AuntMinnie

APRIL 8, 2025

Deuterium metabolic imaging (DMI) was highly aligned with F-18 FDG-PET -- a cornerstone of dementia diagnostics -- in patients with Alzheimer's disease in a study published April 8 in Radiology. DMI can be performed with the same MRI scanner that supplies standard structural images, the authors explained. Image courtesy of RSNA.

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AuntMinnie

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

A commercially available deep-learning (DL) algorithm can enable good quality seven-minute shoulder MRI exams, according to research published February 18 in Radiology. Seven radiologists evaluated the MRI scan quality and the presence of artifacts using a Likert scale ranging from 1 (very bad/severe) to 5 (very good/absent).

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AuntMinnie

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

A Swiss research team has developed and tested an AI model that automatically segments anatomic structures on MR images independent of sequence, according to a study published February 18 in Radiology. To this end, D'Antonoli and colleagues built TotalSegmentator MRI, which they based on nnU-Net. for 13 anatomic structures).

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AuntMinnie

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

Using AI with mammography can help select women at high risk of breast cancer for supplemental MRI, according to research published February 4 in Radiology. Women at high risk of breast cancer, such as those with a personal history or family history of the disease or those with dense breasts, may be recommended for supplemental imaging.

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AuntMinnie

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

In 2024, the percentage of MRI procedures performed in an outpatient setting decreased five percentage points to 66% of total MR procedures, according to the newly published IMV 2024 MR Market Outlook Report. Finally, independent imaging centers are open for an average of 11.4 Davin Korstjens of IMV Medical Information Division.

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AuntMinnie

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its AI-powered Subtle-HD MRI acceleration and enhancement software. It uses deep learning to generate MR imaging contrasts from existing sequences, achieving 100% acceleration and producing STIR images in 0 minutes, Subtle Medical said.

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AuntMinnie

MARCH 26, 2025

Microultrasound may be a suitable alternative to MRI for image-guided prostate biopsy, suggest findings published March 23 in JAMA. Microultrasound has emerged as an alternative imaging method that uses high-energy sound waves to create images that proponents say are more detailed than conventional ultrasound.

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Professional Radiology

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

The way physicians identify illness is changing due to advances in medical imaging, which make early diagnosis quicker, more precise, and less invasive. These technologies, ranging from high-resolution MRIs to state-of-the-art CT scans, can give doctors the ability to spot possible health problems before symptoms even show up.

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AuntMinnie

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

Are low-field MRI units effective for neuroradiologic imaging? Use of low-field MRI for this indication would improve patient care by expanding access to the modality, wrote a team led by medical student Lauren Kelsey. MRI for diagnosis and assessment of neurologic conditions is most commonly performed on 1.5-tesla

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AuntMinnie

APRIL 11, 2025

Timely MRI patient feedback can help radiologists make improvements that positively translate toward the patient experience, suggest findings published April 11 in Current Problems in Diagnostic Radiology. With radiology eyeing value over volume for imaging practices, patient satisfaction has come under the microscope.

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AuntMinnie

MARCH 28, 2025

Excess imaging translates to "significant"carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions, according to a study published March 28 in the Journal of the American College of Radiology. Overuse of imaging is a strain on our healthcare system and radiology workforce," said senior author Michael Atalay, MD, PhD, of Brown University in Providence, RI.

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AuntMinnie

OCTOBER 28, 2024

MRI safety articles have always been popular with our members, so it’s not surprising that our top article in 2019 reported on a safety incident in Sweden. The police investigation into last Wednesday's accident at a mobile MRI unit in Swedish Lapland is underway and likely to take several weeks.

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AuntMinnie

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

Using an AI tool with brain MRI in children finds 64% of focal cortical dysplasias (FCDs) -- abnormalities linked to epilepsy -- that radiologists miss, researchers have reported. in MRI-negative patients with FCD. The study was published February 24 in JAMA Neurology. in patients who were seizure-free a year after surgery and 63.7%

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Health Imaging

MAY 2, 2024

Houston, Texas-based United Imaging announced the clearance of its uMR Jupiter 5T MRI system, the first to offer an 8-channel whole-body multi-transmit system.

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AuntMinnie

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

Using deep learning with T2-weighted MR imaging is a feasible way to assess patients' body composition, researchers have reported. MRI offers excellent soft tissue contrast, making it well-suited for visualizing and quantifying different body compartments and tissues regarding their quality and quantity," the group noted. "T2-weighted

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AuntMinnie

APRIL 2, 2025

The American College of Radiology (ACR) will offer Belgium-based icometrixs brain MRI AI software through its Alzheimers Network for Treatment and Diagnostics (ALZ-NET). Participating imaging facilities in ALZ-NET will be offered discounted access to the software to encourage standardized ARIA monitoring, icometrix said.

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AuntMinnie

MARCH 3, 2025

If MRI prostagram should prove to be a good screening tool for prostate cancer, urologists are going to have a lot of work on their hands, and radiologists will be needed to overcome this burden, said the U.K. A fast MRI is a 12-minute version of the full scan. We need to get more information from the MRI scan," Ahmed added. "We

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AuntMinnie

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

An advanced type of MR imaging shows that children and adolescents with long COVID have significant lung abnormalities, according to a study published February 25 in Radiology. Images and caption courtesy of the RSNA. Phler, MD, of Hannover Medical School in Germany.

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AuntMinnie

MARCH 12, 2025

"Standard clinical practice has shifted from conducting systematic prostate biopsies without MRI guidance to using MRI-guided biopsies," the team wrote. A majority (179) of participants underwent multiparametric MRI, the authors noted. Caption and image courtesy of RSNA.

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Health Imaging

APRIL 22, 2024

The course’s release follows a slew of reported MRI accidents that have occurred in recent years, many that resulted in severe injury and some that were even fatal.

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AuntMinnie

JANUARY 28, 2025

To better assess the current landscape and challenges of AI applications in cardiac CT and MRI specifically, the paper aims to bridge the gap between burgeoning research developments and limited clinical applications, according to lead author Domenico Mastrodicasa, MD, from the University of Washington in Seattle, and colleagues.

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AuntMinnie

MAY 8, 2024

SINGAPORE -- Auntminnie.com spoke with ultrahigh-field MRI expert Nicolas Boulant, PhD, of the NeuroSpin research center near Paris, at the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (ISMRM) annual meeting. tesla MRI – to date, the highest magnetic field MRI used in humans, he said. The ‘good’ is simple.

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AuntMinnie

JUNE 5, 2024

MRI safety oversight is spotty at best, with gaps "big enough to drive a truck through," according to Tobias Gilk, founder of Gilk Radiology Consultants in Overland Park, KS, and senior vice president of Radiology-Planning in Mission, KS. MRI bed gurney accident, Kaiser Permanente Redwood City, CA. Image courtesy of Tobias Gilk.

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AuntMinnie

DECEMBER 5, 2024

MRI In MRI, the star of the show was Philips next-generation of its 1.5-tesla tesla MRI scanner. Whats more, Philips announced an AI research collaboration with the Mayo Clinic for cardiac MRI. The goal is to shorten complex MRI exams and improve workflow for radiologists, according to the vendor. BlueSeal 1.5-tesla

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AuntMinnie

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

The fetal phantom replicates the anatomical features of a 20-week-old fetus and produces an ultrasound image that mimics those obtained by specialists during scans. Image courtesy of the Center for Diagnostics and Telemedicine of the Moscow Health Department.

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AuntMinnie

JANUARY 16, 2025

Powered by the Oxford, England-based company's cortical disarray measurement technology, CDM Insights allows for clinical assessment of the brain's microstructures via MRI scans. It processes clinical MRI scan data from both 1.5-tesla tesla and 3-tesla scanners and delivers outputs in the form of images and numerical values.

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AuntMinnie

DECEMBER 12, 2023

A PET radiotracer for diagnosing Alzheimer’s disease may also be used to measure vascular brain changes in patients during PET/MRI scans, according to a study published December 7 in the Journal of Nuclear Medicine. Image courtesy of the Journal of Nuclear Medicine. The researchers enrolled 20 participants.

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AuntMinnie

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

The scanners could reconstruct images faster than we could report them. So as to report more CT and MRI, radiologists stopped doing hands-on ultrasound and fluoroscopy. Many diagnostic radiologists became pure CT and MRI specialists. A good day five to 10 years ago was reporting 40 cross-sectional imaging studies.

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ScienceDaily

DECEMBER 19, 2024

Another option is to use magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to search for signs of a tumor before deciding whether a biopsy is necessary, reserving biopsies only for cases where abnormalities are detected. Researchers at conducted a study to determine whether this MRI-first approach is safe over the long term.

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AuntMinnie

APRIL 2, 2025

A significant percentage of imaging studies ordered by office-based healthcare providers are self-interpreted rather than referred to radiologists for reading, according to researchers from the Harvey L. million office-based imaging claims for Medicare fee-for-service beneficiaries in 2022 that were ordered by nonradiologists.

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AuntMinnie

MAY 22, 2024

Abbreviated MRI may be suitable for screening women with dense breasts, a study published May 22 in the American Journal of Roentgenology found. Radiologists and ordering clinicians, alike, may use these results as evidence of the value of abbreviated MRI beyond the first round of screening in this population," Edmonds told AuntMinnie.com.

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AuntMinnie

JANUARY 25, 2024

MRI radiomics features can differentiate breast cancers based on human epidermal growth factor receptors (HERs), according to research published January 24 in the American Journal of Roentgenology. Previous studies have explored the potential MRI radiomics models in identifying breast cancer HER2 expression status. Sensitivity 99.4%

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AuntMinnie

JANUARY 6, 2025

Postoperative MRI surveillance appears to lower the odds of advanced second breast cancer in women with a personal history of the disease, researchers have reported. "In Images in a 40-year-old woman who underwent breast-conserving surgery for left breast cancer and a surveillance breast MRI examination 25 months after surgery. (A)

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AuntMinnie

JANUARY 31, 2025

Diagnostic radiology MRI Safety A new CPT subsection has been established for reporting six new codes describing MR safety services, including implant or foreign body evaluation, safety consultation, electronics preparation, and implant positioning or immobilization. 76015 Add-on Each additional 30 minutes G - 1.59 $51.43 Erin Stephens.

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AuntMinnie

MAY 3, 2024

Communication and engagement with child-life specialists are a couple of factors in successful MR imaging for young children, according to research presented May 4 at the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (ISMRM) meeting in Singapore. Performing MRI scans on young children can be challenging for radiologists.

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Health Imaging

DECEMBER 12, 2024

The technology is so promising that it is being integrated into GE Healthcares MRI scanners so that providers can conduct more thorough evaluations of how these implants hold up over time.

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Imaging Technology

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

The scanner incorporates Philips’ unique Smart Reading technology, a cloud-based AI toolset that integrates imaging and reading on the MR scanner. The eco-friendly design of the BlueSeal MRI with helium-free operations, makes it the lightest 1.5T 70cm MRI system available today [4].

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