Radiology Business

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

If certainty is the holy grail of diagnostic breast imaging, then opto-acoustic ultrasound is the treasure map showing exactly where to find it.

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AuntMinnie

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

7, indicating that larger hospitals and facilities in more urban locations are most likely to prioritize the use of predictive maintenance service features on their diagnostic imaging equipment. 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

APRIL 9, 2024

The Society of Radiologists in Ultrasound (SRU) has issued a new expert consensus statement that aims to improve the evaluation of endometriosis. Ultrasound is the typical go-to imaging modality for women experiencing chronic pelvic pain or infertility issues. The full consensus statement can be found here.

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AuntMinnie

APRIL 7, 2024

AUSTIN, TX – Point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) isn’t typically used for imaging the pancreas, but perhaps that should change, according to a presentation given April 7 at UltraCon. Alice Lee, MD, from Stanford University presents research on the feasibility and performance of point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) at UltraCon.

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AuntMinnie

JANUARY 15, 2025

Point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) can be a useful tool for diagnosing "retained products of conception" in women, suggest findings published January 13 in the American Journal of Emergency Medicine. Ultrasound is the go-to method for diagnosing tissue retained as the result of conception. in the entire study cohort.

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AuntMinnie

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

Women’s imaging at this year’s RSNA reflects momentous changes in trends regarding personalized, targeted healthcare in 2024 for women’s health. Research efforts toward supplemental breast imaging have ramped up in recent years and in Chicago, attendees can see results from these imaging modalities being put to the test.

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AuntMinnie

JANUARY 19, 2024

A team led by Junqi Han, MD, from the Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University in China found that its model combining data from mammography images, ultrasound images, and other characteristics performed well in predicting disease-free survival of breast cancer.

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AuntMinnie

JANUARY 4, 2024

These included the following: symptomatic presentations, imaging modalities, and other. It also noted that discordant detection method assignments were caused by mistaking a symptomatic presentation for an imaging modality (8/13) or mistaking an imaging modality for another imaging modality (5/13).

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AuntMinnie

JANUARY 22, 2024

In an analysis of billing trends, the rate of out-of-network (OON) imaging claims declined from 12.6% in 2021, with the decline occurring broadly across imaging modalities, noted lead author Jay Parikh, MD, of the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston. million imaging claims for 19.5 in 2007 to 1.1%

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AuntMinnie

APRIL 4, 2023

Ultrasound is an accurate standalone breast imaging modality in assessing foca.

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AuntMinnie

OCTOBER 21, 2024

The finding is from a clinical trial that compared PET/CT imaging with gallium-68 (Ga-68) NODAGA-exendin-4 PET/CT with all routine imaging procedures for the localization of insulinomas. Endoscopic ultrasound is highly sensitive, but invasive, they added.

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AuntMinnie

OCTOBER 31, 2024

ChatGPT demonstrates modest accuracy when assigning BI-RADS scores for mammograms and breast ultrasound exams, according to research published October 30 in Clinical Imaging. Previous reports suggest that large language models can correctly recommend appropriate imaging modalities for patients based on their clinical presentation.

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AuntMinnie

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Even the limited ultrasound examinations performed at the point of care can provide information which may be used to triage patients and facilitate transportation to specialized centers when necessary.” Ward and colleagues described the experience of American radiology residents in two Nepalese clinics.

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AuntMinnie

DECEMBER 1, 2023

CHICAGO -- Contrast-enhanced mammography (CEM) confirms the effectiveness of ultrasound-guided cryoablation and could serve as a reliable annual follow-up exam, findings presented November 26 at the RSNA annual meeting suggest. CEM is a valuable tool to define the effectiveness of cryoablation,” di Naro said. at one-month follow-up.

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AuntMinnie

JULY 9, 2024

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. Finally, CEM detected 13 malignant occult lesions versus three from conventional imaging, and no serious adverse events occurred.

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AuntMinnie

JANUARY 9, 2025

We found no difference in the diagnostic performance for the overall sample between the two imaging modalities with similar area under the receiver operating characteristic [AUROC] and diagnostic yield, the Noguchi team wrote. Abnormal interpretation rate 2.17% 2.83% Biopsy rate 9.9% compared to 0.90 while mammographys was 64.8%.

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Diagnostic Imaging

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Through the use of artificial intelligence (AI) and imaging modalities such as ultrasound, CT, and MRI, the newly FDA-cleared VisAble.IO software reportedly enhances planning and real-time assessment for liver tumor ablation procedures.

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AuntMinnie

DECEMBER 19, 2024

Higher Medicaid-to-Medicare reimbursement ratios (MMRR) are linked to increased likelihood of Medicaid patients receiving CT, MR, ultrasound, and x-ray imaging, researchers have reported. The group found the following: Analysis of effect of Medicaid-to-Medicare reimbursement ratio (MMRR) on imaging use Modality Median MMRR CT 0.82

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AuntMinnie

MARCH 10, 2025

A team led by Joao Horvat, MD, from the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York found that CEM depicted 90% of breast cancers compared with 10% on low-energy mammograms alone and 50% on low-energymammogramswith whole-breast ultrasound. and low-energy mammography supplemented by ultrasound had a PPV of 27.8%.

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AuntMinnie

JANUARY 24, 2024

AI software based on deep-learning algorithms is showing promise, however, for helping to improve specificity in screening mammography and other breast imaging modalities. Although mammogram is the most widely used screening modality, a known problem is that 9.5% Just over 40.5 million mammograms were performed in the U.S.

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AuntMinnie

MAY 29, 2024

Asterisks indicate those presented in the article, with reference numbers provided in square brackets and the imaging modality for which the super phantom is intended in round brackets. Image courtesy of Communications Engineering. The drawing of the body is inspired by the Vitruvian man created by Leonardo Da Vinci in 1490.

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AuntMinnie

JULY 2, 2024

Localization and characterization of these tumors require advanced imaging. Echocardiography is the primary imaging modality for this area, but its ability to differentiate between tumor types and determine malignancy is limited.

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AuntMinnie

JANUARY 4, 2024

3D contrast-enhanced fusion ultrasound (CEFUS) can analyze carotid plaque volume burden and could monitor plaque development over time, a study published January 3 in Ultrasound in Medicine & Biology found. They acquired CEFUS images by spatial stitching of serial 2D images. The full study can be found here.

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AuntMinnie

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

Barco will showcase DL Precise, an AI-powered lesion segmentation, measurement, and visualization tool for breast imaging. Its core technology is a deterministic shape recognition algorithm that yields consistent results on multiple imaging modalities, including mammography, ultrasound, CT, and MRI, the company said.

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AuntMinnie

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

In 2024, the top three diagnostic imaging modalities used for cardiology-related imaging exams are SPECT, CT, and ultrasound, according to IMV's recently published cross-modality report 2024 Cardiology in Diagnostic Imaging Market Outlook Report. Davin Korstjens of IMV Medical Information Division.

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AuntMinnie

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

A large variety of methods and modalities will be showcased for breast cancer screening, diagnosis, and treatment, as well as other pathologies. However, there’s more to women’s imaging than breast imaging. Along with that, nuclear medicine’s role in breast cancer staging and breast biopsy will be explored. 9:50 a.m. |

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AuntMinnie

MAY 22, 2024

Mammography is the traditional modality for both screening for breast cancer and follow-up of suspicious results, but it has its limits, notably less ability to identify cancer in dense breast tissue. Ultrasound offers another screening tool and can overcome some of mammography's limitations. Breast MRI does not impart radiation.

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AuntMinnie

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Ultrasound-guided core-needle biopsy revealed grade 2 invasive lobular carcinoma. (C) (A) Craniocaudal mammogram of the right breast does not show any lesion. (B) B) The malignant lesion corresponds with a 7-cm irregular and spiculated mass on the left craniocaudal mammogram.

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AuntMinnie

OCTOBER 14, 2024

The work included data from eight Google searches related to a medical imaging modality such as x-rays, CT scans, MRIs, PET scans, CT and MR angiography, and ultrasounds. The investigators conducted a study that followed previous work Weadock published 15 years ago.

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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. kilowatts per patient, Masperi said.

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AuntMinnie

JANUARY 17, 2025

Its important for patients to recognize that [alcohol] impacts multiple organ systems and not just the liver, said John Pellerito, MD, a radiologist from Northwell Health in New York and a committee vice chair for the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine (AIUM).

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Associates in Medical Imaging

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

Hospitals and medical practices of all sizes, no matter their target demographic or geographical location, often struggle to ensure their patients have access to all of the essential imaging modalities necessary to diagnose a wide variety of medical conditions.

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AuntMinnie

OCTOBER 10, 2024

Adapters can be utilized to streamline workflows in radiology and other image-generating specialties, enabling, for example, researchers to build models to automatically route imaging scans to specialists, or flag potential abnormalities for further review, Microsoft said.

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Imaging Technology

JULY 3, 2024

According to a written study summary released by HPI, market share varied by imaging modality; radiologists interpreted 97.3% of ultrasound. The research, published June 28 in the Journal of the American College of Radiology, JACR, was based on 123 million Medicare Part B imaging claims in 2022. for ultrasound.

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AuntMinnie

OCTOBER 8, 2024

A personalized surveillance program employing a supplemental imaging modality adjunct to mammography may be considered for this select group of breast cancer survivors,” Hamzah and colleagues wrote. They added that future studies should evaluate factors that affect the performance of DBT in surveillance imaging.

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AuntMinnie

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

Adopting health information exchange (HIE) between unaffiliated healthcare providers leads to significant decreases in repeat imaging studies in emergency departments (EDs) and could potentially save millions of dollars, according to a large study from the University of Michigan. of ultrasound cases), and 29,073 repeat chest x-rays (19.5%

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Imaging Technology

APRIL 9, 2024

milla1cf Tue, 04/09/2024 - 17:01 April 9, 2024 — A new Society of Radiologists in Ultrasound (SRU) expert consensus statement to improve endometriosis evaluation was published today in the journal Radiology. utilize ultrasound to screen for deep endometriosis. Young , M.D.,

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