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Microflow imaging useful in diagnosing breast lesions

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Researchers led by Runlan Luo, MD, from the Chinese PLA General Hospital in Beijing found that this method along with high-definition microflow imaging outperforms color Doppler flow imaging in diagnosing breast lesions. High-definition microflow imaging meanwhile has been touted as an advanced version of the original method.

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How effective are MRI definitions of knee osteoarthritis?

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Current MRI definitions of knee osteoarthritis aren't necessarily adequate for identifying which knees will develop disease in the future, researchers have found. Knee osteoarthritis develops over many years, and identifying it early could support the timely prevention of disease progression, the authors explained.

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ASTRO and ESTRO Issue Clinical Guideline on Local Therapy for Oligometastatic Lung Cancer

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The guideline emphasizes the need for a multidisciplinary team approach to guide treatment decisions for oligometastatic disease, a description for cancer that reaches a state in which the patient has a small number of metastases in addition to a primary tumor. The guideline is published in Practical Radiation Oncology.

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Good Radiologists Are Like Car Salespeople- Make Them An Offer They Can’t Refuse!

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As I was on the phone with a colleague trying to convince the referrer of why I think a patient has Paget’s disease instead of metastases, I described the cortical thickening of the iliopectineal line and the lack of activity on the bone scan at the site and elsewhere throughout the body. And allow me to tell you why.

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MRI reveals brain-waste clearing pathways

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Researchers have long held a theory that the network of brain pathways clear metabolic proteins that otherwise could build up and lead to dementia and/or Alzheimer's disease. But this network has not been definitively revealed, the team noted.

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The COVID-OUT Trial: Does Metformin Reduce the Risk of Long COVID?

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Our understanding of the disease and effective treatments to reduce mortality have progressed rapidly during this time. Relatively small study given the scope of the disease. This study helps to solidify the diagnosis of long COVID; for an effective therapy to exist, there must also exist a disease (see Faust editorial linked below).

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Can PET help diagnose neurosarcoidosis?

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To date, F-18 FDG PET findings are currently not taken into account when making a diagnosis for possible, probable, or definite neurosarcoidosis,” noted lead author Jessy Chen, MD, of Charité - Berlin University Medicine, and colleagues. The article was published January 25 in Neurological Research and Practice.

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