Radiology Business

APRIL 24, 2024

The Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association licensee is attempting to curtail the delivery of multiple diagnostic imaging exams on a single patient during a single healthcare encounter.

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TRA Medical Imaging

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

When it comes to your health, selecting the right diagnostic imaging center is an important decision. Whether you’re getting a routine scan or investigating a specific health concern, the imaging center you choose can significantly impact the accuracy of your diagnosis and the quality of care you receive.

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AuntMinnie

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

This information may prompt radiologists to consider how their current models of care delivery may impact patients access and use of diagnostic breast imaging services and how it may lead to differences in care across patient subgroups," Lawson told AuntMinnie.com. The full study can be found here.

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Radiology Business

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Backers include societies representing radiologists and nuclear medicine professionals, device manufacturers, patient advocacy groups, and pharmaceutical companies.

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AuntMinnie

JANUARY 10, 2025

In Part 1 of his two-part series, radiologist Josh Ewell, DO, discussed developments in AI technology and the potential impact of these advances on radiology. A self-reinforcingspiral Initially, AI tools will fulfill their promise to relieve the burden of our worsening radiologist shortage: more studies can be read in less time.

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AuntMinnie

DECEMBER 20, 2024

Senior radiologist dies in Brazilian plane crash A radiologist died when his plane destined for So Paulo, Brazil, crashed. Leonel Ferreira, MD, a full member of the Brazilian College of Radiology and Diagnostic Imaging, was one of eight doctors and 62 others who died August 9 in the crash.

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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. Kazerooni, meanwhile, said that radiologists are resilient and creative, which can help with solving problems on an emergent basis.

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Radiology Business

AUGUST 21, 2024

Founded in 1943, the private practice has a network of 16 diagnostic imaging facilities overseen by its staff of "deeply" subspecialized radiologists.

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AuntMinnie

MARCH 6, 2025

Khunte and Singh suggested that this is due in part to radiologys reliance on advanced technology and IT infrastructure, growing demand, and favorable reimbursement rates for diagnostic imaging services. The researchers evaluated imaging practice acquisitions in the U.S.

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ScienceDaily

AUGUST 22, 2024

Researchers compared the diagnostic accuracy of ChatGPT and radiologists in radiological imaging with 106 musculoskeletal radiology cases. The results showed that the diagnostic accuracy of the ChatGPT is comparable to that of radiology residents, but not to that of board-certified radiologists.

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TRA Medical Imaging

JANUARY 17, 2025

Becoming a radiologist requires an extraordinary level of dedication, education, and training. Radiologists are medical doctors who specialize in interpreting imaging studies like X-rays, CT scans, MRIs, and ultrasounds to diagnose and guide treatment for various conditions.

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AuntMinnie

OCTOBER 26, 2023

The team also found that the PPV of malignancy in nodes detected on screening mammography or MRI was significantly lower than those detected by diagnostic imaging, palpation, or CT/PET. PPV of malignancy in nodes detected by modality MRI Mammography Palpation Diagnostic imaging PET/CT PPV 15.8%

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AuntMinnie

OCTOBER 22, 2024

This pain is also not associated with malignancy and does not require imaging. Diagnostic imaging typically yields no suspicious findings in women with clinically insignificant breast pain. Three radiologists served as ground-truth analysts. of breast pain symptoms. It also correctly identified 89.1%

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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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AuntMinnie

APRIL 22, 2024

Last introduced in June 2021 as HR-3657 and companion SB-2641 , MARCA would amend Medicare reimbursement policy for radiologist assistants (RAs) to align reimbursement with state radiologist assistant licensure laws. Or, they may be changing oversight for NPPs such as radiologist assistants.

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AuntMinnie

JANUARY 30, 2024

That last part can be challenging for nonradiologists who do not constantly interpret diagnostic imaging exams. Still, they may be tasked with clinical decision-making based on such findings in emergency settings without radiologists being there all the time.

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AuntMinnie

JUNE 3, 2024

"Somebody on the other end of the spectrum might say a theranostics center represents a clinical practice where patients are administered a radiopharmaceutical, with any diagnostic imaging sent out to those who do diagnostic imaging, and then these patients are sent back for clinical care to their medical oncologist for all follow-up," he added.

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Diagnostic Imaging

OCTOBER 8, 2024

Is it plausible that the current emphasis on spending what it takes to recruit and retain radiologists in a thriving job market shifts to more and more of a dependence on AI?

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AuntMinnie

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Healthcare disparities continue to plague medical imaging, but there are concrete measures radiologists can take to mitigate them, according to a paper published on October 12 in RadioGraphics. Image courtesy of Peter Abraham, MD, et al. Make sure transportation assistance and childcare are available.

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AuntMinnie

JULY 19, 2023

Read more on AuntMinnie.com Related Reading: ChatGPT tested on case-based imaging quizzes Can ChatGPT support diagnostic imaging decisions? Generative AI tools such as ChatGPT may one day be an everyday part of radiology. Can ChatGPT perform well for patient education?

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AuntMinnie

OCTOBER 25, 2024

The donation was the work of First Read Initiative (FRI), a charitable fund that aims to make diagnostic imaging accessible to patients in unserved and underserved regions around the globe, in collaboration with Douglas Davis, MD, and Olga Maihutiak, MD, at MedGlobal and the Ukrainian Medical Association of North America (UMANA).

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Diagnostic Imaging

AUGUST 8, 2024

New research revealed an 86 percent AUC for deep learning detection of clinically significant prostate cancer in comparison to 84 percent for four abdominal radiologists with at least 10 years of experience.

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AuntMinnie

OCTOBER 25, 2024

An assistant professor of radiology and radiological science, Francis Deng, MD, is the Johns Hopkins radiology department's co-director of medical student diagnostic radiology electives. His area of expertise is neuroradiology, with a special emphasis on diagnostic imaging of the head, neck, brain, and spine. Elliot Fishman, MD.

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AuntMinnie

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Gutberlet described how he came to cardiac imaging early in his medical career. Imaging was so important [for cardiac indications], that I decided to become a radiologist," he said. Since Gutberlet was starting out, training for cardiac imaging has improved. How can radiologists become successful cardiac imagers?

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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. It's so important for our young radiologists and techs to keep studying," he said. It will take months to recover, he said. There are broken windows everywhere.

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TRA Medical Imaging

JANUARY 3, 2025

For prospective employees and radiologists, this certification highlights TRA as a workplace that prioritizes trust, collaboration, and professional growth.

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Vesta Teleradiology

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

Artificial Intelligence (AI): Revolutionizing Radiology in 2025 AI continues to make waves in radiology, offering improved diagnostic accuracy and efficiency. In 2025, AI tools are more refined than ever, assisting radiologists with cancer detection, anomaly identification, and image interpretation.

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Diagnostic Imaging

JANUARY 10, 2024

In part of an ongoing multicenter study evaluating commercial artificial intelligence (AI) products in radiology, AI lung nodule detection software from four out of seven vendors demonstrated stand-alone AUCs ranging from 5 to 12 percent higher than the mean AUC of 17 reviewing radiologists.

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AuntMinnie

JANUARY 2, 2024

Saige-Dx optimizes breast cancer screening to help radiologists detect even subtle lesions, according to the company. It also serves as a look-behind for radiologists referred to as a “Safeguard Review.” "By setting this up through our network we've detected well over 400 breast cancers that might otherwise have been missed."

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AuntMinnie

JANUARY 31, 2025

Diagnostic radiology MRI Safety A new CPT subsection has been established for reporting six new codes describing MR safety services, including implant or foreign body evaluation, safety consultation, electronics preparation, and implant positioning or immobilization.

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Diagnostic Imaging

JUNE 28, 2024

While radiologists interpreted approximately 99 percent of all non-cardiac CT, MRI and nuclear medicine studies in hospital and emergency department settings for Medicare beneficiaries, new research shows significantly less radiologist review of cardiac imaging and office-based imaging.

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AuntMinnie

JUNE 6, 2024

History of CT image recon algorithms For added historical perspective, radiologists at Stanford University, University of Wisconsin-Madison, and Leiden University Medical Center in the Netherlands early last year compiled a simple history of CT image reconstruction algorithms.

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AuntMinnie

MARCH 26, 2024

Theranostics provides doctors a framework for true "precision medicine," said Penny Vroman, MD, a dual board-certified nuclear radiologist and an associate professor at University of Texas (UT) Health Science Center in San Antonio, where Vroman played a key role in establishing the growing theranostics center.

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AuntMinnie

JULY 1, 2024

In a market with a limited supply of IR physicians (particularly in certain geographic locations) but a growing range of services interventional radiologists can offer, APPs have helped to fill certain gaps in procedural coverage," the team wrote. These particular staff types now perform 15.5% of all of these services. "In

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AuntMinnie

MARCH 28, 2024

With AI-mediated cyberattacks on the rise, radiologists can find it challenging to balance prompt patient access to diagnostic imaging while safeguarding sensitive healthcare data. With growing radiology practices and outpatient imaging facilities, we will see an increase in outsourced diagnostic imaging.

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AuntMinnie

JULY 26, 2023

A chatbot can outperform radiologists and ChatGPT in providing imaging recommendation. Can ChatGPT perform well for patient education?

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AuntMinnie

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

Recent research has highlighted the potential of CEM as a substitute for MRI in diagnostic imaging in terms of imaging accuracy and patient accessibility, and the technique has been explored as an alternative sampling method for enhancing lesions. A, B) Images depict a 65-year-old woman with prior left malignant lumpectomy. (B)

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