AuntMinnie

NOVEMBER 5, 2023

On November 8, radiologists, radiographers, and radiological technologists will mark the tenth International Day of Radiology (IDoR 2023). Keep up with the latest details about the International Day of Radiology via its Facebook page.

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Radiology Business

JANUARY 7, 2025

The agency's B Reader Program trains and certifies physicians to classify chest radiographs of workers participating in federal health surveillance programs.

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AuntMinnie

JANUARY 23, 2025

Siemens Healthineers and the American Society of Radiologic Technologists (ASRT) have launched a global training program for radiologic technologists in low- and middle-income countries. The first initiative under the partnership will focus on training 50 radiographers from Ukraine.

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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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Radiology Business

JANUARY 14, 2025

The agency is considering whether to let NPs and PAs examine radiographs in a federal health surveillance program.

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Radiology Business

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

The software could opportunistically screen patients at a smaller cost than other interventions, given it automatically operates "in the background" on radiographs performed for other reasons.

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AuntMinnie

MAY 3, 2024

Charlene Liew, MD, director of cardiothoracic imaging at Changi General Hospital in Singapore, outlined the current state of AI in radiology and where it is going in a presentation called "AI in Radiology: The Past Informs the Future." Food and Drug Administration (FDA) were for radiology indications.

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AuntMinnie

AUGUST 20, 2024

A commercially available AI algorithm shows potential for off-label use as a way to generate automatic reports for “unremarkable” chest x-rays, according to a study published August 20 in Radiology. These included chest radiographs that displayed abnormalities of no clinical significance, which are typically treated as normal.

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AuntMinnie

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

An easily accessible screening tool for osteopenia or osteoporosis using plain hip radiographs is of great importance for the orthopedic hip surgeons to avoid potential surgical risks while performing total hip arthroplasty due to osteopenia and osteoporosis,” noted lead author Sebastian Rohe, MD, and colleagues.

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Radiology Business

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

The college announced its opposition to the CDC's B Reader program exploring whether to let nurse practitioners and physician assistants read certain radiographs.

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AuntMinnie

OCTOBER 24, 2023

A group in Seoul, Korea, has developed an AI model that could help reduce radiology workflows by identifying “no changes” in follow-up chest x-rays of patients in critical care, according to a study published October 24 in Radiology. Example of triage of no change in a pair of chest radiographs in the emergency department. (A)

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Radiology Business

DECEMBER 18, 2024

More than 100 plaintiffs have now sued the Marlborough, Massachusetts-based mammography-maker, claiming they suffered injuries and emotional distress stemming from implantation of the BioZorb radiographic marker.

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AuntMinnie

MAY 1, 2024

An AI model has delivered a long overdue update of pediatric bone growth predictions used in x-ray imaging to monitor scoliosis, according to a study published April 30 in Radiology. The lower extremity measurement pipeline is illustrated using a representative slot-scanning radiograph. Image courtesy of Radiology.

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Radiology Business

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

BioZorb is FDA cleared for the radiographic marking of soft tissue sites for future procedures such as radiation therapy.

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Radiology Business

MAY 9, 2023

The radiographer profession, for one, hit an "all time high" in 2023, with 18.1% of actively recruited positions sitting unfilled, the ASRT reported Monday.

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AuntMinnie

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

At RSNA 2023, look for AI-driven systems that radiographers can use to help make patient positioning faster and more precise, and bring consistency to the process, all of which help improve image quality and reduce the need for retakes. Even the most skilled radiographers can fail to get positioning just right.

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AuntMinnie

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

With 100% of precincts now reporting, we’re finally ready to declare this year’s winners in our annual awards program recognizing excellence in radiology. The voters also zeroed in on the ongoing shortage of radiologists as the Biggest Threat to Radiology. Most Influential Radiology Researcher Minnies 2024 Winner: Erik H.

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Radiology Business

OCTOBER 27, 2024

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

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Radiology Business

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

UT Southwestern has introduced a grading template in knee radiograph reports to help decrease the use of unnecessary MR imaging.

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Imaging Technology

JUNE 16, 2023

CURB-65 score). “The deep learning (DL) model may guide clinical decision-making in the management of patients with CAP by identifying high-risk patients who warrant hospitalization and intensive treatment,” concluded first author Eui Jin Hwang, MD, PhD, from the department of radiology at Seoul National University College of Medicine in Korea.

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Radiology Business

JULY 25, 2023

The physician had assigned the standard, four-phase protocol for liver imaging, but the radiographer instead performed a single, portal-venous phase only.

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AuntMinnie

JUNE 27, 2023

Read more on AuntMinnie.com Related Reading: Medical students concerned about AI's impact on radiology ChatGPT, Google Bard simplify lung reports, but at high reading level AI predicts mortality risk in pneumonia patients Radiology well-positioned to integrate AI, but concerns remain AI estimates lung cancer mortality on x-rays

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AuntMinnie

JANUARY 11, 2024

Four out of seven commercially available AI algorithms for detecting lung nodules on x-rays performed better than human readers, while two algorithms for predicting bone age fell short, in a study published January 9 in Radiology. Their performance was compared to reads by 17 radiologists and radiology residents with varying experience.

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AuntMinnie

DECEMBER 13, 2023

AI assistance can improve the detection accuracy of thoracic abnormalities on chest x-rays across radiologists with varying levels of expertise, according to a study published December 12 in Radiology. Image courtesy of Radiology. In a retrospective study, a commercially available algorithm (ChestView, v.

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AuntMinnie

JUNE 6, 2024

The new rules now in effect in Michigan help ensure that only medical radiologic technologists with the appropriate education and training can operate medical imaging equipment, according to an American Registry of Radiologic Technologists (ARRT) legislative update.

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AuntMinnie

OCTOBER 31, 2023

Each year, the Minnies award winners reflect the current challenges, issues, and advances in radiology. And for the first time since 2018, physician burnout did not win the Minnies award for Biggest Threat to Radiology. Interested in the history of the Minnies, our annual award program recognizing excellence in radiology?

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AuntMinnie

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

AI’s capability and potential to enhance the practice of radiology will take center stage at RSNA 2023. M6-SSNPM01-2 | Room E351 In this talk, researchers will highlight the potential for AI software in detecting fractures that are often missed on radiographs. 1:50 p.m. | 3:50 p.m. | 10:20 a.m. | 3:10 p.m. | 10:10 a.m. | 9:00 a.m. |

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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. Ensure that appropriate language translation services are available in the radiology department. The complete study can be found here.

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AuntMinnie

AUGUST 20, 2024

Curve-shaped breast compression paddles may lead to some pain relief, but they also reduce image quality on mammograms, suggest findings published August 20 in Radiology. Two radiographers and two radiologists performed unblinded paired comparisons of images from both paddle types, using standard image quality criteria.

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AuntMinnie

JULY 31, 2024

The study was published in the December 2024 issue of the European Journal of Radiology Open. Representative chest radiographs and graphs of lung signal intensity obtained using DDR for the severe COPD group. a) Radiograph during forced inspiration when the average signal intensity reached its maximum (SI max = 3879.3). (b)

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AuntMinnie

MARCH 5, 2024

Substituting less energy-consuming ultrasound for x-ray or CT reduced energy use by as much as 8% during diagnostic radiology processes and 31.2% during indirect radiology department activities, according to findings of a pilot study presented March 1 at ECR 2024. kilowatts per patient, Masperi said.

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AuntMinnie

JUNE 25, 2024

ChatGPT can answer patient questions about radiation protection for medical imaging exams comparably to websites of radiology institutions, according to research published June 25 in Radiology. and Europe to evaluate both sets of answers, blinded to the source. General public comprehension 5.6 Overall satisfaction 5.1

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AuntMinnie

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Presenting the research on November 28 at RSNA 2023, Jan Rudolph, MD, from the department of radiology at University Hospital LMU Munich said nonradiologists can significantly benefit from AI assistance in emergency-related chest x-ray analysis. “If Nonradiology residents 0.78 Nonradiology residents 0.78

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AuntMinnie

JANUARY 25, 2024

While evidence abounds when it comes to health disparities facing women seeking breast cancer screening, radiology departments continue to struggle with consistent success when addressing barriers.

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The British Institute of Radiology

MARCH 6, 2023

Shamie Kumar describes how AI fits into a radiology clinical workflow and her perspective on how a clinical radiographer could use this to learn from and enhance their skills. If the AI findings are seen in PACS, how many radiographers actually log into PACS after taking a scan or X-ray? Can Radiographers Up-Skill?

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Aidoc

FEBRUARY 16, 2025

Radiology plays a crucial role in modern medicine, answering essential diagnostic questions pertaining to nearly every pathology facing clinicians. The Impact on Patients and Clinical Management A 2024 study in the Journal of Clinical Imaging found that 68% of surveyed radiology practices had unreported radiology exams.

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Imaging Technology

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

12, 2025 Konica Minolta Healthcare Americas, has published a case study by clinicians in the pulmonary and radiology departments at ASST Fatebenefratelli Sacco (Milan, Italy) demonstrating the use of Dynamic Digital Radiography (DDR) to help definitively diagnose diaphragm dysfunction. tim.hodson Fri, 02/14/2025 - 15:14 Feb.12,

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