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Ultrasound-guided fluoro for kidney stones cuts radiation to kids

AuntMinnie

Fluoroscopy-assisted ultrasound guidance for mini-percutaneous nephrolithotomy (mini-PCNL) procedures in children is a safer and more effective approach than fluoroscopy alone, researchers have found. The investigators tracked complication rate and fluoroscopy time. mGy p Time to puncture (seconds) 136.6

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HPI: Nonradiologists interpret more than a third of office-based imaging

AuntMinnie

A significant percentage of imaging studies ordered by office-based healthcare providers are self-interpreted rather than referred to radiologists for reading, according to researchers from the Harvey L. Ultrasound 52% Nuclear medicine 39.5% Neiman Health Policy Institute (HPI). An HPI team found that 43.6%

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Study finds decreases in imaging's share of all healthcare spending

AuntMinnie

Although medical imaging has frequently been considered a major culprit behind the growth of healthcare spending in the U.S., billion, while spending on all other healthcare services increased by 63.7%. Healthcare spending in the U.S. Healthcare spending in the U.S. Ultrasound 24% 28% X-ray/fluoroscopy 56.2%

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New CT, MR scanners and AI top GE HealthCare highlights at RSNA 2023

AuntMinnie

CHICAGO -- GE HealthCare (GEHC) brought new CT and MRI scanners and a range of AI software applications to McCormick Place for RSNA 2023. GE HealthCare's new Revolution Ascend CT scanner. GE HealthCare's Signa Champion 1.5-tesla Other ultrasound scanners on display included GEHC’s Logiq E10, Fortis, Invenia ABUS 2.0,

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Coding changes that will impact radiology practices in 2024

AuntMinnie

“Augmentative” means that a physician or other qualified healthcare professional is required to interpret and report on the analysis. Cardiac Intraoperative Ultrasound (IOUS) Services : New codes are available to report cardiac IOUS, as follows: CPT Code Description 76984 Ultrasound, intraoperative thoracic aorta (e.g.,

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4 ways to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in radiology

AuntMinnie

But there are measures that can be taken to reduce these emissions, and performing a "life cycle assessment" is a good way to assess the effect not only of greenhouse gas emissions on the healthcare enterprise but also interventions to mitigate them, according to a team led by Cassandra Thiel, PhD, of Royal Philips in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

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Dynamic Digital Radiography Quantitatively Diagnoses Diaphragm Dysfunction

Imaging Technology

12, 2025 Konica Minolta Healthcare Americas, has published a case study by clinicians in the pulmonary and radiology departments at ASST Fatebenefratelli Sacco (Milan, Italy) demonstrating the use of Dynamic Digital Radiography (DDR) to help definitively diagnose diaphragm dysfunction. tim.hodson Fri, 02/14/2025 - 15:14 Feb.12,