AuntMinnie
MARCH 13, 2025
The results suggest that there's a way to treat children with kidney stones with lower radiation doses, wrote a team led by Amr Salama, MD, of the Alexandria School of Medicine in Egypt. But PCNL does impart radiation, and clinicians have sought to mitigate this exposure, especially to pediatric patients. Hospital stay (days) 2.8
AuntMinnie
MARCH 25, 2025
Radiation dose and image quality performance measures for CT imaging accepted by the U.S. The new quality measure was adopted by the CMSin an effort to discourage excessive radiation dose while preserving image quality. What's tricky, according to the researchers, is the contradictory nature of the measure's specifications.
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AuntMinnie
NOVEMBER 18, 2024
This year’s trip along the Road to RSNA for digital x-ray features a few familiar mileposts – AI for chest x-ray studies, for instance – but notably also significant research into how technology and new techniques can reduce radiation exposure in patients. DAEC system reduces portable x-ray radiation doses Sunday, December 1 | 1:20 p.m.-1:30
AuntMinnie
JUNE 25, 2024
ChatGPT can answer patient questions about radiation protection for medical imaging exams comparably to websites of radiology institutions, according to research published June 25 in Radiology. Median scores of answers to patient questions on radiation protection in radiology Radiology institutional websites ChatGPT Scientific adequacy 5.4
AuntMinnie
JUNE 27, 2024
Under the auspices of Alara Imaging , a measure steward entity established by the university, CMS plans to adopt the measure into its hospital and physician pay-for-performance programs beginning in 2025. Administered CT radiation doses are highly variable across patients, radiologists, and hospitals throughout the U.S.
AuntMinnie
OCTOBER 3, 2024
Breast surgical oncologist Lauren Ramsey, MD, of John Peter Smith Hospital in Fort Worth, TX, has developed a new protection garment for radiologic technologists that mitigates radiation exposure while they are imaging patients. Called BAT (Breast, Axilla, and Thyroid), the garment features a 0.35
AuntMinnie
FEBRUARY 3, 2025
Less than 1% of hospitalized cancer patients undergo percutaneous ablation to relieve pain associated with bone or soft tissue tumors, according to a study by researchers at Emory University. Compared to EBRT, the team found that ablation was associated with shorter LOS (-2 days; p = 0.046); lower risk of in-hospital mortality (-3.4
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