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Volume of IR procedures performed by PAs, NPs, is on the rise

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The volume of interventional radiology (IR) procedures performed by advanced practice providers (APPs) such as physician assistants (PAs) and nurse practitioners (NPs) increased between 2010 and 2021, researchers have reported. A team led by Will Lindquester, MD, of Emory University School of Medicine in Atlanta, GA, found a 142.9%

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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. Image from Fangyi Liu, MD, of the Chinese PLA General Hospital, et al.

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The John Henry Generation: The last of the radiologists, Part 2

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Crossroads Amid these debates, we as radiologists stand at a crossroads: is the human element in imaging interpretation dispensable or indispensable? Artificial Intelligence in Radiology: The State of the Art and Future Directions J Am Coll Radiol. Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC). Kulkarni S, et al.

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The John Henry Generation: The last of the radiologists, Part 1

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Geoffrey Hinton, a key pioneer in deep learning, famously remarked in 2016 that we should stop training radiologists because machine learning might soon outperform them at image interpretation, with a time frame of five to 10 years. Artificial Intelligence in Radiology: The State of the Art and Future Directions. RadioGraphics.