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CTC for colorectal cancer screening is at an 'inflection point'

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If the Medicare reimbursement approval translates to improved screening rates, patients will benefit, wrote a group led by David Kim, MD, of the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health in Madison. Kim's colleagues included Anu Obaro, PhD, of St Mark's Hospital and Academic Institute in London, U.K.;

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Radiology 'giant' Lawrence Muroff dies at 82

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A year after securing his MD, he served for two years with the Bureau of Radiological Health, a public health service, in Rockville, MD. He was selected for radiology residency at Columbia Presbyterian Hospital in New York, eventually acting as chief resident. Sheer, Ahearn, & Associates in Tampa.

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MRI safety oversight: Gaps 'big enough to drive a truck through'

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Gilk described his efforts to get a copy of the report about the Kaiser accident from the California Department of Public Health (CDPH), the state's body for licensing hospitals and healthcare providers. Although the CDPH did begin an investigation, it ended up referring the case to the U.S. Click below for the full interview.

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Meet the Minnies 2024 semifinal candidates

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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.

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Radiology leadership changes to begin in the new year

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University of Wisconsin In December, the University of Wisconsin (UW) School of Medicine and Public Health named Scott Reeder, MD, PhD, chair of the department of radiology. 2024 will see term beginnings for newly appointed radiology chairs. Reeder's term becomes effective in early 2024, according to UW.

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Radiology leadership changes to begin in the new year

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University of Wisconsin In December, the University of Wisconsin (UW) School of Medicine and Public Health named Scott Reeder, MD, PhD, chair of the department of radiology. 2024 will see term beginnings for newly appointed radiology chairs. Reeder's term becomes effective in early 2024, according to UW.

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Radiology among least affected services during Ukraine war

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Imaging and radiology centers are among the least affected hospital services in Ukraine since the beginning of the Russian invasion in 2022, a study published May 17 in JAMA Health Forum found. Since February 2022 when Russian forces began invading Ukraine, reports have described the impact of the war on health services.

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