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Gleamer acquires Pixyl, Caerus Medical

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AI medical imaging firm Gleamer has acquired two developers of AI-powered MRI applications, Pixyl and Caerus Medical. The acquisitions of the two firms add MRI to Gleamers portfolio of radiology applications covering x-ray, mammography, and CT, giving the firm a suite of AI-based tools for all core imaging modalities, the company said.

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HPI: Nonradiologists interpret more than a third of office-based imaging

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million office-based imaging claims for Medicare fee-for-service beneficiaries in 2022 that were ordered by nonradiologists. They found that rates of self-interpretation varied by imaging modality: Self-interpretation rate for office-based imaging by modality Modality Percentage X-ray and fluoroscopy 50.4%

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6 Best X-Ray Systems for Urgent Care in 2023 Reviewed

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General radiology encompasses various diagnostic imaging techniques in hospitals, imaging centers, and urgent care facilities. These imaging modalities help healthcare professionals diagnose and treat various medical conditions, whether chest X-rays for pneumonia or broken extremities.

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Researchers offer age-specific dose estimator for fluoroscopy exams

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Like all x-ray-based imaging modalities, fluoroscopy carries with it the inherent risk of stochastic (cancer) and deterministic (skin damage) radiation effects,” the group wrote, in an article published January 14 in Radiology.

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Radiologists can take steps toward environmental sustainability

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The researchers also suggested that decision-support tools can be implemented to choose lower-energy imaging tests when appropriate. Carbon dioxide emissions vary by imaging modality and are higher for MRI and CT compared with ultrasound and x-rays.

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Radiology-specific LLM generates professional report impressions

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A team led by PhD candidate Lu Zhang of Shanghai Jiao Tong University in Shanghai, China, developed a large language model (LLM) that generates interpretations (“impressions”) on reports based on imaging findings and evaluated its performance in professional and linguistic dimensions.

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Higher Medicaid-to-Medicare reimbursement ratios boost imaging use

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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. X-ray or fluoroscopy 0.82 It also reported that the probability of an individual having imaging was 25.9%

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