AuntMinnie

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

Behind him is an image created by one such generative AI model, which illustrates humans working alongside AI. In radiology, the technologys performance has been assessed in response generation to patients, taking board exams, and image interpretation assistance. Kohli used generative AI to create some of his presentation slides.

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Health Imaging

OCTOBER 10, 2024

Researchers examined the brains of bilingual and monolingual people using fMRI, only to find improved communication between isolated regions in those who learn a second language at a young age.

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AuntMinnie

JANUARY 14, 2025

Imaging AI software developer HOPPR has added Woojin Kim, MD, and William Boonn, MD, to its executive lineup. A musculoskeletal radiologist, imaging informaticist, and entrepreneur, Kim comes to HOPPR after serving most recently as chief medical information officer (CMIO) at Rad AI.

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AuntMinnie

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

We hope future guidance, as well as how this guidance is communicated to the public, considers differences in patient risk. We do not think the USPSTF anticipated or desired such different responses by age and racial/ethnic group, potentially by risk differences, Semprini said.

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AuntMinnie

MARCH 3, 2025

Radiologist Jelle Barentsz, MD, PhD, of Radboud University in the Netherlands, emphasized that poor-quality MRI images are leading to prostate cancer overdiagnosis. We need to have a quality measurement of the imaging," he explained. "We We developed PI-QUAL which is, I think, the first MRI standard looking at image quality.

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AuntMinnie

APRIL 5, 2024

A critical element of care can suffer on account of this pressure: patient communication. Effective patient communication is already a topic of concern in radiology. The systems technologists rely on to do their job directly impact how and when they communicate with patients -- for better or for worse.

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AuntMinnie

MARCH 27, 2024

A key provision in the 21st Century Cures Act has led to decreased time for patients to access imaging results, according to research published March 27 in the American Journal of Roentgenology. However, the researchers cautioned that this could impact communication between patients and radiologists when discussing findings.

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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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AuntMinnie

MARCH 20, 2024

Johns Hopkins University has highlighted research that shows AI can spot COVID-19 in lung ultrasound images. Significantly, the training of the AI involved combining computer-generated images with real ultrasounds of patients, including some who sought care at Johns Hopkins, the release noted.

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Radiology Business

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

It’s been two and a half years since Microsoft completed its acquisition of Nuance Communications for a reported $19.7 At the time of the March 2022 transaction, Microsoft said it liked Nuance for its core strengths—AI-powered voice recognition and related software and services—across numerous industries.

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Health Imaging

JUNE 12, 2023

Patients might sometimes undergo unnecessary and costly evaluations when specialists do not provide referrers with all of the necessary information.

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Health Imaging

JANUARY 30, 2025

Recommendations for additional imaging are routinely included in radiology reports but are sometimes overlooked or not communicated in a timely manner. Experts believe large language models can help address these lapses in care.

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AuntMinnie

JANUARY 9, 2025

Digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT) has a diagnostic accuracy comparable to digital mammography for women referred for breast imaging, a study published January 10 in Cancer Treatment and Research Communications found. The retrospective study included data collected from 10,742 total exams from the two modalities. compared to 0.90

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Radiology Business

JANUARY 16, 2025

Its flagship product is the Studycast imaging workflow platform, which CSI billed as more than a picture archiving and communication system."

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AuntMinnie

JANUARY 28, 2025

For various types of AI tools in cardiac imaging, the paper considers clinical relevance and analyzes current challenges at each stage in the cardiac imaging workflow. A wide variety of AI applications are at different maturity levels, ranging from early research development to full clinical implementation, according to the authors.

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Health Imaging

MAY 11, 2023

Not only could the materials reduce patient exposure to ionizing radiation, they also could reduce costs associated with traditional X-ray equipment, according to newly published research in Nature Communications.

Medical Imaging 261

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AuntMinnie

OCTOBER 24, 2023

Reseller partners Image Information Systems and Aycan Medical Systems will team up at the RSNA annual meeting in Chicago to showcase iQ-Router 5.0. TiQ-Router 5.0 improves long-distance, high-speed encrypted DICOM data transmission.

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AuntMinnie

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

September 10, 2024, is when federal breast density notification laws go into effect, and breast imaging facilities are doing their part in preparing to integrate these into clinical practice. Lars Grimm, MD, from the Society of Breast Imaging (SBI) spoke with AuntMinnie.com on how facilities can successfully implement guidance from the U.S.

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Radiology Business

APRIL 6, 2023

The results suggest an association between patient worry and abnormal results, signifying an opportunity for providers to tailor their communication strategy.

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AuntMinnie

JANUARY 17, 2025

Patient communication and education may be key for radiologists in the wake of an advisory from the U.S. Lung and breast imaging experts weighed in on the warning, which outlined the direct link between alcohol consumption, even with just one or two drinks a day, and increased cancer risk.

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AuntMinnie

OCTOBER 8, 2024

ChatGPT may overprescribe medical imaging in the emergency department, suggest findings published October 8 in Nature Communications. This includes determining whether to admit the patient, get x-ray exams or other imaging scans, or prescribe antibiotics.

Imaging 263

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AuntMinnie

JULY 25, 2024

AI developers can recognize and avoid pitfalls when creating models and tools for interpretative imaging performance, according to an analysis published July 24 in the American Journal of Roentgenology. Radiology departments continue to adopt AI imaging tools into their clinical workflows. Image courtesy of the ARRS.

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AuntMinnie

OCTOBER 23, 2023

The researchers performed quantitative analyses between poorly rated (≤3 stars) and highly rated (>3 stars) imaging reports on a five-star scale. The study authors wrote that the relationship between patient ease of reading in imaging reports and patient ratings is “complex.”

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AuntMinnie

JUNE 6, 2024

Deep learning-based image reconstruction (DLR) has been a hot topic in CT over the past five years, as researchers and vendors have continuously demonstrated the technology's potential to improve on legacy and filtered back-projection (FBP) reconstruction methods. Accordingly, commercial and research activity has accelerated.

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AuntMinnie

MARCH 1, 2024

Implementing imaging referral guidelines not only supports value-based radiology but makes it easier to communicate with patients about low-value services, according to findings presented February 29 at ECR 2024. Low-value imaging procedures result in an ineffective allocation of resources and imposes potential danger," Tay said.

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Health Imaging

AUGUST 21, 2024

Online access to medical records has become standard practice, making sharing radiology reports and communicating findings much more streamlined.

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AuntMinnie

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

VIENNA -- It's definitely possible to develop a successful cardiac imaging practice, according to a professional development presentation delivered February 28 at the ECR in Vienna. Gutberlet described how he came to cardiac imaging early in his medical career. years of follow-up compared with CT imaging (2.1% But he persevered.

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AuntMinnie

OCTOBER 8, 2024

ChatGPT may overprescribe medical imaging in the emergency department, suggest findings published October 8 in Nature Communications. This includes determining whether to admit the patient, get x-ray exams or other imaging scans, or prescribe antibiotics.

Imaging 246

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Radiology Business

APRIL 6, 2023

Almost 10% of radiology reports contain such an alert and communication of them is crucial to keeping patients safe and avoiding malpractice lawsuits.

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Radiology Business

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

DxEx, as the agency calls it for short, ensures that imaging and other tests are ordered, interpreted, communicated and acted upon appropriately.

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Health Imaging

APRIL 6, 2023

In a study that included hundreds of radiologist recommendations for additional imaging, there was a threefold increase in follow-up adherence when radiologists utilized a voluntary closed-loop communication tool that required structured recommendations.

Communication 275

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AuntMinnie

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

As the initial COVID-19 vaccines became available in the second year of the pandemic, reports emerged of imaging findings associated with vaccination. Vaccinated patients could demonstrate imaging results of how vaccines could impact imaging results. Images and captions courtesy of the American Roentgen Ray Society.

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AuntMinnie

MAY 2, 2024

“Although ChatGPT seems to have the potential to revolutionize radiology, it is too soon to confirm its complete proficiency and accuracy,” the group wrote in a study published April 27 in Diagnostic and Interventional Imaging. Image courtesy of Diagnostic and Interventional Imaging.

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Health Imaging

NOVEMBER 24, 2024

After looking into the case, officials discovered that a coding error prevented the radiology report, which contained critical findings, from ever being sent to the referring provider.

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Medical Xpress: Radiology

JUNE 21, 2024

For the first time, scientists at The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) used advanced imaging technology at the SickKids Nanoscale Biomedical Imaging Facility to reveal the atomic structure of an enzyme that neurons use to communicate.

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ScienceDaily

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

The findings are crucial for developing new therapeutics and identifying an imaging marker for cocaine use disorders. New research provides new insights into the brain processes underlying cocaine addiction.

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AuntMinnie

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

The pair developed the AI-generated video using D-ID from an initial image generated using Midjourney v5.2. Original image of Roentgen used to generate the video. Video and image available for republishing under Creative Commons license (CC BY 4.0 DEED, Attribution 4.0 International) and courtesy of Cureus.

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