AuntMinnie

JANUARY 4, 2024

The statistic underscores a need to improve the imaging exam ordering process, particularly for CT and MR imaging, which would not only benefit patients but also radiologists, wrote a team led by Ariadne DeSimone, MD, of Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston.

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AuntMinnie

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

The scanned women were informed of the findings and referred to the obstetrics department of a nearby hospital. These women were referred to the nearest hospital for further testing and management. These included polyhydramnios, subchorionic hemorrhage, low fetal heart rate, and placenta previa.

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AuntMinnie

JANUARY 19, 2024

A team led by Junqi Han, MD, from the Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University in China found that its model combining data from mammography images, ultrasound images, and other characteristics performed well in predicting disease-free survival of breast cancer.

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AuntMinnie

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

FAPI-PET imaging may become a powerful diagnostic tool for detecting pancreatic cancer, according to a study published November 16 in the Journal of Nuclear Medicine. They found high detection rates and diagnostic accuracy, as well as superior performance to standard imaging. A link to the full study can be found here.

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AuntMinnie

JUNE 6, 2024

A British Heart Foundation-funded study published May 29 in The Lancet co-authored by Chan used AI to analyze CCTA scans and clinical data from over 40,000 people at eight hospitals in the U.K. Many thousands of patients who undergo a cardiac CT scan do not have significant narrowings of the heart arteries," added Prof.

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AuntMinnie

MAY 29, 2024

Asterisks indicate those presented in the article, with reference numbers provided in square brackets and the imaging modality for which the super phantom is intended in round brackets. Image courtesy of Communications Engineering. Examples of test objects that the authors classify as super phantoms.

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AuntMinnie

JANUARY 17, 2024

In North America, PET MPI using rubidium-82 and N-13 ammonia radiotracers has gained prominence, with its growth driven by superior diagnostic accuracy compared to other imaging modalities and its potential for reducing radiation exposure to patients, the authors explained. the authors noted. Also, out of 400 centers in the U.S.

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Purview

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

For many doctors, specialists, hospitals, health care practices and medical facilities, the cloud holds a lot of promise for storing and accessing medical imaging studies by physicians and patients alike.

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AuntMinnie

JANUARY 9, 2024

Researchers led by Anders Nielsen from Odense University Hospital in Svendborg found that between novice, intermediate, and expert ultrasound users, the experts had the highest test scores while the novice users had the lowest scores.

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The British Institute of Radiology

JUNE 8, 2023

In the third blog of her series on AI and the radiographer, Shamie Kumar explores the impact on the radiographer when AI is integrated within an imaging modality. The question to explore in this blog is when AI is integrated within an imaging modality itself and how that may impact a radiographer.

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AuntMinnie

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

Smilow Cancer Hospital, part of Yale New Haven Heath in Connecticut, has implemented a radiotherapy treatment plan for patients with metastatic cancer that combines different imaging modalities using RefleXion Medical's X1 platform.

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Associates in Medical Imaging

APRIL 23, 2021

As diagnostic technology continues to advance rapidly, so too do the imaging options and opportunities presented to hospitals and primary care providers. Gone are the days when there was one "gold standard" diagnostic imaging option. Today, PET/CT is the fastest growing diagnostic imaging modality, and for good reason.

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AuntMinnie

MARCH 13, 2025

A team led by ArnasRakauskas, MD, from Lausanne University Hospital in Switzerland found that while micro-ultrasound can predict prostate volume more accurately than MRI, the latter can identify more tumors. However, both modalities tend to slightly underestimate pathological tumor and prostate volume. Micro-ultrasound 1.05

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AuntMinnie

MARCH 5, 2024

The green project conducted by radiographers at the European Institute of Oncology in Milan and nearby Hospital of Legnano saved an estimated 12,000 euros ($13,000), said Andrea Masperi, who presented the details. Masperi and colleagues conducted the study between January 2023 and June 2023. kilowatts per patient, Masperi said.

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Associates in Medical Imaging

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

As technological capabilities advance across all medical disciplines, so to do the imaging needs that often come with adequate diagnostic capabilities. Each requires specific equipment, trained personnel to operate them, and staff trained in reading and interpreting imaging results.

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AuntMinnie

MARCH 18, 2025

The findings could offer noninvasive alternatives for assessing liver fat fraction, wrote a team led by Tatjana Dell, MD, of University Hospital Bonn in Germany. The study results were published March 18 in Radiology.

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Imaging Technology

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

12, 2024 — Seno Medical announced its Imagio Breast Imaging System has received an Innovative Technology contract from Vizient, Inc. The result is a diagnostic imaging modality that delivers functional information regarding suspicious breast masses, increasing confidence regarding the need for invasive breast cancer diagnostic biopsies.

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Maven Imaging

MAY 5, 2023

General radiology encompasses various diagnostic imaging techniques in hospitals, imaging centers, and urgent care facilities. These imaging modalities help healthcare professionals diagnose and treat various medical conditions, whether chest X-rays for pneumonia or broken extremities.

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AuntMinnie

MARCH 19, 2024

RSNA is also not just a technical show where they can evaluate the latest and greatest imaging modalities and systems like PACS, AI, and other technologies but a social event for many as well. In contrast, it can easily cost thousands for an individual to attend HIMSS for a day or two once everything is added up.

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AuntMinnie

JUNE 28, 2024

Door-to-needle" time -- that is, time elapsed from a patient's hospital arrival to the administration of stroke treatment -- is a key factor to a positive outcome. CT and MRI are the main imaging modalities used to evaluate stroke, and although MRI exams take longer, they are more accurate and sensitive, Kolangarakath and colleagues noted.

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AuntMinnie

OCTOBER 15, 2023

While CT is not the go-to imaging modality for evaluating breast abnormalities, the researchers pointed out that incidental breast lesions that need further assessment were observed in up to 5.8% of women undergoing chest CT.

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AuntMinnie

OCTOBER 8, 2024

Some factors tied to first breast cancers can have a negative impact on screening mammography's ability to find future cancers, according to research published October 5 in Clinical Imaging. Women with a personal history of breast cancer are at elevated risk of developing future breast cancers.

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AuntMinnie

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

In 2024, the top three diagnostic imaging modalities used for cardiology-related imaging exams are SPECT, CT, and ultrasound, according to IMV's recently published cross-modality report 2024 Cardiology in Diagnostic Imaging Market Outlook Report. hospital and outpatient locations.

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AuntMinnie

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

They retrospectively accessed discharge data from the State Emergency Department Databases for California and Florida for 2007-2010, and then merged the data with information on hospital HIE participation from market research firm HIMSS Analytics. If all hospital-based EDs in California and Florida fully participated in HIE, more than $2.9

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AuntMinnie

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

The model may be deployed locally to preserve data privacy and serve as a framework for other imaging modalities and diseases in children, noted lead author Yufeng Zhang, PhD, and colleagues. Mott Childrens Hospital in Ann Arbor between January 2016, and March 2024. The full study is available here.

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AuntMinnie

MAY 9, 2024

SINGAPORE -- The use of MRI for musculoskeletal (MSK) trauma imaging is becoming increasingly viable, according to a presentation delivered May 7 at the International Society of Magnetic Resonance in Imaging (ISMRM) meeting. MRI is underutilized in trauma imaging and often falls short of its potential," said presenter Prof.

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AuntMinnie

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

CT imaging is best for diagnosing suspected intraorbital wooden foreign bodies, although MR imaging does offer valuable supplementary information, according to a study published February 20 in Clinical Radiology.

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Everything Rad

JULY 17, 2023

The enduring shortage is affecting staffing for radiographers and radiologists; and all imaging modalities. Marion Anderson, CRA, Diagnostic Imaging Manager at Karmanos Cancer Center in Detroit, Michigan reports that her facility is down two-thirds of staff for CT and mammography exams. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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AuntMinnie

OCTOBER 15, 2024

High-resolution CT is a key imaging modality for evaluating ILD, the investigators explained, noting that "accurate classification of disease has important implications for patients." The study was published October 15 in Radiology.

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Imaging Technology

JUNE 13, 2023

milla1cf Tue, 06/13/2023 - 20:02 June 13, 2023 — The Cancer Institute at Northwell Lenox Hill Hospital is the first in New York State to use the HyperSight imaging solution, which employs state-of-the-art cone-beam computed tomography technology to deliver faster, sharper images during the radiation therapy treatment process.

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AuntMinnie

APRIL 4, 2024

Up to now, most Lu-177 DOTATATE therapies for the treatment of somatostatin receptor-positive neuroendocrine tumors (NETs) have, for example, been administered only within the top 20-40 of between 300 and 400 sites -- larger academic centers like UCSF or private practice hospitals -- in the U.S., Hope added.

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AuntMinnie

MAY 4, 2024

Using a dedicated MRI system in the ED offers many potential benefits, from improving access to the modality for trauma patients to offering a more certain diagnosis than other imaging modalities can, said presenter Catherine Mandel, MD, of the University of Melbourne in Australia. Safety versus speed creates tension," she said.

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Imaging Technology

JULY 3, 2024

of all imaging studies for Medicare fee-for-service beneficiaries in 2022, with the remaining 27.9% According to a written study summary released by HPI, market share varied by imaging modality; radiologists interpreted 97.3% Even in the office setting, radiologists interpreted a majority of non-cardiac advanced imaging (84.4%

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Imaging Technology

MAY 2, 2024

The Mass General Brigham statement reported that the work was supported in part through funding by the Brigham and Women’s Hospital (BWH) President’s Fund, BWH and Massachusetts General Hospital Pathology, and National Institute of General Medical Sciences (R35GM138216) to Dr. Mahmood. Paper cited: Vaidya, A et al.

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Imaging Technology

AUGUST 15, 2023

Published in the July issue of The Journal of Nuclear Medicine , this new research demonstrates how imaging with PSMA PET/CT can potentially reduce the number of prostate biopsies and associated complications in the elderly while providing accurate staging data.

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Everything Rad

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Here are five recommendations to help radiology departments achieve excellence in pediatric medical imaging in care settings of all sizes. With advance planning and an emphasis on learning, your facility can perform imaging studies with the same standard of care as a large children’s hospital.

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Imaging Technology

APRIL 23, 2024

vice chair of research and associate professor at the University of Toronto and deputy lead of sustainability at the Joint Department of Medical Imaging, Toronto General Hospital. Another potential action is to implement decision-support tools to choose lower-energy imaging tests when appropriate.

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