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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. of office-based studies were interpreted by the ordering provider, and 58.5% An HPI team found that 43.6%

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Does AI contribute to burnout for radiologists?

AuntMinnie

Frequent AI use is associated with an increased risk of radiologist burnout, particularly among those with high workloads and low AI acceptance, suggests a study published November 22 in JAMA Network Open. In China, the annual growth rate of medical imaging data is 7.5 times that of radiologists, they wrote. were female and 64.7%

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The Radiologist Shortage is Here

Ben White

It should go without saying, but I’ll say it anyway: these are my opinions, formed from the combination of my biases, my experience as a radiologist since beginning residency 10 years ago, and my many conversations with radiologists across the country. Imaging volumes are increasing between 3 to 5% per year. Six weeks?!

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Radiologists can promote health equity with responsible AI use

AuntMinnie

In her presentation, Noushin Yahyavi, MD, from the University of Maryland in Baltimore discussed ways that stakeholders in imaging AI, including radiology departments and AI vendors, can better promote health equity with the technology. We do see a need to positively impact healthcare equity in radiology,” Yahyavi said.

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ECR: PET/MRI highly effective for detecting prostate cancer

AuntMinnie

Patients have undergone PET/MR scans (Signa, GE HealthCare ) after injection with F-18 PSMA-1007 ; five radiologists have interpreted the mpMRI images and two nuclear medicine physicians interpreted the PSMA-PET images. Interpretation accuracy is compared with biopsy results.

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Academic Institutions Launch Groundbreaking Healthcare AI Challenge

Imaging Technology

13, 2024 — Mass General Brigham AI is hosting the Healthcare AI Challenge , a multi-institutional virtual, interactive series of events where healthcare professionals can explore and assess the latest AI healthcare technologies in real-world healthcare scenarios. tim.hodson Thu, 11/14/2024 - 10:51 Nov.

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AI predicts malignancy on breast ultrasound

AuntMinnie

A team led by Nilgun Guldogan, MD, from Acibadem Altunizade Hospital in Istanbul, Turkey, found that an AI method showed comparable performance to that of radiologists and can help avoid unnecessary biopsies and follow-up exams. “By considering AI-assigned BI-RADS 2 as safe, we could potentially avoid 11% of benign lesion biopsies and 46.2%