survey panel today.

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AuntMinnie

APRIL 8, 2025

The CPT Editorial Panel of the American Medical Association (AMA) approved two new Category III CPT codes for AI-assisted cardiac risk analysis in its February meeting. clinical adoption and payer reimbursement for CaRi-Heart once U.S. The codes will enable U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) clearance is obtained, Caristo said.

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AuntMinnie

DECEMBER 6, 2024

In an announcement, RaySearch noted the finalization of a research study at Trento, where the medical physics team compared their current treatment planning technique with proton arcs to discrete proton arc therapy for head and neck cancer patients.

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Health Imaging

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Medical imaging makes up 76% of all the FDA-cleared artificial intelligence clinical algorithms used for direct patient care.

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AuntMinnie

JANUARY 31, 2025

These new codes describe the work that takes place prior to an MRI study that includes the proper assessment, consultation, and medical physics customization for patients who have an implant, device, or foreign body. 76017 MR Safety Medical Physics Exam Customization G - 6.79 76017 MR Safety Medical Physics Exam Customization G - 6.79

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