AuntMinnie

DECEMBER 18, 2023

A team led by Dr. Jennifer Ligibel from the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston found that academic radiologists have a higher-than-average rate of intention to leave their institutions. However, nuclear medicine had the lowest intention-to-leave rate at 13.6%, and neuroradiology had the third-lowest rate at 22.6%.

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AuntMinnie

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Eliot Siegel, MD, of the University of Maryland shares his perspective on the rapidly emerging area of theranostics and the potential for interventional molecular radiology to join diagnostic radiology and interventional radiology as a third pathway for radiology and nuclear medicine trainees.

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AuntMinnie

JANUARY 22, 2024

Out-of-network billing by radiologists – often referred to as “surprise billing” – dropped significantly beginning in 2007 and imaging claims are now almost completely in network, according to a recent study. And by 2021, radiologists practiced almost exclusively in-network, according to the researchers. in 2007 to 1.1%

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AuntMinnie

JULY 23, 2024

Attrition doesn’t appear to be a significant contributing factor in the shortage of radiologists in the U.S., After analyzing Medicare billing data from 2019 to 2024, researchers from NYU Langone Health in New York City found that radiologists have a lower national attrition rate than other healthcare providers. “The Radiologists: 13.2%

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Radiologist Medicare Interventional Radiology Nuclear Medicine 279

AuntMinnie

MARCH 11, 2024

Physicians, health care providers, and medical staff caring for patients who use cannabis should be familiar with the effects of the drug on gut motility and thus nuclear medicine imaging, a recent report advises. The Effects of Cannabis on Bowel Motility and Beyond.” The full article is available here.

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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. The large differences between radiologists and nonradiologists in interpretation training could lead to differences in diagnostic accuracy."

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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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AuntMinnie

JANUARY 31, 2024

Yoga could be one way to alleviate burnout symptoms in radiologists, a study published January 31 in JAMA Network Open suggests. Radiologists and radiation oncologists have reported experiencing burnout, which affects their well-being as well as their personal lives and patient care quality.

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Radiology Business

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Backers include societies representing radiologists and nuclear medicine professionals, device manufacturers, patient advocacy groups, and pharmaceutical companies.

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AuntMinnie

JULY 1, 2024

A team led by Eric Christensen, PhD, research director at the Neiman Institute, reported that radiologists interpreted 72.1% Cardiologists interpret most cardiac imaging, and a greater share [of it] than radiologists for all modalities except cardiac CT," Christensen said in a statement released by HPI. for nuclear medicine 33.9%

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AuntMinnie

MARCH 26, 2024

Theranostics pairs diagnostic biomarkers that can be visualized on nuclear medicine imaging with therapeutic agents that share a specific target in diseased cells or tissues. The nuclear radiologist, nuclear medicine technologist, and radiation safety team are all present to administer an infusion.

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AuntMinnie

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

3 Hospital and health system leaders who want to ensure value and efficiency in imaging orders and clinical collaboration are also likely to be looking for ways to preserve the time of their radiologists and care teams -- to devote more time to complex cases. This is usually what radiologists want to see," Ahmed said. "AI

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AuntMinnie

OCTOBER 25, 2024

For Fishman, being an educator is not only about offering expertise to trainees or to his radiologist peers but also continuing to be an active learner himself. A few of his educational activities include weekly case conferences with faculty members and lectures tailored to specific audiences such as radiologists in private practice.

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AuntMinnie

JULY 5, 2024

The 3D image is from a patient with an oropharyngeal carcinoma in the right-sided soft palate and palatine tonsil, noted first author and nuclear medicine physician Martin W. The article was published on July 1 in the European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging and featured as the journal's Image of the Month.

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AuntMinnie

APRIL 10, 2025

The top referring physicians sending patients for PET scans are medical oncologists, radiation oncologists, and pulmonologists.

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AuntMinnie

APRIL 4, 2024

Even if some private urology, radiation oncology practices, or radiologist groups are building the ability to perform theranostics, experts are cautious about patient management, radiation safety, and the risk of unnecessary imaging. However, few freestanding theranostics centers exist today. Hope added.

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AuntMinnie

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

At the meeting, radiology CPT advisors also met with other specialty organizations to discuss potential code proposals, reviewed more than 60 proposals submitted to the AMA and commented on 22 proposals that included imaging that could potentially affect radiologists.

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TRA Medical Imaging

JANUARY 17, 2025

Becoming a radiologist requires an extraordinary level of dedication, education, and training. Radiologists are medical doctors who specialize in interpreting imaging studies like X-rays, CT scans, MRIs, and ultrasounds to diagnose and guide treatment for various conditions.

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AuntMinnie

DECEMBER 6, 2024

Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) radiologist Umar Mahmood, MD, PhD, has been named president of the board of directors of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA), the group announced at its 2024 annual meeting in Chicago. Umar Mahmood, MD, PhD. Umar Mahmood, MD, PhD.

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AuntMinnie

JULY 20, 2023

Radiologists who work as AI vendors can bring clinical expertise for improve. by 2027 Radiologists should be mindful of ChatGPT's potential and its risks Marketing, regulatory summaries may differ with AI tech SNMMI: Experts debate AI's role in nuclear medicine Medical students concerned about AI's impact on radiology

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

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Ben White

JULY 3, 2023

A few years ago, nearly every radiologist completed a fellowship. Recently I’ve been asked by several readers if I thought that fellowships were still necessary given the current radiologist shortage and white-hot market. Are practices desperate enough to hire general radiologists fresh out of practice?

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AuntMinnie

APRIL 8, 2024

PET/MRI could be a tool for diagnosing brain injury in young cancer survivors due to high-dose methotrexate treatment, according to pediatric radiologists at Stanford University in Stanford, CA. The study was published April 4 in the Journal of Nuclear Medicine. Image courtesy of the Journal of Nuclear Medicine.

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Diagnostic Imaging

JUNE 28, 2024

While radiologists interpreted approximately 99 percent of all non-cardiac CT, MRI and nuclear medicine studies in hospital and emergency department settings for Medicare beneficiaries, new research shows significantly less radiologist review of cardiac imaging and office-based imaging.

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AuntMinnie

OCTOBER 25, 2023

While promising, the researchers noted that there is no current grading system for radiologist interpretation of bone scans in calciphylaxis. Moreover, clinical correlation and collaboration between the dermatologist and nuclear medicine physician may also still be necessary to reach a diagnosis, they added.

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AuntMinnie

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Healthcare disparities continue to plague medical imaging, but there are concrete measures radiologists can take to mitigate them, according to a paper published on October 12 in RadioGraphics. These inequalities can have substantial effect on population health, it explained. Image courtesy of Peter Abraham, MD, et al.

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AuntMinnie

JULY 1, 2024

Radiologists and nuclear medicine physicians analyzed the images, with their reads ultimately compared to laboratory results from biopsies. Out of 150 men who participated, 134 ultimately underwent radical prostatectomies (the mean age was 62 years old).

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AuntMinnie

JUNE 8, 2023

Radiologists, technologists, administrators, and industry professionals can find information and conduct e-commerce in MRI, mammography, ultrasound, x-ray, CT, nuclear medicine, PACS, and other imaging disciplines.

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AuntMinnie

JUNE 7, 2023

Radiologists, technologists, administrators, and industry professionals can find information and conduct e-commerce in MRI, mammography, ultrasound, x-ray, CT, nuclear medicine, PACS, and other imaging disciplines.

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Imaging Technology

JULY 3, 2024

Neiman Health Policy Institute ( HPI ) study found that radiologists interpreted 72.1% According to a written study summary released by HPI, market share varied by imaging modality; radiologists interpreted 97.3% of nuclear medicine (NM), and 33.9% of nuclear medicine (NM), and 33.9% of ultrasound.

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AuntMinnie

JUNE 20, 2024

Theranostics pairs diagnostic biomarkers that can be visualized on nuclear medicine imaging with therapeutic agents that share a specific target in diseased cells or tissues. The nuclear radiologist, nuclear medicine technologist, and radiation safety team are all present to administer an infusion.

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Nuclear Medicine Radiopharmaceuticals Radiation Health Science 130

Diagnostic Imaging

APRIL 3, 2025

percent of nuclear medicine imaging were interpreted by ordering clinicians. In a review of over 1,630,000 office-based non-breast imaging Medicare fee-for-service (FFS) claims from 2022, researchers found that 39.5

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AuntMinnie

JANUARY 8, 2024

Based on agreements between two radiologists and two nuclear medicine physicians, FDG-PET/MRI achieved a sensitivity of 96 %, specificity of 82 %, and positive and negative predictive values of 92% and 90 %.

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Imaging Technology

JUNE 20, 2023

milla1cf Tue, 06/20/2023 - 20:04 June 20, 2023 — Medality , the leading practice development platform for radiologists and imaging organizations, today announced the release of its 2023 Radiology Practice Development Report. The report reveals that radiologists are reading across an average of 4.7

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AuntMinnie

JUNE 3, 2024

In the videos, radiologists share some common findings while displaying sample imaging exams. RadiologyInfo.org contains 300 procedure, exam, and disease descriptions covering diagnostic and interventional radiology, nuclear medicine, radiation therapy, and radiation safety, and it is updated with new information.

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Intelerad

APRIL 8, 2025

Integrated Cloud Hub for Multi-Modality Imaging IntelePACS acts as a centralized control center for radiology, uniting high-volume diagnostic studies with specialized imaging, like breast, cardiac, and nuclear medicine in a single, cloud-based platform.

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AuntMinnie

JULY 7, 2024

radiologic technologist salaries by subspecialization Subspecialization Average base salary No specialization $40,919 Nuclear medicine/PET $58,820 Ultrasound $53,668 MRI $51,919 Interventional radiology $49,766 CT $47,085 Mammography $44,839 Note: Salaries are for all U.S. At the low end of the radiologist salary spectrum was the U.S.

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