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Road to RSNA 2024: Digital X-Ray Preview

AuntMinnie

Another way to reduce radiation to patients would be to scale back on adjacent x-ray imaging, says a group in Australia, which will present a study on Sunday suggesting that a vast majority of second scans of the upper and lower limbs have no new findings. Is adjacent x-ray imaging in the ER justified? Sunday, December 1 | 2:30 p.m.-2:40

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Researchers offer age-specific dose estimator for fluoroscopy exams

AuntMinnie

A team of researchers at Boston Children’s Hospital has developed an age-specific dose catalog for estimating radiation exposure to children from diagnostic and interventional radiology fluoroscopy procedures. They analyzed metrics to estimate age-specific effective dose per IR procedure type and diagnostic fluoroscopy exam.

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Building a Culture of Safety: Patient Safety Week, March 10-15

UCSF Biomedical Imaging

Patient safety isnt just a responsibilityits our culture, says Patient Safety Officer Alpana Patel Camilli, BS, CRA, (R) (CT), manager of Interventional Radiology, Neuroendovascular Surgery and interim manager of Diagnostic Radiology.

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The Society of Interventional Radiology 2024 Gold Medals and Charles T. Dotter Lecture Delivered at Annual Meeting

Imaging Technology

milla1cf Mon, 03/25/2024 - 06:00 March 25, 2024 — The Society of Interventional Radiology (SIR) presented its highest honor, the SIR Gold Medal , to Fred T. These awards acknowledge distinguished and extraordinary service to SIR or to the specialty of interventional radiology. MD ; Albert A. Nemcek, Jr.,

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Medicare proposed rule again cuts radiology reimbursement in 2025

AuntMinnie

The published CMS estimates indicate that most of radiology will be minimally impacted (0%) by the PFS rule, but interventional radiology would see a 2% decrease. Radiology -3.8% -1.8% -2.8% Radiology practices often participate in the QPP through the Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS).

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

AuntMinnie

Imagine going in for a diagnostic MRI scan and coming out with a progressive, irreversible, and potentially fatal disease. That's what has happened to hundreds of people worldwide who have developed nephrogenic systemic fibrosis (NSF), an acquired disorder in renal patients that's been classified only since 2000. Giles, U.K.

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Radiology Unraveled: Decoding the Technology Behind the Images (Uttar Pradesh, Chandauli (Varanasi Dehat), Chitrakoot, Deoria, Etah, Etawah)

Future Teleradiology

Radiology in Disease Detection : Radiology plays a pivotal role in early disease detection, particularly in cancer diagnosis and tracking the progress of treatment.