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Breast cancer overdiagnosis may be common among older women, study contends

Radiology Business

The findings point to a "real need for better tools to identify which women may benefit from screening and which breast cancers are unlikely to be progressive.

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Shawn Pew Puts Customers First as New VP of Service

Cassling's MRI

With more than two decades of experience on the Cassling service team, Shawn stands ready to lead the organization in delivering unmatched OEM service and response times on Siemens Healthineers systems while expanding the company’s ability to provide vendor-agnostic service across the Midwest.

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Reducing Retake Rates and Exposures in General Digital Radiology

Everything Rad

Reading Time: 6 minutes read Carestream customers realized average reject rate reduction of 16%. (1) Do you know that, on average,18% of imaging exams require retakes? (2). Repeating imaging exams increases the workload of your radiographers who are already stretched too thin; increases the exposure of the affected patients; and contributes to patients’ reduced confidence and satisfaction with your imaging department.

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ASTRO 2023 Preview

Imaging Technology

August 10, 2023 — Planners and radiation oncology leaders are finalizing programming ahead of the American Society for Radiation Oncology's (ASTRO) 65th Annual Meeting, ASTRO 2023, to take place at the San Diego Convention Center, October 1-4, 2023. Registration is open until the August 17 deadline.

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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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WBCT Indications Series: Lisfranc

CurveBeam AI

Lisfranc Injuries A Lisfranc injury is characterized by an injury to the ligament that connects the medial cuneiform with the 2nd metatarsal base (Lisfranc ligament). Often, there are associated midfoot fractures. Unstable Lisfranc injuries left untreated can result in chronic pain and progressive collapse of the midfoot. A weight bearing CT scan can: Better characterize bony injuries​ 1.

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What Can Chiropractic X-rays Reveal About Spinal Health?

Maven Imaging

X-rays are typically used as diagnostic imaging tools in chiropractic care to assess the spinal health of a patient. These types of X-rays can reveal various aspects of your spinal alignment, structure, and potential abnormalities.

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Como Atrair e Reter Técnicos em Radiologia

Everything Rad

Reading Time: 7 minutes read Os administradores de radiologia presentes no encontro da AHRA compartilham suas estratégias. Qual é o maior desafio enfrentado pelos administradores de radiologia atualmente? A resposta dos profissionais presentes no encontro da Associação de Gestão de Aquisição de Imagens Médicas (American Healthcare Radiology Administrators, AHRA) de 2023 foi unânime: como atrair e reter técnicos em radiologia.

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RSNA Launches Abdominal Trauma Detection AI Challenge

Imaging Technology

milla1cf Tue, 08/08/2023 - 20:15 August 8, 2023 — RSNA has launched the “ RSNA 2023 Abdominal Trauma Detection AI Challenge ” to explore whether AI can be used to aid in the detection and classification of traumatic abdominal injuries. The international imaging dataset is the first multiphasic dataset that RSNA has assembled for a challenge and is one of the largest and most varied of its kind, including detailed clinical labels, radiologist annotations and segmentations.

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CMS Suspends IDR Process of No Surprises Act After Federal Court Vacates IDR Fee Increase

Diagnostic Imaging

The controversial Independent Dispute Resolution (IDR) process of the No Surprises Act was temporarily suspended by the CMS on August 4 due to a federal court ruling that vacated a substantial administrative fee increase and batching rule from the CMS that reportedly curtailed challenges of claim reimbursement by radiologists and other providers.

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Top 5 Ways KMG’s Turnkey Medical Imaging Solutions Can Help You

Kings Medical Group

Efficiency, Excellence, and Expertise – Your Mobile, Interim Mobile and Fixed Base Turnkey Medical Imaging Partner Amid the dynamic landscape of healthcare, medical facilities like hospitals and imaging centers regularly encounter a host of obstacles that impede their effectiveness and financial success. These challenges include patient backlog, fragmented care, and unmet returns on investments (ROI), […] The post Top 5 Ways KMG’s Turnkey Medical Imaging Solutions Can Help You

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Radiologists, emergency physicians and anesthesiologists jointly praise key court decision

Radiology Business

The three medical societies said they "stand ready" to work with the federal government and other stakeholders to ensure a fair IDR process under the No Surprises Act.

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ACR Opposes Focus of Recently Introduced Imaging Services Transparency Act

Imaging Technology

milla1cf Thu, 08/10/2023 - 20:48 August 10, 2023 — While the American College of Radiology ( ACR ) supports greater healthcare transparency, the ACR opposes the Imaging Services Price Transparency Act as introduced July 25 by U.S. Rep. Mike Carey (R-OH). ACR asserts the legislation in its current form prioritizes price over quality as the primary factor in patients determining where to receive their imaging services.

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What a New MRI Study Reveals About Enhancing Parenchyma in Women with Extremely Dense Breasts

Diagnostic Imaging

Emerging research suggests that a high volume of enhancing parenchyma on dynamic contrast-enhanced MRI more than doubles the breast cancer risk for women with extremely dense breasts.

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Advanced and Affordable MRI Scanner Could Revolutionize Access to Cutting-Edge Imaging Technology

MedImaging MRI

A new advanced and affordable MRI scanner has the potential to revolutionize healthcare accessibility across the world and provide critical diagnostic capabilities to millions globally.

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Startup launches service that translates radiology reports into 5th-grade reading level

Radiology Business

Vital's Doctor-to-Patient Translator uses the latest large language models and natural language processing to simplify imaging results and other clinical notes.

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Portable Ultrasound-Based System Simultaneously Assesses Fractures and Soft Tissue Injuries

MedImaging Ultrasound

A portable, computer-aided, 3D fracture detection and diagnosis system based on ultrasound imaging could enable rapid triage of fracture severity, thereby reducing unnecessary radiography.

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New Meta-Analysis Details Most Common Brain MRI Findings with COVID-19

Diagnostic Imaging

The most common brain MRI findings associated with COVID-19 included acute/subacute infarction in 22 percent of patients and cerebral microbleeds in 17 percent of patients.

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REBEL Cast Ep122 – Delayed vs Rapid Sequence Intubation in Agitated Trauma Patients

REBEL EM

Background: Getting a definitive airway in a critically ill trauma patient can be a stressful situation. The potential for soiled airways, cervical spine injuries, maxillofacial injuries and head injuries combined with agitation/delirium, altered mental status and hypoxemia can make securing a definitive airway both an anatomic and physiologic challenge.

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UnitedHealthcare eliminating prior authorization for more than 60 radiology services

Radiology Business

Impacted procedures will include breast MRI with contrast, bone marrow imaging, gastroesophageal reflux studies and cardiac shunt detection, UHC said.

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Tau PET: A window into the future of Alzheimer's patients

Medical Xpress: Radiology

Alzheimer's disease, one of the most common neurodegenerative diseases, leads to progressive loss of memory and autonomy. It is characterized by the accumulation of neurotoxic proteins in the brain, namely amyloid plaques and tau tangles. Due to the silent development of pathology over decades, very early diagnosis is of utmost importance to be able to take action as early as possible in the disease process.

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AI-based decision support tool can reduce unnecessary breast biopsies, save millions

Health Imaging

Scientists at Houston Methodist Hospital developed the intelligent-augmented breast cancer risk calculator, testing it across a large dataset to produce promising results.

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How To Increase Your CT Scanners Uptime

Atlantis Worldwide

The best way to get the most out of your CT Scanner is for it to run at an optimal level all the time. So how can you make sure your CT Scanner is running at an optimal level?

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Use of advanced imaging skyrockets in ED, and radiologists should be ready for more

Radiology Business

The surge in imaging utilization is independent of increased patient volumes, “suggesting that other extrinsic drivers” contributed, researchers noted.

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Researchers find molecular signal that could help confirm early diagnosis of multiple sclerosis

Medical Xpress: Radiology

By the time multiple sclerosis is normally diagnosed—when brain lesions appear on magnetic resonance imaging scans—the patient can have irreversible damage and treatment options can be limited. But in a Stanford Medicine-led study, researchers found a molecular signal that could help confirm diagnosis of multiple sclerosis early and dramatically improve treatment through sensitive, real-time monitoring of patients' therapeutic response.

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Rethinking ICM storage could help imaging departments reduce waste by 59%

Health Imaging

“While drug pricing is not opaque and absolute costs of medications can vary widely, any waste comes at a cost," researchers wrote in a new analysis.

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Utilizing AI for Quantitative Assessment of Prostate Cancer Recurrence

Diagnostic Imaging

In a video interview, Hong Song, M.D., Ph.D., discussed retrospective research, presented at the recent Society for Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (SNMMI) conference, that evaluated the combination of artificial intelligence (AI)-based software and the PSMA agent piflufolastat F 18 to help quantify prostate cancer lesions and associations with biochemical progression-free survival.

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6 takeaways from the latest ACR/RBMA Workforce Survey

Radiology Business

The survey received more than 1,700 responses, exploring topics such as practice ownership, part-time duties, and women's preference for working in academic settings.

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Deep Learning Model Detects Diabetes Using Routine Chest Radiographs

Health IT Analytics

New deep learning tool leverages chest x-rays and electronic health record data to flag elevated diabetes risk up to three years before diagnosis.

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Generic substitute for gadolinium-based contrast agent Gadavist hits the market

Health Imaging

The contrast agent, simply called Gadobutrol Injection, has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and is now available in the United States.

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Microplastics found in human heart tissues, both before and after surgical procedures

ScienceDaily

Everywhere scientists look for microplastics, they've found them -- food, water, air and some parts of the human body. But examinations of our innermost organs that aren't directly exposed to the environment are still limited. Now, in a pilot study of people who underwent heart surgery, researchers report that they have found microplastics in many heart tissues.

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