AuntMinnie

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

With respect to hospital bed size, 300- to 399-bed hospitals have the highest rating with an average of 5.5/7, 7, while less than 100-bed hospitals have the lowest rating with a rating of 4.4/7. In relation to location type, urban sites have the highest rating at 5.3/7, 7, while rural sites have the lowest at 4.3/7,

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AuntMinnie

MARCH 14, 2025

Many of the highest volume procedures have been lowered by more than 2.83% due to RVU adjustments, including: Description CPT Code Reduction for 2025 CT abdomen & pelvis, w/contrast 74177 -4.39% MRI cervical spine, w/o 72141 -4.15% MRI lumbar spine, w/o 72148 -4.14% CT chest, w/o 71250 -3.78% Ultrasound abdomen, complete 76700 -3.66% Professional (..)

Medicare 261

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AuntMinnie

DECEMBER 5, 2023

An AI assistance system can aid novice sonographers in assessing the rotator cuff, a study published December 1 in Ultrasound in Medicine & Biology found. While ultrasound is a go-to method for assessing shoulder joint diseases, it is a user-dependent modality. in the test set. This indicates robustness and accuracy, they noted.

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AuntMinnie

MARCH 3, 2025

MRI and ultrasound have tradeoffs in diagnosing peripheral neuropathies of the upper extremity, a study published March 4 in Radiology found.

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AuntMinnie

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

Ultrasound contrast agents show promise for detecting and evaluating uterine disorders and prostate cancers, according to research presented at the annual Advances in Contrast Ultrasound meeting in Chicago. He recommended that sonographers be trained to place IVs and administer the ultrasound agent.

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AuntMinnie

MARCH 13, 2025

Micro-ultrasound may be a suitable alternative to MRI for predicting pathological tumor volume in prostate cancer lesions, according to research published March 13 in Urologic Oncology: Seminars and Original Investigations. Images show the measurement of micro-ultrasound prostate and tumor volume using ExactVuTM dedicated software.

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AuntMinnie

OCTOBER 2, 2024

tesla MRI AI body composition analysis Cardiac PET Cryo/thermoablation CT colonography Genicular artery embolization Hyperpolarized xenon-129 MRI PET/MRI Photon-counting CT Radiomics Theranostics Whole-body MRI screening Image of the Year 3D PET/MR image.

Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine 360

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AuntMinnie

MARCH 28, 2025

to 136 kilotons for MRI; 25 to 178 kilotons for CT; 7.1 to 23 kilotons for ultrasound. But this work is the first to estimate the carbon emissions of inappropriate imaging, and it highlights an additional reason to reduce unnecessary imaging, according to the investigators. to 46 kilotons for x-ray, and 2.7 kilotons per year.

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AuntMinnie

JULY 1, 2024

for CT 91% for MRI 76.6% for ultrasound Radiologists performed a lower percentage of cardiac exams compared to noncardiac ones. But the investigators also noted that radiologists interpreted nearly all outpatient hospital, inpatient, and emergency department exams compared to those conducted in an office setting. X-ray -- -- 97.9%

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AuntMinnie

OCTOBER 10, 2024

Tampa-area hospitals are facing the aftermath of Hurricane Milton, with some imaging services being temporarily suspended as healthcare systems reallocate resources toward emergency care. The hospital performs more than 400,000 imaging exams per year, according to Tampa General’s website. in late September.

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AuntMinnie

JULY 24, 2024

The service is now fully prepared to welcome athletes, and the first athletes have started undergoing MRIs, ultrasounds, and x-rays onsite," he told AuntMinnie.com. He thinks 900 MRI exams, 600 ultrasound scans, 300 x-rays, and 60 CTs will be carried out during the games.

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AuntMinnie

OCTOBER 25, 2024

His research interests include using structural and functional MRI -- particularly ultrahigh-field, 7-tesla MRI -- to map brain microstructure and develop neurosurgical treatment of brain tumors, epilepsy, and neurodegenerative and movement disorders such as Parkinson's disease, essential tremor, and dystonia.

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Nuclear Medicine Education Radiology Technologist Radiation Science 358

AuntMinnie

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Contrast-enhanced mammography (CEM) can locally stage lobular breast carcinomas and could serve as an alternative to breast MRI, according to research published February 12 in Clinical Radiology. A team led by Elisabetta Giannotti, MD, from Hospital NHS Foundation Trust in Cambridge, U.K., cm larger than those seen on MRI.

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MRI Imaging Ultrasound Hospital 299

AuntMinnie

JULY 26, 2023

The combination of ultrasound and MRI fusion-targeted biopsies with systemati. Read more on AuntMinnie.com Related Reading: ISMRM: Multiparametric MRI data interpretation varies among radiologists New MRI technique helps target ultrasound-guided prostate biopsy Are hospitals disclosing prostate cancer service costs?

MRI 130

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AuntMinnie

MAY 21, 2024

Images of a 39-year-old woman shows a grade 2 invasive ductal carcinoma on mammography, confirmed by supplementary ultrasound. Mammography detected an asymmetry with calcifications while ultrasound examination revealed a hyperechoic mass. The one case detected on high-risk screening MRI was grade 2 ductal carcinoma in situ.

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Ultrasound Mammogram MRI Hospital 290

AuntMinnie

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Meanwhile, other studies have demonstrated that CEM further improves full-field digital mammography to the point where it may be considered noninferior to breast MRI. The van Haaren team studied the effect of iron particles that remain after a low-dose injection of SPIO tracers on the quality of breast images from MRI and CEM.

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AuntMinnie

JUNE 5, 2023

TORONTO - Interpretation of multiparametric MRI (mpMRI) data for diagnosin. Read more on AuntMinnie.com Related Reading: ISMRM: PET/MRI adds value in clinical cancer imaging New MRI technique helps target ultrasound-guided prostate biopsy Are hospitals disclosing prostate cancer service costs?

MRI 130

MRI Radiologist Ultrasound Hospital 130

AuntMinnie

AUGUST 21, 2023

researchers has found that screening MR. Read more on AuntMinnie.com Related Reading: New MRI technique helps target ultrasound-guided prostate biopsy Are hospitals disclosing prostate cancer service costs? A clinical trial conducted by U.K.

MRI 130

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AuntMinnie

OCTOBER 26, 2023

A team led by Anubha Wadhwa, MD, from Froedtert Hospital in Milwaukee, WI, found that greater cortical thickness and the absence of a normal hilum had the highest positive predictive value (PPV) for metastatic disease. Wadhwa and colleagues sought to assess morphologic features of axillary nodes on ultrasound in predicting malignancy.

Diagnostic Imaging 290

Diagnostic Imaging MRI Ultrasound Diagnostic 290

AuntMinnie

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Meanwhile, other studies have demonstrated that CEM further improves full-field digital mammography to the point where it may be considered non-inferior to breast MRI. The van Haaren team studied the effect of iron particles that remain after a low-dose injection of SPIO tracers on the quality of breast images from MRI and CEM.

Imaging 253

Imaging MRI Radiologist Ultrasound 253

AuntMinnie

OCTOBER 20, 2023

hospitals spent an estimated $4.29 The modalities with the highest service-related expenditures are CT, x-ray, MRI, ultrasound, and mammography. For 2022, 77% of hospitals have at least one service contract with an OEM and 64% have one with a third-party service provider. In 2022, U.S. This is a 13.3%

Diagnostic Imaging 260

Diagnostic Imaging Diagnostic Imaging Hospital 260

AuntMinnie

JULY 9, 2024

Many women who are recalled from breast cancer screening receive post-screening work-up in the hospital with full-field digital mammography. However, other imaging methods such as digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT), MRI, and ultrasound can be used in a supplemental role to determine the final diagnosis, with or without tissue sampling.

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AuntMinnie

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

Clinical use of imaging equipment accounts for more than 50% of greenhouse gas emissions in the radiology department, with MRI and CT equipment major contributors, researchers have reported. Of these emissions, MRI was responsible for 48% (2.2 The finding isn't necessarily surprising. kt CO 2 e) and CT for 24% (1.1 kt CO 2 e).

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AuntMinnie

MAY 29, 2024

This facility would ideally be located at a university with a strong biomedical engineering program and established collaborations with academic hospitals, to house a range of equipment and supplies,” the group wrote.

Medical Imaging 290

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Imaging Technology

APRIL 8, 2024

milla1cf Mon, 04/08/2024 - 20:52 April 8, 2024 — Magnetic resonance-guided focused ultrasound (MRgFUS) is a non-invasive technique for neuroregulation. Currently, the U.S.

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AuntMinnie

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Future healthcare success will rely heavily on giving priority to key technologies like point-of-care ultrasound, 3D printing of anatomical organs, and artificial intelligence, RSNA 2023 attendees are set to find out during Tuesday's keenly anticipated international session on Singapore. Another important area is 3D printing.

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AuntMinnie

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

A critical access hospital in Grafton, ND, has ramped up its social media marketing efforts to woo Canadian healthcare consumers seeking medical imaging services, according to a September 13 CBC news report. may be attractive for those facing long wait times for MRIs and other imaging and diagnostic services, according to the CBC's report.

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AuntMinnie

MAY 4, 2024

SINGAPORE - Does MRI have a role in the emergency department (ED)? MRI complements CT, ultrasound, and x-ray when it comes to trauma imaging," Mandel said. And having MRI available in the emergency department means that ED patients don't have to compete with inpatients or outpatients for MRI time."

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AuntMinnie

APRIL 30, 2024

What’s more, the USPSTF concluded that there was insufficient evidence to recommend supplemental screening with MRI or ultrasound in women, regardless of breast density. Furthermore, high-risk women who desire supplemental screening -- but cannot undergo MRI -- should consider contrast-enhanced mammography, according to the ACR.

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AuntMinnie

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Previous studies have demonstrated that dense breast tissue masks breast cancers on mammography, and that supplemental imaging such as ultrasound and MRI confirms suspicious findings within dense tissue. Radiologists have studied and continue to research how breast density plays into breast cancer risk. The study can be found here.

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AuntMinnie

MARCH 18, 2025

Photon-counting CT (PCCT) is effective and accurate for estimating liver fat fraction compared with MRI proton density fat fraction (PDFF)-based reference standard measurements, researchers have reported. The study results were published March 18 in Radiology. In patients with known fibrosis, ICC was 0.84; it was 0.92

MRI 165

MRI Public Health Imaging Modalities Hospital 165

AuntMinnie

MARCH 29, 2024

The reduction for the bilateral mammogram 77066 was 1.36%, reflecting an increase in RVU valuation that somewhat offsets the conversion factor cut.

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Medicare Radiology Mammogram X-ray 279

AuntMinnie

MARCH 29, 2024

Ultrasound 24% 28% X-ray/fluoroscopy 56.2% growth of nominal hospital imaging prices and a 22.6% Nominal medical imaging price increases by modality, 2010 to 2021 Modality Percentage increase CT 12.4% Nuclear medicine 40% Use rates by modality, 2010 to 2021 Modality 2010 2021 CT 10.2% Nuclear medicine 2.7%

Healthcare 290

Healthcare Healthcare Nuclear Medicine Imaging 290

AuntMinnie

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

West Palm Beach, FL-based private equity firm Grovecourt Capital Partners has acquired intraoperative MRI technology developer IMRIS Imaging. Founded in Chaska, MN, in 2005, IMRIS designs, manufactures, and services proprietary intraoperative MRI suites used by hospitals and cancer centers worldwide. Terms were not disclosed.

MRI 130

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Imaging Technology

MAY 25, 2023

52-year-old woman who underwent prior breast ultrasound due to MRI abnormality, which showed suspicious breast lesion measuring 1.3 52-year-old woman who underwent prior breast ultrasound due to MRI abnormality, which showed suspicious breast lesion measuring 1.3 CAD provided result of “possibly benign” for both images.

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Ultrasound Radiologist Hospital Imaging 98

AuntMinnie

MARCH 5, 2024

Substituting less energy-consuming ultrasound for x-ray or CT reduced energy use by as much as 8% during diagnostic radiology processes and 31.2% during indirect radiology department activities, according to findings of a pilot study presented March 1 at ECR 2024. Masperi and colleagues conducted the study between January 2023 and June 2023.

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AuntMinnie

JANUARY 2, 2024

Large language models (LLMs) such as ChatGPT are rapidly being integrated into clinical practice, with several LLM-based pilot programs underway in hospitals and clinicians beginning to use ChatGPT to communicate with patients and draft clinical notes, according to the authors.

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