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Are You Prone to Superstitions in Radiology?

Diagnostic Imaging

Whether it’s the proverbial “bad penny” case that crashes PACS or the perception that positive computed tomography angiography (CTA) exams for pulmonary arterial clots come in sets of three, suspicions can emerge here and there in radiology.

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The ABR Discusses the New Oral Boards

Ben White

Here is the video for the American Board of Radiology’s town hall discussion about the new oral boards, which are coming to a computer near you in 2028: Some highlights: The ABR would like you to know that discussions about revamping the Certifying Exam started internally and “did not arise from an assumption that there was something wrong with the Certifying Exam.” ( There is.

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10 trends to watch in diagnostic imaging

Radiology Business

“To achieve organizational objectives in an ever-evolving landscape, imaging providers must develop strategies to meet increased demand for services,” Sg2 experts advised.

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Recurrent Brain Trauma May Increase Alzheimer’s Risk

Imaging Technology

milla1cf Mon, 05/22/2023 - 13:16 May 22, 2023 — New research finds that the brains of otherwise healthy military personnel who are exposed to explosions show an abnormal brain accumulation of amyloid-beta protein—a protein that plays a role in the development of Alzheimer’s disease. The results of the study were published today in Radiology , a journal of the Radiological Society of North America ( RSNA ).

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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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Mammography Study Finds No Significant Link Between Breast Density and Breast Cancer Prognosis

Diagnostic Imaging

In a study involving over 1,100 women diagnosed with breast cancer, researchers found that 48.7 percent of women alive or dead from other causes at a median follow-up of 11.7 years had moderately dense breasts. They also found that 46 percent of women who died from breast cancer at a median-follow-up of 5.3 years had moderately dense breasts.

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Interpretive AI for medical imaging: 5 points of skepticism, idealism

Health Imaging

Surveying the landscape of interpretive AI in radiology, two researchers note a yawning gap between great expectations set in the recent past and actual clinical implementations as of spring 2023.

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Envision Healthcare signs deal to keep its radiologists in-network with key insurer

Radiology Business

The private equity-backed multispecialty group said Thursday that the pact will grant commercial and Medicare Advantage beneficiaries continued access to its physicians.

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Study Says CT Scan is More Effective than Genetic Testing for Assessing Coronary Heart Disease Risk

Diagnostic Imaging

In what may be the first comparative study of the polygenic risk score and the computed tomography (CT)-derived coronary artery calcium (CAC) score for assessing coronary heart disease (CHD) risk, researchers found that the CAC score was associated with significant improvements in assessing and stratifying risk for the development of CHD in middle-aged to older adults.

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We’re hiring!

Ben White

All of this recent talk of the nationwide radiology shortage and I’ve been remiss in not also mentioning: like every other practice in the country, we’re hiring! Our 100%-independent physician-owned radiology practice of which I am a partner/shareholder is hiring in almost every subspecialty including breast, body, neuro, neuro IR, MSK, ER, and general.

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Physical activity is linked to smaller brain bleeds, new CT data reveal

Health Imaging

The research, published in Stroke and Vascular Neurology , suggests that just four hours of physical activity per week can reduce the significance of a brain bleed.

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HIMSS Announces New Board Chair Appointments

Imaging Technology

milla1cf Fri, 05/26/2023 - 08:00 May 26, 2023 — HIMSS has appointed two technology executives at the helm as chair and vice chair of the HIMSS Board of Directors. Elena Sini is the incoming chair for the HIMSS Board of Directors and currently serves as the vice chair of the HIMSS Board of Directors. Sini is the chief information officer for GVM Care & Research , the Italian Hospital Group.

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Multicenter Breast Ultrasound Study: AI Bolsters Accuracy and Specificity of BI-RADS Classifications

Diagnostic Imaging

Emerging breast ultrasound research showed the use of computer-aided diagnosis (CAD), powered by deep learning, led to 24 percent and 36.9 percent improvements in accuracy and specificity, respectively, in the use of BI-RADS classifications by radiologists without breast ultrasound expertise.

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ChatGPT Passes a Written Radiology Exam

Ben White

ChatGPT’s newest version, GPT4, was able to pass a no-image multiple-choice radiology exam. GPT4 is neat, but this says a whole lot more about how useless and off-base a radiology exam without pictures is than about how ready for prime time the current AI tools are. But they’re coming, and I for one am interested to see more natural language processing combined with what’s already out there to actually make healthcare more efficient (automated discharge summary drafts!

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Standalone AI excels at reading digital mammograms, but how does it hold up with DBT exams?

Health Imaging

Standalone AI can significantly outperform radiologists' sensitivity in reading digital mammograms and has shown potential in DBT exams as well, but experts are not yet ready to hand over the reins.

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Siemens Healthineers and CommonSpirit Health Acquire Block Imaging

Imaging Technology

milla1cf Fri, 05/26/2023 - 07:00 May 26, 2023 — Siemens Healthineers and CommonSpirit Health have agreed to acquire Block Imaging. This new acquisition will provide more sustainable options and support increasing demand from U.S. hospitals, health systems, and other care sites for multi-vendor imaging parts and services. “This acquisition, which builds on our existing relationship with CommonSpirit Health, will enable us to offer even more value to our customers and their patients, while promo

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Key factors associated with fraud in medical imaging research

Radiology Business

The scientific community should reexamine its current academic award system, which may be incentivizing junior faculty to commit fraud, according to new research.

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Digital Mammography Meta-Analysis Suggests AI Performs as Well as Radiologists

Diagnostic Imaging

Six reader studies on digital mammography revealed a pooled sensitivity rate of 80.8 percent for stand-alone artificial intelligence (AI) in comparison to 72.4 percent for radiologist assessment while seven historic cohort studies showed a 75.8 percent pooled sensitivity rate for stand-alone AI versus 72.6 percent for radiologist interpretation of digital mammography.

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'Visual hindsight bias': What it is and how it affects lawsuits against radiologists

Health Imaging

This psychological phenomenon describes the notion that people believe they can make better predictions or decisions once they have been exposed to new information on the subject, often causing them to overestimate their own abilities.

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St. Luke’s University Health Network Selects GE HealthCare for $30 Million Purchase of Cutting-Edge CT Technology, Powered by Artificial Intelligence

Imaging Technology

milla1cf Fri, 05/26/2023 - 06:00 May 26, 2023 — GE HealthCare , a leading medical technology innovator, announced today its largest ever CT deal in the United States – a $30 million order by St. Luke’s University Health Network , a nationally recognized nonprofit healthcare network, to install 21 of GE HealthCare’s innovative CT systems, powered by Artificial Intelligence (AI), across their system.

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Federal law change would require all insurers to cover any supplemental breast imaging

Radiology Business

The Find it Early Act has support from both political parties, alongside the American College of Radiology and journalist/cancer survivor Katie Couric.

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REBEL Core Cast 102.0 – Burn Management

REBEL EM

Take Home Points The Parkland formula can be used to be a guide for initial fluid resuscitation. This is based on second- and third-degree burns (not first-degree). Utilize response to treatment as a guide to continue fluid resuscitation. Patients in fires in closed spaces for a prolonged time are at risk for airway edema and need for intubation. History of fire is very important and please monitor patient condition, patients’ voice, and repeat physical exam.

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Research team develops new system for imaging and treating tumors

Medical Xpress: Radiology

Thanks to the radiation they emit, radioactive compounds are suited both to imaging and treating cancers. By appropriately combining them in novel, so-called radionuclide theranostics, both applications can be dovetailed. A radiopharmacy team at Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR) and Heidelberg University has now presented such a system in the Journal of the American Chemical Society that successfully solves one of the biggest problems to date: it works at physiologically relevant tempe

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Computer Aided Diagnosis Improves Breast Ultrasound Expertise in Multicenter Study

Imaging Technology

milla1cf Thu, 05/25/2023 - 08:21 May 25, 2023 — According to an accepted manuscript published in ARRS’ own American Journal of Roentgenology ( AJR ) , deep learning–based computer-aided diagnosis (CAD) for breast lesion classification on ultrasound significantly improved radiologists’ diagnostic performance—particularly for reducing the frequency of benign breast biopsies.

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Risk model helps radiologists predict whether patients will experience contrast-associated injury after CT

Radiology Business

The study represents the largest and most comprehensive investigation of contrast-associated acute kidney injury in patients with cancer.

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Photon-Counting CT Beats Dual-Source CT at Detecting Heart Defects in Babies

MedImaging General Imaging

A study has found that photon-counting computed tomography (PCCT) offers superior cardiovascular imaging quality at a comparable radiation dose to.

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Innovative endoscopic imaging system can detect multiple fluorescent tracers

Medical Xpress: Radiology

For patients with solid cancers, endoscopic surgery is one of the primary treatment options to remove tumors. However, there is a high risk of cancer recurrence if even a small number of cancerous cells are left behind after surgical resection. To prevent this from happening, researchers developed fluorescence-guided surgery (FGS). In FGS, patients are injected with a fluorescent probe that preferentially binds to tumor cells, enabling surgeons to easily identify lesions with the help of special

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RayCare is Now Interoperable with Varian TrueBeam

Imaging Technology

milla1cf Wed, 05/24/2023 - 08:17 May 24, 2023 — RaySearch Laboratories AB announced that the oncology information system RayCare * ( * subject to regulatory clearance in some markets) can connect to Varian TrueBeam linear accelerators. This is the result of the interoperability agreement with Varian Medical Systems that was signed in 2020. The ability to schedule radiation treatments and keep track of the treatment progress is a key functionality in an oncology information system (OIS).

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Siemens teams with hospital giant CommonSpirit to acquire imaging vendor in ‘first of its kind’ deal

Radiology Business

“Healthcare providers and industry need to work together to solve our common challenges," the president of Siemens Medical Solutions USA said Wednesday.

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Diagnosing osteomyelitis with abbreviated noncontrast MRI protocols

Health Imaging

Using abbreviated MRI protocols for pediatric exams offers similar quality as standard protocols but decreases the need for sedation.

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Team develops a new framework for super-resolution ultrasound

Medical Xpress: Radiology

Researchers at the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology have used deep learning to develop a new framework for super-resolution ultrasound.