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Amyloid PET scans improve outcomes in AD patients

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In clinical care, amyloid PET scans are used to diagnose and manage Alzheimer’s disease patients based on the amounts of beta-amyloid plaque the scans reveal in the brain. These plaques drive symptoms and are the target of several recently approved treatments. of patients with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and 63.5%

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AMA issues CPT code for Ultromics' EchoGo Heart Failure

AuntMinnie

AI findings can help clinicians diagnose and monitor heart failure and track treatment responses. EchoGo Heart Failure is also covered in the hospital inpatient setting, using the New Technology Add-on Payment (NTAP) code XXE2X19. It will replace the previous HCPCS outpatient code for EchoGo Heart Failure, C9786.

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Are Radiology Backlogs Putting Your Health System at Risk?

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Delayed imaging interpretation can extend inpatient stays, postpone treatment and lower patient satisfaction. For patients, these delays mean longer wait times for diagnoses and treatments. Even at six months, about 20% of these studies remained unreported. The consequences are significant.

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What can global radiology learn from Singapore?

AuntMinnie

The technology's value is limited by the expertise of the operator and poor conditions for diagnostic-quality ultrasound in the home and inpatient settings, and in primary care settings, there is a steep learning curve for staff, and accreditation and maintenance of skills are both essential, Tan pointed out.

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ARRS: Yale emergency radiologist talks automation, resident training, AI

AuntMinnie

We diagnose almost 180,000 pathologies as radiologists. We have strict turnaround time limits, for inpatient services, for outpatient services, and for the ER," she said. "So It's a lot harder for us to onboard AI," Davis said. "We If I'm going to implement 180,000 algorithms that's a billion dollars.

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AI-Based Analysis of Dynamic Digital Radiography Data Gives Researchers Greater Insight into Lung Function and Pulmonary Disorders

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We are excited about the ability to deploy this in emergency room, inpatient and intensive care medicine. We are excited about exploring the utility of pulmonary strain radiography towards diagnosing dyspnea.” Unlike with PFTs, our software enables us to generate pulmonary strain plots, comparable to strain echocardiography.

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AuntMinnie 2007: Gadolinium: A 'necessary factor' in the development of NSF?

AuntMinnie

The ACR MR safety guidelines cited a Danish Medical Agency report from Denmark and Austria in which 5% of patients who underwent MRI with Omniscan were eventually diagnosed with NSF. In the Scottish study, the overwhelming majority (89.5% of all gadolinium-enhanced studies) of MRI studies used Omniscan.

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