Ben White

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

Medical surveys are an easy way to make a few bucks at a good hourly rate (well, maybe at least for a resident), and there are multiple sites offering surveys to physicians. The caveat is that, of course, most survey sponsors are typically looking for board-certified physicians with multiple years of experience, particularly in sub-specialties. The less experience you have, the more you need to be prepared to get screened out of what seem like promising survey opportunities.

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AuntMinnie

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

Members of Valencia's radiological community are reeling from the worst flooding experienced by the region for generations. Some people have expressed anger over the lack of preparedness and political leadership. "Work in our hospital, and especially in our radiology department, has been exceptionally challenging throughout this crisis -- and it continues to be so," Eva Llopis, MD, head of radiology at Hospital Universitari de la Ribera in Alzira, the capital of the comarca of Ribera Alta in the

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NOVEMBER 6, 2024

Elbow Dislocation Definition: Disarticulation of the proximal radius & ulna bones from the humerus Epidemiology: Incidence Second most common joint dislocation (after shoulder) in adults Most commonly dislocated joint in children Accounts for 10-25% of all injuries to the elbow ( Cohen 1998 ) Posterolateral is the most common type of dislocation (80%) Demographics Most commonly affects patients between ages 10-20 years old As age increases, elbow dislocation rates tend to d

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Radiology Business

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

Radiology Business Forty Under 40 Class of 2024

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Amidst rising cancer prevalence and soaring costs, new cancer technologies and innovations are emerging to support the early detection, treatment, and surveillance of cancer. Read this guide to understand how to evaluate these solutions for your employees and members – and to learn more about the current state of coverage, clinical and cost effectiveness, and impact on quality and outcomes.

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NOVEMBER 13, 2024

Researchers have developed an AI powered model that -- in 10 seconds -- can determine during surgery if any part of a cancerous brain tumor that could be removed remains.The technology, called FastGlioma, outperformed conventional methods for identifying what remains of a tumor by a wide margin. Researchers say it has the potential to change the field of neurosurgery by immediately improving comprehensive management of patients with diffuse gliomas.

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Ben White

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

From Nassim Nicholas Taleb’s famous The Black Swan : A life saved is a statistic; a person hurt is an anecdote. Statistics are invisible; anecdotes are salient. A notable inversion: medical screening, such as the whole body MRI hyped by Prenuvo (previously discussed here ) and Ezra as well as the GRAIL cancer blood test. The anecdotal lives saved are the salient stories (look, we found a renal cell carcinoma in Pete, we saved his life ).

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AuntMinnie

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

MRI shows that lower pulmonary gas exchange in the lungs of long-COVID patients may be associated with cognitive symptoms, according to a study to be presented at the RSNA annual meeting in Chicago. The findings suggest that gas exchange abnormalities can help identify long COVID patients who require additional treatment or long-term management, noted the study's lead author Keegan Staab, a radiology research assistant at the University of Iowa in Iowa City.

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Diagnostic Imaging

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

Use of the medication levothyroxine, commonly prescribed for hypothyroidism, was associated with greater long-term loss of total body bone mass in seniors, according to new DEXA research to be presented at the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) conference.

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Radiology Business

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

ACR is asking the imaging community to contact their federal representatives, urging them to pass three key pieces of legislation before Jan. 1.

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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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Imaging Technology

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

tim.hodson Mon, 11/18/2024 - 15:43 On Nov. 7, 2024, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted icometrix clearance for icobrain aria, the first AI software approved for detecting, measuring and grading amyloid-related imaging abnormalities (ARIA), a potentially harmful side effect of new amyloid-targeting therapies. A large study, needed for FDA clearance, demonstrated that the use of icobrain aria significantly increases the accuracy of ARIA assessments by radiologists and hence allows

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Health Imaging

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

Following the Mediterranean diet could have significant benefits for cognitive health.

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Ben White

NOVEMBER 17, 2024

They used to say academics was less production/pay and private practice was high stress/high comp. The gap has narrowed because the academy is demanding much more, lots of rads are just nonacademic employees of the university behemoth working a generic job, and the labor shortage means hospitals/universities need to pay more to compete in the job market.

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AuntMinnie

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

Most radiologists have heard of Moore’s Law. It was named after Gordon Moore, co-founder of Intel. In 1965, he observed that the number of components on a microchip had been doubling every year. He also predicted that this would continue for at least ten years. In 1975, he revised this to every two years. Rather oddly, this has been uncannily accurate for the intervening 50 years.

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About 40% of us will be diagnosed with cancer in our lifetime, and patients are getting younger. At the same time, the cost of treatment continues to rise, with employers spending 8.5% more on cancer care for each employee than they did last year. The best thing employers can do for their employees and business tomorrow is to invest in cancer detection and care today.

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Diagnostic Imaging

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

While a large retrospective study found that interstitial lung abnormalities (ILAs) were evident on 1.7 percent of computed tomography (CT) scans, researchers found that 43.9 percent of ILAs, including fibrotic ILAs, were not reported.

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Radiology Business

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

Hospitals and physicians are pressing lawmakers to pass two previously proposed pieces of legislation that allow international medical graduates to work here longer.

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Everything Rad

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

Reading Time: 10 minutes read By Henry Williams, Carestream Area Vice President, Sales Western Nowadays, with hospital budgetary restrictions at the forefront of the purchasing decision making process, it seems like the X-Ray market, like everything else, is not immune to the current state of the economy. With that said, it would be easy to theorize that more than anything else, that cost is the most crucial factor for clinics, hospitals, and imaging centers that are seeking X-Ray equipment solu

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Health Imaging

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

New MRI data highlights associations between being born into disadvantaged communities and decreased volume of multiple areas in the brain. What’s more, these findings hold true despite educational attainment and late-life income.

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Ben White

NOVEMBER 29, 2024

My internet friends over at Medality are having a big Black Friday sale now through next Tuesday with 30-40% off memberships, learning passes, and virtual fellowships. Solid use of CME funds before the end of the year, and an easy way to support this site. The post Medality first appeared on Ben White.

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AuntMinnie

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

Diffusion MR imaging suggests that soccer heading may cause more damage to the brain than previously thought, according to study results to be presented at the upcoming RSNA meeting. Michael L. Lipton, MD, PhD. A team of researchers led by senior author Michael L. Lipton, MD, PhD, of Columbia University Irving Medical Center in New York reported that diffusion MRI showed microstructural features of injury to the grooved indentations called sulci found in the white matter of the brain of soccer p

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Diagnostic Imaging

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

While GPT-4 demonstrated higher overall accuracy than other large language models in answering ACR Diagnostic in Training Exam multiple-choice questions, researchers noted an eight percent decrease in GPT-4’s accuracy rate from the first month to the third month of the study.

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Radiology Business

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

"We are facing an overwhelming influx of FDA-approved AI tools in healthcare, especially in radiology," one of the participants notes.

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Explore the latest insights from the American Cancer Society's “Cancer Statistics 2024” report, which unveils multiple alarming trends in cancer data. Cancer is on the rise among young adults, and diagnoses for 6 of the 10 most common cancers are escalating. With over 2 million new cancer cases projected in the U.S. this year, employers face increased challenges when it comes to supporting employees.

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Imaging Technology

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

tim.hodson Thu, 11/21/2024 - 15:10 Nov. 21, 2024 — Royal Philips plans to unveil its next-generation 1.5T BlueSeal MR wide-bore scanner at RSNA 2024 in Chicago, Dec. 1-4. The latest generation scanner features a 70 cm wide-bore design and integrates AI-enabled MR Smart Workflow solutions, designed to enhance access and diagnostic confidence to improve outcomes for more patients.

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Health Imaging

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

“When we rely too much on whatever the computer tells us, that’s a problem.

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Ben White

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

Add this to the list of things that I should have had ready for launch day back in August: the Independent Radiology Newsletter. Sign up now to receive monthly job updates from the world of private practice radiology. The post IndyRad Newsletter first appeared on Ben White.

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AuntMinnie

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

The global medical imaging community has paid tribute to Willi Kalender, PhD, the renowned medical physicist who died on October 21 at the age of 75. "Willi was a pioneer in every sense of the word. He is the father of contemporary CT imaging -- and thus of clinical radiology as we know it today," Christiane Kuhl, MD, PhD, told AuntMinnie.com on November 4.

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