Fri.Aug 25, 2023

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Cassling Adds New Role, Hires Brian Bradfield as Chief Operating Officer

Cassling's MRI

Bradfield joins a leadership team dedicated to strengthening community healthcare across the country and touching 350 million patient lives by the end of the decade. Omaha, Neb. (August 25, 2023) — Cassling, an imaging and therapeutic technology, services and solutions vendor, welcomes Brian Bradfield as Chief Operating Officer. As COO of Cassling, Brian Bradfield will be responsible for ensuring the organization’s service, operations and strategy are in constant alignment with customers’ needs

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Atraer y Retener al Personal de Radiología

Everything Rad

Reading Time: 7 minutes read Los administradores de radiología comparten sus estrategias. ¿Cuál es el mayor desafío que enfrentan actualmente los administradores de radiología? La respuesta de los administradores de radiología que asistieron a Association for Medical Imaging Management (AHRA 2023) fue unánime: atraer y retener al personal de radiología.

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New AI-Powered MRI System Speeds Technologist Workflow and Exam Times for Patients

MedImaging MRI

FUJIFILM has unveiled the new ECHELON Synergy 1.5 Tesla MRI system which integrates Synergy DLR, its proprietary Deep Learning Reconstruction technology driven by AI.

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MRI results affected by movement? MIT researchers have an AI-powered solution

Health Imaging

An MRI's sensitivity to movement during scans often leads to image artifacts, risking misdiagnoses and redundant scans. But a new deep learning model may be able to compensate.

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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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Cigna is removing 25% of medical services from prior authorization, but none of them are in imaging

Radiology Business

The health insurer has faced criticism over its use of PA, including a class action lawsuit alleging it denied claims for imaging and other healthcare services in bulk

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Solis Mammography acquiring network of breast imaging centers

Radiology Business

Supported by Chicago-based Madison Dearborn Capital Partners, the company has grown rapidly in recent years to now include 100-plus locations.

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Some cancer patients may be able to skip the radiation after breast-conserving surgery

Health Imaging

Skipping radiotherapy after breast-conserving surgery would mean patients get to avoid the side effects linked to radiation exposure.

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Private equity-backed LucidHealth touts new 2-year partnership track for its growing teleradiology group

Radiology Business

Since 2020, the “virtual practice” has grown to include more than 75 physicians operating across 47 states, with leaders seeking to hire more.

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Coronary CT Angiography Study Shows Link Between Major Cardiovascular Events and High Lipid Core Burden

Diagnostic Imaging

A high lipid core burden in non-revascularized plaque is associated with nearly a 13-fold higher risk of major adverse cardiovascular events (MACEs) such as cardiac death and myocardial infarction (MI), according to new research based on coronary computed tomography angiography (CCTA) findings.

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Virtual radiology consultation services could add value—but are patients interested?

Radiology Business

Patients appeared to show little interest in the offering, presenting an "important quandary" for the specialty, according to a new study.

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Viz.ai inks deal with UCSF for three AI algorithms

AuntMinnie

AI software developer Viz.ai has signed an agreement with the University o. Read more on AuntMinnie.com Related Reading: Viz.ai gets FDA nod for cardiomyopathy algorithm Viz.ai nets FDA nod for AAA detection algorithm Viz.ai to use recruiting platform for pulmonary embolism trial Viz.ai inks deal with Bristol Meyers to deploy AI Viz.

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Robustness of pulmonary nodule radiomic features on CT as a function of varying radiation dose levels

European Society of Radiology: AI

The aim of this study was to present an in vivo stability analysis of radiomic features for pulmonary nodules against varying radiation dose levels. The authors found that a large majority of pulmonary nodule radiomic features were not inherently robust to radiation dose level variations and determined that a lower radiation dose introduces increasingly random noise and bias to radiomic feature values of pulmonary nodules.

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Destounis talks rising cancer rates with AuntMinnie.com

AuntMinnie

Stamatia Destounis, MD, spoke with AuntMinnie.com about a recent repor. Read more on AuntMinnie.com Related Reading: Author of breast cancer overdiagnosis study speaks with AuntMinnie.com Breast cancer care primer offers women guidance through the journey MIT researcher discusses potential for wearable ultrasound patch Amy Patel talks breast imaging advocacy with AuntMinnie.

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Introducing MRI into clinical practice helps reduce the need for 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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Are ChatGPT cancer treatment recommendations trustworthy?

AuntMinnie

Over three-fifths of treatments recommended by ChatGPT-3.5 Turbo are at leas. Read more on AuntMinnie.com Related Reading: Does ChatGPT really 'hallucinate'?

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GE HealthCare Launches New Handheld Ultrasound Device at ESC Congress

Diagnostic Imaging

Featuring sector and linear arrays, the FDA-cleared Vscan Air SL ultrasound device reportedly enables cardiac and vascular assessments at the point of care.

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GE unveils new technology at ESC meeting

AuntMinnie

GE HealthCare has launched a digital tool for use in atrial fibrillation (AFib. Read more on AuntMinnie.

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Contrast Agent Protocol

Diagnostic Imaging

Joseph Cavallo, MD, MBA, and Dushyant Sahani, MD, provide an overview of the different imaging technique protocols needed for contrast agents.

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Philips issues radiation warning for fluoroscopy, angiography systems

AuntMinnie

Philips has issued an urgent field safety notice for several of its fluoroscop. Read more on AuntMinnie.

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Role of Generics in Imaging

Diagnostic Imaging

Experts discuss the concept of generics and how they have traditionally been utilized in the healthcare space.

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MRI illuminates the brain effects of long COVID-19

AuntMinnie

Individuals with long COVID-19 show decreased gray-matter volume on brain M. Read more on AuntMinnie.

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Sclerotherapy of venous malformations using polidocanol: effectiveness, safety and predictors of outcome and adverse events

JVIR

Percutaneous sclerotherapy is an established treatment for the therapy of venous malformations (VM). The aim of this study was to assess the efficacy, safety and predictors of outcome and complications for PS of VMs using polidocanol.

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Can an AI photo app help diagnose scoliosis?

AuntMinnie

An AI application that uses smartphone photos to diagnose scoliosis appear. Read more on AuntMinnie.

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Genicular artery embolization for treatment of knee osteoarthritis: interim analysis of a prospective pilot trial including effect on serum osteoarthritis-associated biomarkers

JVIR

To characterize the safety, efficacy, and potential role of genicular artery embolization (GAE) as a disease-modifying treatment for symptomatic knee osteoarthritis (OA).

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AutoHotkey for Radiology

Ben White

Autohotkey is powerful free software you can use to control your computer and generate simple (or complex) macros to automate tedious or repetitive tasks. For radiology, I consider the most important ability AHK enables is true hands-free dictation. Ultimately, you can go crazy with this power, and it only takes a few minutes to learn how to use the software.

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