Professional Radiology

OCTOBER 21, 2024

However, many patients have concerns about radiation exposure and the potential risks involved. The truth is mammograms are generally safe when used properly, and the amount of radiation you’re exposed to is minimal. Radiation exposure is controlled and minimized to ensure patient safety.

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Radiology Business

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

The Rise Fund, private equity firm TPG’s multi-sector global impact offshoot, led the fundraising round.

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AuntMinnie

APRIL 12, 2024

Nuclear Regulatory Commission limits occupational radiation exposure to 50 mSv per year.) The study supports] the need to update and revise current estimates of cumulative organ-absorbed doses [among radiologic technologists] for more precise assessment of occupational radiation exposure and disease risks," Milder and colleagues noted.

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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. Women now make up 55% of medical school attendees and this product was developed with women in mind.

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AuntMinnie

JUNE 6, 2024

Staff operating ionizing radiation equipment in Michigan are now required to meet certain qualifications for active status and employment. If passed, the bill would lower industry standards for personnel who perform medical procedures, according to the ARRT. Read the full filing here.

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AuntMinnie

APRIL 9, 2024

Mirion Dosimetry Services has announced commercial availability of a wearable radiation monitoring x-ray badge for medical imaging personnel and others. It also has a battery life of five years.

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AuntMinnie

JULY 26, 2024

The American Society of Radiologic Technologists (ASRT) said it supports a new Pennsylvania bill that requires licensing of medical imaging professionals, radiation therapists, radiologist assistants, and trainees. Pennsylvania Senate Bill 1281 Licensing of Medical Imaging Professionals (SB 1281) was introduced July 12.

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AuntMinnie

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

The finding highlights the technique’s ability to reduce radiation doses in immunocompromised patients, noted lead author Ruxandra-Iulia Milos, MD, of the Medical University of Vienna in Austria, and colleagues. “To All participants underwent standard low-dose CT scans.

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AuntMinnie

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Initial percutaneous nephrostomy (PCN) tube placement leads to more radiation exposure for pregnant women with suspected kidney stones, according to a study published October 27 in Urology. The Lyon team wanted to investigate the potential differences in radiation exposure per suspected stone episode between the options.

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AuntMinnie

JUNE 27, 2024

Administered CT radiation doses are highly variable across patients, radiologists, and hospitals throughout the U.S. 1 Some patients receive excessive radiation doses without diagnostic benefit, needlessly increasing their personal risk of developing cancer. 2 Rebecca Smith-Bindman, MD. Marc Kohli, MD.

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AuntMinnie

MARCH 11, 2025

While the pandemic affected medical operations across the country, the experts said that radiologists developed and honed their sense of resiliency as imaging was placed on the front lines. Medical imaging played a significant role in the early days of the pandemic when it hit its initial peak in April 2020.

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AuntMinnie

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

Patients with brain metastases who experience cognitive side effects after radiation therapy appear to eventually regain cognitive function, according to a presentation delivered September 29 at the American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) meeting in Washington, DC.

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Radiology Business

APRIL 22, 2024

Advanced imaging equipment using ionizing radiation enters the global market at the rate of one new technology every five years.

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AuntMinnie

JANUARY 17, 2025

American Society of Radiologic Technologists (ASRT) leaders plan to launch by mid-year the first phase of an action plan that they hope will increase the medical imaging and radiation therapy workforce in the U.S. These include medical imaging and radiation therapy professionals, physicians, and medical physicists.

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Radiology Business

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

The American Medical Association House of Delegates on Tuesday approved a resolution urging the organization to step up advocacy efforts on this issue.

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AuntMinnie

JANUARY 22, 2025

Finding and segmenting lung tumors on CT scans is key to monitoring cancer progression, evaluating treatment responses, and planning radiation therapy, the group explained. Kashyap and colleagues hope the study findings could help radiology departments establish their own medical image segmentation datasets. "[Our] seconds vs. 166.1-187.7

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Health Imaging

MAY 11, 2023

Not only could the materials reduce patient exposure to ionizing radiation, they also could reduce costs associated with traditional X-ray equipment, according to newly published research in Nature Communications.

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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. The Power of Diagnostic Imaging in Early Disease Detection Medical imaging is one of the most significant developments in medical science.

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AuntMinnie

MARCH 30, 2025

These include muscle degeneration, exposure to radiation, spinal conditions , orthostatic tolerance, and blood volume decreases, among others. The remote medical capabilities that astronauts have can also be implemented for practices on Earth. Its a single device that provides way more information than anything weve had before.

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Radiology Business

MAY 22, 2024

The alert pertains to the BioZorb and BioZorb LP radiographic markers, implanted in soft tissue to indicate the site for radiation therapy or other medical procedures.

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AuntMinnie

APRIL 4, 2025

The American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) wants to partner with new Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) administrator Mehmet Oz, MD, to advance radiation oncology payment reforms. "As The ROCR Act aims to shift radiation reimbursement from fee-for-service to bundled payments.

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Omega Medical Imaging

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

is the most advanced interventional system available and the only ERCP fluoro system proven to reduce radiation exposure by up to 84%. This improves the radiation safety for both staff and patients. The Omega E-View.AI

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Medical Xpress: Radiology

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Children with Down syndrome often undergo extensive medical tests, including imaging, that may use ionizing radiation. At the same time, genetic disorders like Down syndrome have an established increased risk of certain cancers, making exposure to radiation early in life less than ideal.

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Radiology Business

NOVEMBER 3, 2024

All major disciplines across medical imaging and radiation therapy have recorded compensation increases over the last two years, according to ASRT.

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Omega Medical Imaging

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

Carle Foundation Hospital installs innovative new technology that reduces the radiation risk to its endoscopy staff and patients. from Omega Medical Imaging is the most advanced interventional X-ray system available for endoscopy and the only fluoro system proven to reduce radiation exposure by up to 84%.

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AuntMinnie

APRIL 10, 2025

Davin Korstjens of IMV Medical Information Division. The top referring physicians sending patients for PET scans are medical oncologists, radiation oncologists, and pulmonologists. Follow IMV Medical Information on LinkedIn for more diagnostic imaging updates. Want to share your knowledge of medical imaging?

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AuntMinnie

MARCH 28, 2025

Previous studies on inappropriate imaging have focused on "the importance of minimizing patient radiation exposure, limiting patient discomfort, lost work time, use of resources efficiently, and reduction of overall healthcare expenditures," the group explained.

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AuntMinnie

JANUARY 3, 2024

Golden Valley Memorial Healthcare recently opened the Dr. James and JoAnn Bourland Radiation Oncology Center in Clinton, MO. Dr. James and JoAnn Bourland Radiation Oncology Center at Golden Valley Memorial Healthcare in Clinton, MO. Image courtesy of Business Wire.

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Radiology Business

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

The company is partnering with Northern Nevada Sierra Medical Center to help expand radiation oncology services across the Reno marketplace.

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Radiology Business

MAY 21, 2024

“Medicare Advantage undermines my expertise as a physician and disregards my patients’ unique medical needs," said radiation oncologist Todd E. Hlavaty, MD.

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AuntMinnie

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

Canon Medical Systems USA is partnering with the American Healthcare Radiology Administrators (AHRA) for the latter's Living Our Legacy campaign. Canon is donating $250,000 to the AHRA in a five-year commitment, contributing $50,000 each year through 2028. Grant recipients will also publish their findings in AHRA publications.

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AuntMinnie

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

Radiation oncology has for several years now faced challenges in workforce retention and resident placement. Arya Amini, MD, from the City of Hope National Medical Center in Duarte, California spoke with AuntMinnie.com about a paper he recently co-authored that outlines this problem and strategies that could potentially help.

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AuntMinnie

AUGUST 10, 2023

Demand for radiotherapy and radiation oncologists in Canada may grow more quickl.

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AuntMinnie

JANUARY 12, 2024

More than 60% of diagnostic radiology and radiation therapy staff experience workplace violence, according to a study published January 9 in Radiography. Yet no systematic review has been published on the issue in medical radiation science, the authors noted.

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AuntMinnie

AUGUST 26, 2024

SACRAMENTO, CA - A California radiologic technologist accused of delivering a major radiation overdose to a 23-month-old boy faced testimony this week on her role in the incident. Within a few hours, the child developed a bright red ring around his head from the massive overdose of radiation. Is this safe?"

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AuntMinnie

MAY 15, 2023

The Society of Women in Radiation Oncology (SWRO) is recommending that radiatio.

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AuntMinnie

JUNE 3, 2024

Eliot Siegel, MD; Stanislav Spiridonov, MD; Nathan Gee, MD; and Anthony Chang, PhD, are among a niche gathering of early adopters, entrepreneurial physicians, medical physicists, and investors with a sweet spot for nuclear medicine, diagnostic radiology, and radiation oncology.

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