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The Nudge Manifesto

Ben White

From the free ebook A Manifesto for Applying Behavioral Science from the UK’s Behavioural Insights Team: The other concern is that [behavorial science] theories can make specific predictions, but they are disconnected from each other – and from a deeper, general framework that can provide broader explanations (like evolutionary theory, for example).

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PanTera and TerraPower Isotopes Join Forces to Accelerate Access to Actinium-225

Imaging Technology

milla1cf Mon, 08/28/2023 - 13:57 August 28, 2023 — TerraPower Isotopes and PanTera, the Belgian joint venture created by SCK CEN and IBA, announced that they have signed a strategic collaboration to increase the global availability of actinium-225 (225Ac), a radioisotope that has the potential to treat a large variety of cancer indications. The companies will work together to increase near-term production of 225Ac [1] to support ongoing clinical trials and to ensure the large-scale supply of

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Empowering Women: The Importance of Mammography in Breast Cancer Prevention

Professional Radiology

Women’s health is an essential topic that should be discussed every day, especially in the healthcare sector. Every year, breast cancer affects millions of women worldwide, causing serious physical and emotional trauma. One way to fight this disease is through early detection, and this is where mammography comes into play. At Professional Radiology, we believe early detection is the key to effective breast cancer prevention.

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Stay Up To Date On Upcoming Radiology and Radiation Oncology Events

Imaging Technology

ITN’s award-winning editorial team delivers industry trends and technology information to the professionals who make purchasing decisions. ITN maintains a comprehensive listing of radiology and radiation oncology specialty meetings, events and educational summits on its website at www.itnonline.com/events. Find the dates, location and links to radiology/radiation oncology conferences and education in one location.

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Maximize Your Radiology Center’s Performance With Specialized Scheduling

Patient-centric scheduling can only be achieved through optimized radiology workflows, effective communications between staff and physicians, and, of course, through specialized schedulers. In this guide, we’ll take you through a step-by-step process to transform your radiology center into a high-performance hub of medical imaging.

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Introducing MRI into clinical practice helps reduce the rate of unnecessary prostate biopsies

Radiology Business

“We argue that the results could be replicated elsewhere if guidelines are followed and the urologist and MRI radiologist are dedicated,” researchers noted.

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Optimizing imaging sites of service could boost margins, amass thousands more in collections

Radiology Business

An organization could add an additional $87,532 on one MRI machine or over $260,000 via CT each year through strategic site selection, experts estimated.

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The Illusion of Goodwill: A Non-Radiological Artifact

Diagnostic Imaging

I’ve long since learned that good faith is far more reliable than, say, contracts.

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AI Automatically Diagnoses Severe Heart Valve Disease from Ultrasound Scans

MedImaging Ultrasound

Researchers have developed a deep learning model capable of automatically identifying severe aortic stenosis, a common valvular heart disease, using simple heart ultrasound scans.

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From Cheson 1999 to RECIL: Evolution of the Response Assessment Criteria in Lymphoma

Keosys Medical Imaging

Lymphoma can be defined as a type of cancer that affects the lymphatic system, namely the lymph nodes, the spleen, the thymus gland, and the bone marrow. Lymphoma is usually divided into two main subtypes: Hodgkin’s Lymphoma (HL), and Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma (NHL). Both have numerous additional subtypes, each with different symptoms, treatment strategies and prevalence, with about 90% of lymphoma diagnoses being NHL.

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Do cancer screening exams really extend patients' lives?

AuntMinnie

In what is sure to be a controversial study among cancer screening advocates. Read more on AuntMinnie.com Related Reading: Destounis talks rising cancer rates with AuntMinnie.

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Evaluating a deep learning software for lung parenchyma characterization in COVID-19 pneumonia

European Society of Radiology: AI

The aim of this study was to evaluate the performance of the LungQuant system, which is a deep learning-based software for quantitative analysis of chest CT. LungQuant was evaluated by comparing its results with independent visual evaluations by a group of clinical experts. The results indicated that an automatic quantification tool may be beneficial and contribute to an improved clinical workflow of COVID-19 pneumonia.

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How much radiation do children with pulmonary hypertension receive?

AuntMinnie

Children with pulmonary hypertension can receive up to an average of 8.5 mS. Read more on AuntMinnie.com Related Reading: Use of sedation techniques lessens slightly in pediatric CT, MRI ECR: Is chest CT indicated for children with suspected COVID-19?

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The Utility of Ultrasound Guidance to Improve the Safety of Closure of Antegrade Common Femoral Artery Access after Lower Limb Revascularization

JVIR

This study aimed to investigate the feasibility of ultrasound (US)-guidance in reducing adverse event (AE) rates when using Angioseal device during antegrade lower limb angioplasty via common femoral artery access. From December 2016 to November 2022, 1,322 patients were identified, including 1,131 (85.6%) patients who underwent US-guided closure and 191 (14.4%) who underwent non–US-guided closure.

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Are PSMA-PET tracers equal in detecting prostate cancer?

AuntMinnie

Researchers in China have provided some clarity for clinicians over which prostate-specifi. Read more on AuntMinnie.com Related Reading: Is PSMA PET/CT cost-effective for primary staging?

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Lessons in IR: Laterality Error of Retrograde Ureteric Stent Placement in a Horseshoe Kidney

JVIR

An 81-year-old man with a horseshoe kidney underwent robotic cystoprostatectomy and ileal conduit, and developed right-sided hydronephrosis due to a ureteric anastomotic stricture (Fig a). The patient had 2 recent hospital admissions with pyelonephritis, pain, and fever despite prolonged antibiotics. Unenhanced computed tomography demonstrated the variant anatomy, a low-lying left moiety, and right-sided hydronephrosis.

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First patient treated in NorthStar/Clarity clinical trial

AuntMinnie

The first patient has been treated using NorthStar Medical Radioisotopes' electro. Read more on AuntMinnie.

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Prostatic artery embolization using polyethylene glycol microspheres: a 1-year follow-up prospective study including 30 patients.

JVIR

To evaluate safety and efficacy of prostatic artery embolization (PAE) using polyethylene glycol (PEG) microspheres in patients with moderate to severe benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH).

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ESC calls for competency-based cardiac imaging

AuntMinnie

The European Society of Cardiology (ESC) has called for competency-based cardia. Read more on AuntMinnie.

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IT Help Desk Technician – Lake Sumter Landing (full-time)

Lake Medical Imaging

Job Description: The IT help desk support technician will be responsible for administration and internal support of the company’s PCs, phones, printers, servers, and related equipment. Tasks include staff support, supporting both an office environment and remote users, license tracking, shipping and receiving, performing PC maintenance, upgrades and configurations, installing hardware and software, and [.

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Movies: 'Is there a [female] doctor in the house?'

AuntMinnie

A group of radiation oncologists has taken issue with Hollywood via an analysi. Read more on AuntMinnie.

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Safety and Effictiveness of Sclerotherapy for Non-Parasitic Splenic Cysts: A Systematic Review and Metanalysis

JVIR

To assess the reported safety and effectiveness of sclerotherapy for the treatment of non-parasitic splenic cysts through a systematic review and metanalysis.

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CLS Americas inks partnership with Focalyx

AuntMinnie

Clinical Laserthermia Systems (CLS) Americas has inked a comarketing agreemen. Read more on AuntMinnie.

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Decreased Bleeding-Related Adverse Events Using Track Embolization with a Gelatin Sponge Slurry after Percutaneous Liver Biopsy: A Propensity Score Matched Study

JVIR

The study aimed to evaluate the efficacy of tract embolization using a gelatin sponge slurry in percutaneous ultrasound (US)-guided liver biopsy.

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What are the characteristics of radiology social media influencers?

AuntMinnie

Radiology social media influencers share a variety of characteristics -- fro. Read more on AuntMinnie.

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Advances in AI: August 2023

Diagnostic Imaging

Catch up on the top AI-related news and research from the past month.

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Brain lesions on DWI-MRI don't necessarily imply higher stroke risk

AuntMinnie

Brain lesions identified on diffusion-weighted MRI (DWI-MRI) after a patien. Read more on AuntMinnie.

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Dual-antiplatelet Therapy Should Remain Standard Strategy After Stent Implantation

Imaging Technology

milla1cf Mon, 08/28/2023 - 14:00 August 28, 2023 — Prasugrel monotherapy after percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) with drug-eluting stents is not superior to dual-antiplatelet therapy (DAPT) for major bleeding but is non-inferior for cardiovascular events in patients with acute coronary syndrome (ACS) or high bleeding risk (HBR), according to late breaking research presented in a Hot Line session today at ESC Congress 2023.1 Very short (1 to 3 months) durations of DAPT followed by P2Y12 i

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RaySearch posts second-quarter, half-year revenue increases

AuntMinnie

RaySearch has posted second-quarter and half-year revenue increases for th. Read more on AuntMinnie.

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Your Clinical AI Needs an Operating System: Here’s Why

Aidoc

What Is it : An AI Operating System (aiOS™) allows for the clinical use of numerous AI applications over one unified system that integrates into an existing IT stack. Such a platform is necessary to scale clinical AI beyond one or two use cases and into an enterprise-wide solution with upstream and downstream ROI potential. An aiOS orchestrates the bridge between clinical data and image data, providing an infrastructure for both clinical workflows and analytics.

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Clinical Conundrum: Does IM Ketorolac Provide Superior Pain Relief to PO Ibuprofen?

REBEL EM

Clinical Scenario: A 34-year-old woman presents to the ED with back pain. After your history and physical, you conclude that the patient’s pain is muscular in origin and likely secondary to heavy lifting while moving apartments. You contemplate analgesic options and decide that a NSAID makes sense. Should you give her PO ibuprofen or IM ketorolac? Bottom Line Up Top: There is no difference in analgesic efficacy between oral and intramuscular NSAIDs.

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