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Moore’s Law for radiologists

AuntMinnie

Some of my radiological heroes would report a staggering 30,000 to 40,000 radiographs a year. So as to report more CT and MRI, radiologists stopped doing hands-on ultrasound and fluoroscopy. Some even [startled gasp] gave up reporting plain radiographs. Many diagnostic radiologists became pure CT and MRI specialists.

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AuntMinnie 2019: Details emerge on MRI accident in Sweden

AuntMinnie

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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The challenges of dysrhythmic radiologists

AuntMinnie

I heard of a hospital that hired a radiologist to come in one weekend to help with their reporting backlog of plain radiographs. both Saturday and Sunday and motored through just shy of 2,000 radiographs. The entirety of one particular chest radiograph report read, The heart is clear." This particular radiologist worked 9 a.m.

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Are low-field MRI units effective for neuroradiologic imaging?

AuntMinnie

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. The group's commentary was published February 13 in RadioGraphics. tesla is lower than that at 1.5-tesla,

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ISMRM: Communication, multidisciplinary engagement key to pediatric MRI

AuntMinnie

A team led by Yin Ting Chiu, PhD, from the Hong Kong Children’s Hospital discussed key factors identified by the hospital’s MR team for effectively performing supplementary MRI scans on children ages three to seven without sedation. Performing MRI scans on young children can be challenging for radiologists.

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MRI helps clinicians assess neural involvement in endometriosis

AuntMinnie

MRI helps clinicians assess the neural involvement in endometriosis and could help them prevent irreversible nerve damage and chronic sensorimotor neuropathy in women suffering from the condition, Cleveland Clinic researchers have reported. The team's review of MRI's role for this indication was published January 3 in RadioGraphics.

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Generative AI, radiologist shortages feature in 2024 Minnies

AuntMinnie

Middlebrooks' research interest consists of using ultrahigh-field, 7-tesla MRI to plot brain microstructure and develop surgical treatment of brain tumors, epilepsy, and neurodegenerative and movement disorders such as Parkinson's disease, essential tremor, and dystonia. I'm a radiographer,' " Stewart recalled.