Imaging Technology

SEPTEMBER 30, 2023

and conducted by the Beilinson Hospital, one of the largest and most renowned multidisciplinary medical institutions in Israel, and utilized Nanox.AI’s HealthCCSng, an FDA -cleared and CE marked tool designed specifically for cardiac health assessment. The study was sponsored by Nanox.AI

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Ben White

DECEMBER 26, 2023

The researchers reported a nearly 38 percent increase in central line infections, a dangerous kind of infection that medical authorities say should never happen, and a 27 percent increase in falls by patients while staying in the hospital. “We I will say we were surprised at how strong it was.”

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AuntMinnie

APRIL 30, 2024

CT imaging shows that severe acute respiratory disease events can be caused by quantitative interstitial abnormalities (QIA) -- that is, small irregularities that don't necessarily meet diagnostic criteria for advanced pulmonary diseases but show up on CT exams over time, a study published April 30 in Radiology has reported.

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REBEL EM

AUGUST 21, 2023

Background Information: Cardiac arrest is a devastating event that imposes considerable human and financial burdens. Mild Hypercapnia or Normocapnia after Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest. Paper: Eastwood G, et al. N Engl J Med. Epub 2023 Jun 15.

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Radiology Business

JUNE 28, 2023

The consortium of cancer care stakeholders recently held a launch event, with others involved including the ACR, Johnson & Johnson, and drug company AstraZeneca.

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AuntMinnie

JUNE 30, 2024

Welcome to the 2002 edition of the Minnies, AuntMinnie.com’ s annual event to recognize the best of radiology! Congratulations to the winners, and thanks to everyone who participated! Martha Koperwhats, Texas Children's Hospital 2. Enrico Perez, Columbia Presbyterian-Cornell University Hospitals BEST RADIOLOGIST TRAINING PROGRAM 1.

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Imaging Technology

MAY 24, 2024

milla1cf Fri, 05/24/2024 - 07:00 May 24, 2024 — Smokers who have small abnormalities on their CT scans that grow over time have a greater likelihood of experiencing acute respiratory disease events, according to a new study published today in Radiology , a journal of the Radiological Society of North America ( RSNA ).

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Imaging Technology

JUNE 19, 2024

The event took place on June 17 at Narita Memorial Hospital in Toyohashi, Japan. Developed in collaboration with Kyoto University Hospital , the OXRAY system has been seamlessly integrated into RayStation through close collaboration between RaySearch and Hitachi.

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AuntMinnie

OCTOBER 13, 2023

Estimating the prevalence and severity of coronary artery calcium (CAC) using data gleaned from nongated chest CT imaging improves risk assessment of postsurgical major clinical events before a patient undergoes noncardiac surgery, according to research published in the October 10 issue of Circulation. compared with 2.9%. 1 to 2 3.7%

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REBEL EM

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

PMID: 38019968 Clinical Question: In patients with suspected acute poisoning and GCS <9, is a conservative airway strategy of withholding intubation associated with a reduction in death, ICU LOS, and hospital LOS compared with routine practice of intubation? References: Freund Y et al.

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AuntMinnie

JUNE 11, 2024

He presented the abstract on behalf of first author Ken Herrmann, MD, chair of nuclear medicine at the University Hospital Essen in Essen, Germany. The most common groups of any-grade treatment-emergent adverse events in the Lu-177 PSMA-617 group were dry mouth and myelosuppression, resulting in anemia, thrombocytopenia, and neutropenia.

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AuntMinnie

JUNE 26, 2024

The joy of being part of this event and the commitment to the sporting project of each athlete will keep us busy full time. Athletes have prepared their whole lives for this event. The Japanese did their utmost to organize a superb event, despite the health context (COVID) at the time. I think the day will pass quickly!”

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Associates in Medical Imaging

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

Increasing access to mammography in your hospital/practice can contribute to reducing geographic disparities in mammography screening. But it’s challenging for a large hospital system or even a single hospital with various outpatient centers to offer the same advanced technology everywhere.

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AuntMinnie

JUNE 24, 2024

In the weeks following the September 11 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, AuntMinnie.com spoke with radiologists at hospitals in New York City and Washington, DC, about the role radiology played in caring for the victims. But most of the patients had only minor injuries, many of which did not require x-rays.

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Imaging Technology

JANUARY 25, 2024

Fintelmann, MD, from Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. HFJV can be used in complex cases without significantly impacting hospital length of stay (HLOS) longer than or equal to 2 days, procedure time, or radiation exposure.” Fintelmann et al.

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JVIR

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Cardiovascular events impact the outcomes of patients with peripheral artery disease (PAD), especially those with severe comorbidities. This study presents in-hospital cardiovascular outcomes of PAD patients with varying stages of chronic kidney disease (CKD) in a large population from a real-world database.

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AuntMinnie

OCTOBER 12, 2023

MRI safety expert Tobias Gilk spoke with the news station, saying that while the incident may not rise to the level of classification of a serious reportable event, it's "pretty serious." Windust was only taken to the ER and never admitted to the hospital.

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AuntMinnie

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Women's imaging specialist and study author Sarah Friedewald, MD, from Northwestern Memorial Hospital and the Feinberg School of Medicine, will share how the system matches pairs of regions of interest in different views.

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Imaging Technology

APRIL 29, 2024

These adverse events often lead to hospitalizations and treatment interruptions that can reduce treatment efficacy. Locally advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) and small cell lung cancer (SCLC) are typically treated with definitive thoracic radiotherapy (RT), often in the form of concurrent chemoradiotherapy (CRT).

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Aidoc

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

The condition, originally thought to be a relatively harmless and natural process, is now regarded as a precursor to other severe heart diseases, increasing the likelihood of significant future cardiac events. Detecting and managing CAC is crucial for preventing events such as heart attacks and strokes.

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Imaging Technology

JUNE 18, 2024

Top plenary lectures will feature thought leaders from the OBGYN profession and beyond, holding distinguished positions at world leading institutions and hospital clinics. Program planners note that the event promises an immersive experience against the backdrop of Budapest’s rich cultural heritage.

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Everything Rad

JUNE 28, 2023

Reading Time: 8 minutes read By Dr. Niall Sheehy, MB, MRCP, FFR RCSI, St James’s Hospital -Trinity College Dublin. In May 2021, St James’s Hospital in Dublin was one of 54 public hospitals affected when the Health Service Executive (HSE) was the victim of a Cyber Attack by Conti, a sophisticated, financially-motivated criminal gang.

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Imaging Technology

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Rapid Edge Cloud is the only highly-flexible hybrid healthcare platform that will enable on-prem AI services to continue in the event a hospital needs to cut off cloud connectivity – allowing life-saving care to continue uninterrupted.

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AuntMinnie

JULY 1, 2024

Participants underwent both F-18 PSMA-1007 PET/CT and multiparametric MRI within 14 days of one another and at least five days before surgery at two hospitals in Alberta, Canada. In this phase II clinical trial, the researchers sought to evaluate the approach further.

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JVIR

DECEMBER 2, 2022

Nephrostomy drain dislodgment is a common occurrence, with reported rates of 15%–26% (1–3) and should be considered a major postprocedural adverse event. It also places additional demands on limited health care resources by leading to unplanned care and prolonged hospitalization and requiring additional intervention to resolve.

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Imaging Technology

MAY 11, 2023

“The findings support safety of continuing AT during breast core-needle biopsy (CNB),” wrote lead researcher Melissa Reichman, MD, of Weill Cornell Medicine at New York-Presbyterian Hospital, adding that patients who maintain AT should be counseled regarding risk of bruise. Finally, bleeding events were compared among groups.

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AuntMinnie

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Previous studies suggest an association between COVID-19 and thrombosis events such as pulmonary thromboendarectomy (PTE). The team wanted to understand whether the presence of COVID-19 interfered with clinical workflows at the hospital level and whether it influenced changes in cardiac anatomical structures.

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Imaging Technology

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Dimitris Bertsimas , associate dean of analytics at MIT-Sloan , in Cambridge, MA, through which Hartford HealthCare Innovation developed a startup company, Holistic Hospital Optimization ( H2O ).

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Ben White

JUNE 8, 2023

In the event of adverse business, financial, or economic conditions, the obligor is not likely to have the capacity to meet its financial commitment on the obligation. Assuredly RP is trying to get subsidies from its hospital contracts, but I suppose in many ways they are also keen on extracting subsidies from their radiologists as well.

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Imaging Technology

AUGUST 16, 2023

A snapshot of significant updates from that event, as reported in an SBI online update of the 3-day event held in May, follows. Additionally, SBI named four new Fellows during its 2023 Symposium, including: Shinn-Huey Shirley Chou, MD, MPH, FSBI , Massachusetts General Hospital Ethan O.

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Vesta Teleradiology

JANUARY 12, 2024

These events provide a platform for experts in each imaging domain to share groundbreaking research, exchange innovative ideas, and explore the latest technological advancements in various modalities such as X-ray, MRI, CT scans, ultrasound, and nuclear medicine. Here’s a small list of events you may want to check out!

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AuntMinnie

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

For the quarter, p rofit after tax was 21.6 million krona ($2 million); for the nine months, the company reported profit after tax of 50 million krona ($4.8 million), up from 9.6 million krona ($911,440) for the same period last year.

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AuntMinnie

JUNE 8, 2024

This yttrium-90 (Y-90)-labeled fibroblast activation protein inhibitor (FAPI)-46 research comes from Helena Lanzafame, MD, and colleagues from the department of nuclear medicine at University Hospital Essen in Germany, who noted their study involved the largest Y-90-FAPI-46 cohort studied to date.

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AuntMinnie

MAY 8, 2024

On the other hand, two serious side effects occurring less frequently are carcinoid crisis with DOTATATE therapies, and extravasations with any intravenous (IV) radiopharmaceutical therapies, explained Erica Cohen Major, DO, a nuclear medicine specialist and assistant chief of nuclear medicine at Edward Hines VA Hospital near Chicago.

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CurveBeam AI

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

This National Radiologic Technology Week, CurveBeam AI recognizes Clinical Applications Specialist, Doug Chalker, whose career in diagnostic imaging spans over three decades and several hospitals. A Career That Started in the Night Doug’s journey in radiologic technology began at Doctors Hospital in Columbus, Ohio.

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REBEL EM

MAY 25, 2023

Lancet 2010 [10] >20,000 adult trauma patients with SBP <90mmHg Patients randomized to TXA 1g over 10 min + 1g IV over 8hrs vs Placebo given within 8hrs of injury In-hospital mortality by 28d reduced (14.5% NEJM 1994. [2]

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Imaging Technology

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

from independent clinical experience by physicians at the University Hospital Augsburg , Germany. manufactured by the University Hospital Augsburg and used under German legislation, reflects use of an investigational agent for which safety and efficacy have not been established by the U.S. 177Lu-rhPSMA-10.1

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