AuntMinnie

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

Gastrointestinal imagers should use high-quality MR enterography for complex inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) cases that can't be dealt with using intestinal ultrasound, even though both tests contribute to overall assessment, said an expert leading an advanced course on imaging Crohn's disease at ECR 2025. "MR

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AuntMinnie

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Ultrasound's utility will be on full display at this year's RSNA annual meeting, showing its merit in a wide variety of clinical applications. Research to be presented at the annual meeting in Chicago will explore the modality's clinical applications in musculoskeletal, pediatric, abdominal, and women's imaging among other areas.

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AuntMinnie

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

Ultrasound’s versatility is once again on display at RSNA 2024, with researchers showcasing the modality’s ability to be on par with CT and MRI for guiding diagnosis and treatment strategies in some clinical scenarios. or “Can ultrasound be a suitable alternative to MRI for breast imaging?”

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AuntMinnie

MARCH 3, 2025

MRI and ultrasound have tradeoffs in diagnosing peripheral neuropathies of the upper extremity, a study published March 4 in Radiology found. However, the researchers noted that the diagnostic role of such imaging remains unclear due to limited clinical evidence. They were referred from 2015 to 2022.

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AuntMinnie

DECEMBER 5, 2023

An AI assistance system can aid novice sonographers in assessing the rotator cuff, a study published December 1 in Ultrasound in Medicine & Biology found. While ultrasound is a go-to method for assessing shoulder joint diseases, it is a user-dependent modality. in the test set. This indicates robustness and accuracy, they noted.

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AuntMinnie

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

So as to report more CT and MRI, radiologists stopped doing hands-on ultrasound and fluoroscopy. Many diagnostic radiologists became pure CT and MRI specialists. But the pressure kept building, and the number of CT and MRI scans grew by 20% annually in my hospital. So radiologists started dropping duties.

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AuntMinnie

APRIL 7, 2024

AUSTIN, TX – Point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) isn’t typically used for imaging the pancreas, but perhaps that should change, according to a presentation given April 7 at UltraCon. Alice Lee, MD, from Stanford University presents research on the feasibility and performance of point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) at UltraCon. In the U.S.,

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AuntMinnie

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

Ultrasound contrast agents show promise for detecting and evaluating uterine disorders and prostate cancers, according to research presented at the annual Advances in Contrast Ultrasound meeting in Chicago. He recommended that sonographers be trained to place IVs and administer the ultrasound agent.

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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

JANUARY 4, 2024

MRI helps clinicians assess the neural involvement in endometriosis and could help them prevent irreversible nerve damage and chronic sensorimotor neuropathy in women suffering from the condition, Cleveland Clinic researchers have reported. The team's review of MRI's role for this indication was published January 3 in RadioGraphics.

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AuntMinnie

MARCH 21, 2025

Despite imaging referrals being frequent in a free clinic setting, less than half of referral submissions resulted in completed appointments, suggest findings published March 18 in Clinical Imaging. Underserved populations who may rely on charitable services like free clinics face more barriers than others.

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AuntMinnie

MAY 22, 2024

Which modality is better for breast cancer diagnosis, contrast-enhanced mammography or dynamic contrast-enhanced breast MRI? It depends on a variety of factors, according to a review published May 20 in Radiology Clinics. Ultrasound offers another screening tool and can overcome some of mammography's limitations. vs. 90.5%).

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AuntMinnie

APRIL 2, 2025

Some specialties may provide targeted training in imaging interpretation that is narrow in scope, such as in ultrasound for emergency medicine or obstetrics/gynecology. Ultrasound 52% Nuclear medicine 39.5% By specialty, self-interpretation rates were 19.9% for primary care physicians; 75.7% for nonphysician practitioners.

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AuntMinnie

OCTOBER 2, 2024

tesla MRI AI body composition analysis Cardiac PET Cryo/thermoablation CT colonography Genicular artery embolization Hyperpolarized xenon-129 MRI PET/MRI Photon-counting CT Radiomics Theranostics Whole-body MRI screening Image of the Year 3D PET/MR image. tesla brain MRI scans. AI detects cancer on breast MRI.

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Diagnostic Imaging

AUGUST 7, 2024

External validation testing revealed a deep learning combination of breast MRI, ultrasound and clinical factors had a 10 percent higher AUC for predicting axillary lymph node metastasis than sole use of MRI- or ultrasound-based deep learning models in patients with breast cancer.

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AuntMinnie

MARCH 7, 2024

MRI-guided focused ultrasound (MRgFUS) therapy can successfully treat prostate cancer for those at intermediate risk, a study published March 5 in Radiology found. T MRI scan shows the contoured rectal wall (red line), prostate margin (blue outline), and region of interest (orange outline). (D) C) Intraoperative 1.5-T

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AuntMinnie

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

A newly developed contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) Vesical Imaging-Reporting and Data System (VI-RADS) helps both novice and expert readers to evaluate muscle-invasive bladder cancer (MIBC), researchers reported September 10 in Radiology. In the training set, nine features associated with MIBC at ultrasound and CEUS were identified.

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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 21, 2024

The finding is from a clinical trial that compared PET/CT imaging with gallium-68 (Ga-68) NODAGA-exendin-4 PET/CT with all routine imaging procedures for the localization of insulinomas. Endoscopic ultrasound is highly sensitive, but invasive, they added. Location of insulinoma in pancreas body is indicated with arrows.

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Health Imaging

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

Diagnosing endometriosis often requires laparoscopy, as ultrasound and MRI frequently fail to detect the painful, sometimes debilitating condition, especially in its early stages.

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AuntMinnie

APRIL 29, 2024

In an effort to evaluate the appropriateness and outcomes of ultrasound, CT, and MR exams ordered for adult ED patients at a tertiary care urban academic center, the researchers retrospectively reviewed consecutive orders from January to March 2019. of ultrasounds, 29.1% of ultrasounds, 29.1% of ultrasound orders, 61.4%

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AuntMinnie

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

SPIO tracers are used to find and retrieve sentinel lymph nodes in clinically node-negative breast cancer patients. Meanwhile, other studies have demonstrated that CEM further improves full-field digital mammography to the point where it may be considered noninferior to breast MRI.

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AuntMinnie

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

S3A-SPBR-7 | Learning Center Compared with ultrasound or MRI used alone to diagnose breast diseases, a combined model of both modalities based on radiomics more accurately identifies breast conditions, according to a poster to be displayed Sunday morning. Sunday, December 1 | 11:45 a.m.-12:15 12:15 p.m. |

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AuntMinnie

APRIL 24, 2023

A new microstructure imaging technique, hybrid multidimensional MRI (HM-MRI).

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AuntMinnie

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

Koelis has partnered with DeepHealth to use the former's prostate fusion MRI software on the latter's Trinity 3D ultrasound platform. The partnership streamlines the prostate MRI reading process and enables 3D targeted fusion biopsy in prostate cancer, according to Koelis.

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AuntMinnie

JULY 9, 2024

X-ray and ultrasound machines were badly damaged in a rocket attack on Ukraine's largest children's hospital on July 8, according to radiologist Stanislav Rebenkov, MD. In particular, the facility lacks a modern PACS and clinical decision-support tools. It will take months to recover, he said. There are broken windows everywhere.

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AuntMinnie

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Contrast-enhanced mammography (CEM) can locally stage lobular breast carcinomas and could serve as an alternative to breast MRI, according to research published February 12 in Clinical Radiology. This makes breast MRI a recommended modality in preoperative workup in lobular carcinoma cases. cm larger than those seen on MRI.

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AuntMinnie

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

SPIO tracers are used to find and retrieve sentinel lymph nodes in clinically node-negative breast cancer patients. Meanwhile, other studies have demonstrated that CEM further improves full-field digital mammography to the point where it may be considered non-inferior to breast MRI.

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AuntMinnie

JANUARY 24, 2024

Therefore, AI performance and decision thresholds should be validated when applied in new clinical settings. Google said in the announcement that iCAD will help validate and incorporate Google's technology into iCAD's ProFound Breast Health Suite for use in clinical practices. Efforts to bring AI to DBT are also underway.

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AuntMinnie

APRIL 23, 2024

Hanneman said that overall greenhouse gas emissions can be reduced by up to 33% for MRI and between 40% and 80% for CT. Carbon dioxide emissions vary by imaging modality and are higher for MRI and CT compared with ultrasound and x-rays.

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AuntMinnie

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Several recent expert panels have suggested from anecdotal experience that LSG is used infrequently and that the diagnosis of lymphedema is usually based on clinical examination, the team wrote. Conversely, the most frequently performed study was duplex ultrasound, which was carried out in 50% of all patients.

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AuntMinnie

JANUARY 16, 2025

Breast density can often obscure lesions on conventional x-ray mammography, and so other screening modalities such as MRI or ultrasound are often recommended for follow-up. CEM is faster and less costly than MRI and can often be used as a follow-up to an abnormal screening mammogram when it is clinically appropriate.

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AuntMinnie

OCTOBER 26, 2023

Morphologic features of axillary nodes on sonography are reliable indicators in predicting metastasis, according to research published October 24 in Clinical Imaging. Wadhwa and colleagues sought to assess morphologic features of axillary nodes on ultrasound in predicting malignancy.

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AuntMinnie

FEBRUARY 11, 2024

Cardiac Intraoperative Ultrasound (IOUS) Services : New codes are available to report cardiac IOUS, as follows: CPT Code Description 76984 Ultrasound, intraoperative thoracic aorta (e.g., epiaortic), diagnostic Intraoperative epicardial cardiac ultrasound (i.e., Ultrasound guidance is now bundled with the primary procedure.

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AuntMinnie

JUNE 5, 2023

TORONTO - Interpretation of multiparametric MRI (mpMRI) data for diagnosin. Read more on AuntMinnie.com Related Reading: ISMRM: PET/MRI adds value in clinical cancer imaging New MRI technique helps target ultrasound-guided prostate biopsy Are hospitals disclosing prostate cancer service costs?

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AuntMinnie

AUGUST 21, 2023

A clinical trial conducted by U.K. researchers has found that screening MR. Read more on AuntMinnie.com Related Reading: New MRI technique helps target ultrasound-guided prostate biopsy Are hospitals disclosing prostate cancer service costs?

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AuntMinnie

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

The condition can be treated in a variety of ways, including hysterectomy and myomectomy (which can be open surgery or laparoscopic), and less invasive alternatives such as UAE, percutaneous radiofrequency ablation, and MRI-guided focused ultrasound. The complete study can be found here.

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