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Penn. bill will change licensing rules for medical imaging personnel

AuntMinnie

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. The bill also addresses the field of radiologist assistants, which are advanced radiography specialists.

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Meet the Minnies 2024 finalists

AuntMinnie

One of this year's nominations for Most Influential Radiology Researcher is Erik Middlebrooks, MD, of the Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, FL. He has worked hard to redefine how clinicians set targets for deep brain stimulation surgery and to expand the uses of 7-tesla MRI to new areas such as Parkinson's disease. "7-tesla

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Rural Hospital Raises the Bar with Comprehensive State-of-the-art Imaging Systems

Imaging Technology

As for magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), just 19% of extremely disadvantaged zip codes had access as compared to 32% of extremely advantaged. We have the newest technology; we have an MRI that can rival anybody’s in the region. For starters, an open MRI is solving the problem of people refusing an MRI due to anxiety.

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Attracting and Retaining Radiology Staff

Everything Rad

Executive leadership also plays an essential role in retention of radiology staff, emphasized Keith Aldahondo, MHA, RT (CT) (MR) CRA, CT/MRI, Manager at Tampa General Hospital in Florida. “We They tell us they want a better work/life balance, flexible hours, and they do not want to be on call.”

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Why understanding breast density matters

The British Institute of Radiology

In these women, screening tests, such as ultrasound or MRI, when added to mammography, substantially increase the detection of early-stage breast cancer. Following recent MRI screening trials there is cumulating evidence which confirms that women with dense breasts are underserved by screening with mammography alone [7,8]. Stefanie G.