AuntMinnie

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

"MR enterography has a big strength in mapping, but ultrasound has a big strength in really looking at the bowel wall and assessing features of inflammation," stated course presenter Gauraang Bhatnagar, MD, of Frimley Health National Health Service (NHS) Foundation Trust in the U.K. "We Other presenters included course chair Prof.

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AuntMinnie

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

Ed itor's note: As part of the celebration of AuntMinnie.com's upcoming 25th anniversary, we're presenting 25 for 25 -- a series featuring our most popular content for each of the last 25 years. In 2013, our top article covered a decision by a New York City hospital to close its radiology residency program.

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Health Imaging

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

Fevers of unknown origin account for around 2% of hospitalizations and can present significant diagnostic challenges for providers.

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AuntMinnie

OCTOBER 17, 2023

A team led by Jack Scaife from the University of Utah in Salt Lake City found that children with these sociodemographics are more likely to present to hospitals that don’t use ultrasound to diagnose acute appendicitis. It also found that they are less likely to undergo ultrasound at hospitals that have ultrasound resources.

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Health Imaging

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

Fevers of unknown origin account for around 2% of hospitalizations and can present significant diagnostic challenges for providers.

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AuntMinnie

MARCH 11, 2025

While services for breast and lung cancer screening were temporarily halted, imagers in x-ray, lung ultrasound, and PET/CT were busy examining patients who presented with COVID-19. Imaging technologists meanwhile were reallocated across the hospital system to assist in various departments.

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AuntMinnie

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

Once again, we had a top-notch group of finalists, presenting our expert voting panel with some very difficult decisions. This year's Most Effective Radiology Administrator/Manager wears multiple hats at Barnes-Jewish Hospital (BJH) and Washington University (WU) in St. We're more than 20 hospitals now," Beyder said. "I

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AuntMinnie

NOVEMBER 26, 2023

Elastography could help with treatment strategies for colorectal cancer patients, a study presented November 26 at the RSNA annual meeting found. Jae Seok Bae, MD, from Seoul National University Hospital presented research at RSNA showing the efficacy of shear-wave elastography in predicting chemotherapy response in colorectal patients.

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AuntMinnie

AUGUST 4, 2024

It also found that white children and children living in lower socioeconomic neighborhoods are more likely to visit hospitals with high concurrent imaging use. These findings indicate that hospital experience in ultrasound and patient socioeconomic factors are correlated to overimaging,” Scaife and colleagues wrote. respectively.

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AuntMinnie

DECEMBER 4, 2023

The use of both cardiac CT and cardiac MRI increased in the Medicare population over the past seven years, according to research presented November 29 at the RSNA meeting. The team tracked volumes by provider type (cardiologists, radiologists, and "other") and practice setting (hospital and nonhospital). Cardiologists 49.2%

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AuntMinnie

JANUARY 13, 2025

Butterfly Network and Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School (RWJMS) are highlighting results from a study that investigated the impact of point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) on hospital care. The findings were presented in December at the European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging's EchoEuro-Imaging Conference in Berlin, Germany.

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AuntMinnie

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Also, women with high levels of unmet social needs were more likely to present with late-stage breast disease. One reason for this is that women living in disadvantaged neighborhoods continue to present with later-stage breast cancer. Social detriments of health have been explored for their role in contributing to health disparities.

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AuntMinnie

DECEMBER 27, 2023

While a top priority across all hospital types, improving MRI department workflow and productivity is the number one priority for hospitals with 200 beds or more. One strategy hospitals are using to achieve this goal is to leverage AI and machine learning software. Hospital (fixed) 7.2% Hospitals with mobile MRI 6.1

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AuntMinnie

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Patients with COVID-19 experience a higher incidence of anatomical changes at the cardiac level on pulmonary angio-CT, suggest findings presented February 29 at ECR 2024. Ana Filipa Colucas, MD, PhD, presents findings at ECR 2024 on anatomical changes in COVID-19 patients as observed on pulmonary angio-CT. mm,” Colucas said.

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AuntMinnie

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Endovascular thrombectomy (EVT) is effective for stroke patients who need to be transferred from hospitals where they are diagnosed to centers capable of performing the procedure, according to a study published February 8 in JAMA Network Open. Out of 352 enrolled patients (median age, 66.5

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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. prevalence estimates. I am a medical educator.

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AuntMinnie

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

CHICAGO -- Quantitative MRI reveals how muscles in the neck are involved in primary headaches, according to research presented November 29 at the 2023 RSNA annual meeting.

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Imaging Technology

MAY 7, 2024

Gaveled in as ARRS President during the 2018 Annual Meeting in Washington, DC, presently, Dr. Costello chairs the six vital scholarship programs of ARRS’ own The Roentgen Fund—cementing dual foundations in innovation and leadership for a true diversity of radiology’s next generation.

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AuntMinnie

JUNE 11, 2024

TORONTO – The radiopharmaceutical Pluvicto improves progression-free survival in patients with metastatic prostate cancer who haven’t undergone taxane therapy, according to research presented at the SNMMI meeting. Oliver Sartor, MD The study, which was awarded SNMMI’s Abstract of the Year award, shared data from the phase III PSMAfore trial.

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AuntMinnie

OCTOBER 22, 2023

It also explored any associations between POCUS findings and respiratory support at 12 and 24 hours, maximum respiratory support during hospitalization, disposition, and hospital length of stay. The researchers included data from 82 infants aged 12 months or younger.

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AuntMinnie

MARCH 7, 2024

This could indicate that non-hospital sites may have a more specific focus on PET/CT exams, compared to a more broad integrative focus across nuclear medicine in hospital sites. Want to share your knowledge of medical imaging? Click here to sign up for the IMV Survey panel today. 1033 to speak with a representative.

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Imaging Technology

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

This is one of the topics to be discussed by KA Imaging’s Team Lead for Spectral Imaging, Steven Tilley , during a presentation at the upcoming European Congress of Radiology ( ECR ). Optimizing the use of equipment in the hospital can alleviate the burden on staff and patients. said CTO Karim S.

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AuntMinnie

MARCH 21, 2024

Powering down idle interventional radiology (IR) imaging systems can substantially decrease carbon emissions and electricity costs, according to a group of researchers at University Hospital Basel in Switzerland. However, the practice of powering down interventional imaging systems on a daily basis at their hospital predated this study.

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Imaging Technology

OCTOBER 3, 2023

The findings add to the growing evidence of the efficacy and safety of its FDA-approved GammaTile Therapy, and were presented during an Oct. 2 poster presentation at the American Society for Radiation Oncology's (ASTRO) 65th Annual Meeting, ASTRO 2023 , being held this week in San Diego, CA.

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AuntMinnie

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Insight CXR has been used as an aid to help interpret all posterior-anterior and anterior-posterior chest x-rays at the authors’ hospital since March 2021, with the group continually evaluating its impact in clinical practice. Lesions were considered present when the software’s abnormality score exceeded 15%.

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AuntMinnie

AUGUST 8, 2024

Because factors such as financial distress have been linked to higher mortality rates among patients with cancer -- in part because people may not get the screening exams they need and thus present with more advanced disease, wrote a team led by Samilia Obeng-Gyasi, MD, of the Ohio State University in Columbus. Of the total study cohort, 10.6%

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AuntMinnie

OCTOBER 20, 2023

hospitals spent an estimated $4.29 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 addition to the report, all purchases will include a complimentary recording of an executive summary presentation of findings conducted by IMV’s Senior Program Manager.

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AuntMinnie

OCTOBER 28, 2024

Editor's note: As part of the celebration of AuntMinnie.com's upcoming 25th anniversary, we're presenting 25 for 25 -- a series featuring our most popular content for each of the last 25 years. The Karolinska hospital group has recently established an MR safety team involving staff at Solna and Huddinge.

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AuntMinnie

MARCH 22, 2024

and 83.6%, respectively, a team led by Thanatchawan Polvieng, MD, of Phramongkutklao Hospital in Bangkok, Thailand, reported. The researchers found the following: Sarcopenia was present in 39 of 83 (47%) patients who underwent surgery for hepatocellular carcinoma. The results were published March 22 in American Surgeon.

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AuntMinnie

JULY 4, 2024

When it comes to hospitals' focus on specific clinical programs, 61% of respondents indicated that their hospital has a vascular surgery program, 54% have a cardiac surgery program, and 31% have a dedicated structural heart disease program -- all of which use fixed C-arm devices. 1033 to speak with a representative.

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AuntMinnie

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

Intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) and proton therapy offer equally high quality of life and tumor control for people with prostate cancer, according to a study presented September 30 at the American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) annual meeting.

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AuntMinnie

MARCH 7, 2025

The finding could help explain why Alzheimers disease predominates in women almost twofold over men, noted lead author Gillian Coughlan, PhD, a neurologist at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, and colleagues. The study was published March 5 in Science Advances.

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AuntMinnie

DECEMBER 7, 2023

F-18 FDG-PET/MRI scans without the use of a contrast agent should be the top choice for imaging children suffering from lymphoma, according to research presented recently at RSNA in Chicago. Lymphoma was present in 65 of the 105 (62 %) examinations.

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Imaging Technology

DECEMBER 2, 2024

This study, conducted at Capio S:t Göran Hospital in Sweden, reinforces the real-world impact of Lunit INSIGHT MMG, which has successfully replaced one of the two human readers in the hospital’s double-reading breast cancer screening protocol. tim.hodson Mon, 12/02/2024 - 11:22 Dec.

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AuntMinnie

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

We’re once again providing a modality-by-modality overview of select scientific presentations to serve as your guide to events at McCormick Place. Many other scientific presentations, scientific posters, educational courses and exhibits, and plenary sessions on AI topics also await attendees. Sunday, December 1 | 9:50 a.m.-10:00

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AuntMinnie

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

M4-SSMK03-4 | Room E450A A deep-learning AI model will be presented in this session that can predict bone mineral density T-scores from chest x-rays. Monday, November 27 | 11:30 a.m.-11:40 11:40 a.m. | The model achieved 79% accuracy, 96.6% sensitivity, and 34.1% specificity in predicting T-scores ≤ -1.0 osteoporosis) demonstrated 79.7%

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AuntMinnie

DECEMBER 3, 2024

It's a question researchers at University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and Canterbury Christ Church University have asked as part of their prospective, randomized, multisite trial currently open and underway in the U.K. How does immediate AI-enabled patient triage on chest CT impact the lung cancer pathway?

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