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Moore’s Law for radiologists

AuntMinnie

Some of my radiological heroes would report a staggering 30,000 to 40,000 radiographs a year. Some even [startled gasp] gave up reporting plain radiographs. 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.

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What's best practice for using AI for thoracic imaging?

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"Practical AI implementation will require objective onsite performance evaluation, institutional information technology infrastructure integration, and postdeployment monitoring," wrote a team led by Eui Jin Hwang, MD, PhD, of Seoul National University Hospital in South Korea. van Beek, MD, of the University of Edinburgh in the U.K.

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Generative AI, radiologist shortages feature in 2024 Minnies

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He earned his medical degree at the University of Alabama School of Medicine and completed a residency in diagnostic radiology at the University of Florida. I'm a radiographer,' " Stewart recalled. A recent trip to Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital in Ghana has Beyder thinking about what the future holds for the international cancer center.

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Hip x-rays help screen for osteoporosis in THA patients

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The finding is from a study conducted by a group at the University Hospital Jena in Eisenberg, Germany, that explored whether hip x-rays could be reliable indicators for bone mineral density (BMD) in male and female patients prior to THA procedures. “An

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Meet the Minnies 2024 finalists

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He earned his medical degree at the University of Alabama School of Medicine and completed a residency in diagnostic radiology at the University of Florida. 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.

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Meet the Minnies 2024 semifinal candidates

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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.

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DDR takes step forward in lung imaging

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“This method plays an important role in overcoming the barriers to its clinical implementation, including the need for trained experts and the time-consuming process of manual contouring,” noted lead author Noriaki Wada, MD, of Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston. The subject is a 77-year-old male with VC of 1.68 L and FEV1 of 0.68

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