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The challenges of dysrhythmic radiologists

AuntMinnie

JANUARY 3, 2025

A number of years ago, in a small British hospital that must remain nameless, there were two notorious radiologists. Of course, it isnt so much the irregularity of rhythm that can get radiologists a bad name. Now, while high output is a prized feature of a radiologist, a radiologist can work too fast.

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Moore’s Law for radiologists

AuntMinnie

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

Most radiologists have heard of Moore’s Law. A close colleague observed that radiologists are affected by a type of Moore’s Law. The amount of scans a radiologist is expected to shift per day is increasing year on year. Today’s radiologist is expected to shift work at an eye-watering rate. Paul McCoubrie, MBBS.

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Radiologists less susceptible to visual illusions

AuntMinnie

MARCH 20, 2025

Only two previous studies have addressed the issue of whether enhancements in visual perception abilities of radiologists are a product of specialist professional training, with mixed results, the authors explained.

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ECR: Radiographers optimistic about AI's role in future work

AuntMinnie

MARCH 5, 2024

While radiographers are concerned about job security, they are also optimistic about AI’s role in their future workflows, according to a presentation given March 1 at ECR 2024. Radiographers appear optimistic about the future of radiographer job roles and responsibilities,” Walsh said. Of the total respondents, 31.3%

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Generative AI, radiologist shortages feature in 2024 Minnies

AuntMinnie

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

The voters also zeroed in on the ongoing shortage of radiologists as the Biggest Threat to Radiology. Fishman concedes that there are barriers to educational pursuits in the radiology sphere -- not the least of which is pressure on radiologists to generate high relative value units. I'm a radiographer,' " Stewart recalled.

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AI model detects low BMD on ankle and foot x-rays

AuntMinnie

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

An AI model that detects low bone mineral density (BMD) on ankle and foot x-rays could be useful for screening for osteoporosis, according to radiologists at MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston. First, the team culled a dataset from 907 patients over 50 years old who had undergone both DEXA scans and x-rays within 12 months.

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Julianna Czum talks AI chest radiograph study with AuntMinnie.com

AuntMinnie

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

million chest radiographs. The team reported that the algorithm could successfully triage pairs of chest radiographs showing no change while detecting urgent interval changes during longitudinal follow-up. Julianna Czum, MD, from Johns Hopkins University wrote an editorial accompanying the study.

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Generative AI model validated in chest x-ray study

AuntMinnie

MARCH 11, 2025

In a reader study involving five radiologists interpreting 758 chest x-rays, use of the model (AIRead, Soombit.ai) reduced average reading times by 14 seconds per image and increased sensitivities for certain findings. To that end, Hong and colleagues, including researchers from Seoul-based companies Soombit.ai

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Is AI ready to replace human readings in TB detection?

AuntMinnie

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

. | S1-SSCH01-5 | E451A This scientific paper may increase overall confidence in the potential of using multimodal AI for tuberculosis (TB) detection, and potentially autonomous reporting, on chest radiographs in certain clinical settings. respectively, where that of three radiologists' ranged between 91.9% to 94.7%, 89.4%

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ACR wants radiologist feedback as CDC eyes nonphysician X-ray reads

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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Commercially available AI tool could reduce radiologist workloads by 10% or more

Health Imaging

APRIL 6, 2023

for abnormal radiographs and 99.8% for critical radiographs—better than two board-certified radiologists who also interpreted the exams. The tool’s sensitivity was recorded as 99.1%

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Radiologists in Europe ramp up testing of AI

AuntMinnie

JANUARY 11, 2024

Their performance was compared to reads by 17 radiologists and radiology residents with varying experience. A) Radiograph in a man (age, 72 years) with a nodule present (reference standard score, 100) shows a true-positive result based on the average algorithm scores. (B) years) for estimating bone age compared with human readers (0.68

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Radiologists ‘compete’ on chest x-rays reads with and without AI

AuntMinnie

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

In a study described as a “competition between radiologists,” participants tasked with identifying abnormal findings on chest x-rays performed better with AI assistance than without AI assistance – though not by much and not in all cases, according to a group in Nanjing, Jiangsu, China.

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The John Henry Generation: The last of the radiologists, Part 1

AuntMinnie

JANUARY 9, 2025

Todays radiologists face a similarly existential challenge, though its dimensions are not purely mechanical but deeply technological and economic. A looming crisis Data from IMV Medical Information Division and the American College of Radiology indicates that, in 2022, about 34,000 (range 30,000 to 37,000) radiologists in the U.S.

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What's best practice for using AI for thoracic imaging?

AuntMinnie

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

AI for thoracic imaging includes using it for reading chest radiographs and low-dose chest CT scans for lung cancer screening and for triaging pulmonary embolism on chest CT scans, the group noted.

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AI rules out abnormal findings on chest X-rays, significantly reducing workloads

Health Imaging

AUGUST 21, 2024

The commercially available software can correctly exclude pathology on chest radiographs with accuracy rates similar to those of radiologists.

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Financial incentives significantly increase radiologist compliance with quality-improvement initiative

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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The John Henry Generation: The last of the radiologists, Part 2

AuntMinnie

JANUARY 10, 2025

In Part 1 of his two-part series, radiologist Josh Ewell, DO, discussed developments in AI technology and the potential impact of these advances on radiology. A self-reinforcingspiral Initially, AI tools will fulfill their promise to relieve the burden of our worsening radiologist shortage: more studies can be read in less time.

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Can AI help rule out ‘unremarkable’ chest x-rays?

AuntMinnie

AUGUST 20, 2024

Among questions that remain unanswered about AI is whether the quality of its mistakes is different than those of radiologists and if AI mistakes, on average, are objectively worse than human mistakes. These included chest radiographs that displayed abnormalities of no clinical significance, which are typically treated as normal.

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Incorrect CT protocol leads to radiologist overlooking liver cancer, patient’s untimely death

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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Radiographers struggle with communication, care for suicidal patients

AuntMinnie

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Radiographers have difficulty communicating with and caring for patients wh. Read more on AuntMinnie.com Related Reading: Radiologists seeing declines in reimbursement per beneficiary Was burnout really worse for radiologists during the pandemic? Could phone tree system help with radiologist burnout?

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AI tool rules out abnormal findings on chest X-rays, significantly reducing workloads

Health Imaging

AUGUST 20, 2024

The tool correctly excludes pathology on chest radiographs with accuracy rates similar to those of radiologists.

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Can ‘normal filtering’ AI save radiologists time?

AuntMinnie

DECEMBER 11, 2023

AI algorithms appear to have clinical value based on detecting normal x-rays – that is, by flagging chest x-rays as normal versus abnormal, they may reduce reading times for radiologists, according to research presented recently at the RSNA meeting in Chicago. In a session on chest imaging, scientists from AI developers Lunit and DeepTek.ai

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International Day of Radiology to be held on November 8

AuntMinnie

NOVEMBER 5, 2023

On November 8, radiologists, radiographers, and radiological technologists will mark the tenth International Day of Radiology (IDoR 2023).

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'Wrongly terminated' radiologist awarded more than $237K in damages

AuntMinnie

AUGUST 26, 2024

An Australian radiologist fired after a colleague claimed he "performed a pelvic thrust" at her at a Christmas party has been awarded more than 350,000 Australian dollars ($237,000 U.S.) in damages, according to a report posted on news.com.au. The complaints were lodged after a December 2021 Christmas party and Daynes sought damages of 4.3

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AI model shows promise for interpreting follow-up chest x-rays

AuntMinnie

OCTOBER 24, 2023

Radiologists routinely compare the current and previous chest radiographs during interpretation to enhance the sensitivity for change detection and provide information for differential diagnosis. Example of triage of no change in a pair of chest radiographs in the emergency department. (A) to 100% in the ED images and 85.5%

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AI improves x-ray reads for rads with varying experience

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. In a retrospective study, a commercially available algorithm (ChestView, v. About 50% of the x-rays had abnormal findings.

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Curved breast compression paddle lessens pain but also image quality

AuntMinnie

AUGUST 20, 2024

Two radiographers and two radiologists performed unblinded paired comparisons of images from both paddle types, using standard image quality criteria. points compared with the sham-paddle group (p However, the radiologists and radiographers differed in preference when it came to image quality.

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Olympic challenge approaches for Paris MSK team

AuntMinnie

JULY 24, 2024

The first scans have been performed in the Olympic imaging polyclinic ahead of Friday's opening ceremony, and the 68-strong squad of radiologists and radiographers are primed and ready for action, according to musculoskeletal (MSK) expert Jérôme Renoux, MD. Bring it on!

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Understanding CT flow artifacts is key to better disease diagnosis

AuntMinnie

APRIL 26, 2024

Understanding the mechanics of flow artifacts on CT or CT angiography (CTA) and how these artifacts are created is key to better disease diagnosis, according to a review published April 25 in RadioGraphics. At first glance, flow artifacts may appear as a simple distractor to the discerning eye of a radiologist," Robb and colleagues noted.

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ISMRM: Radiology AI technology is here — and more is coming

AuntMinnie

MAY 3, 2024

Its impact on radiographer workflow ranges from detecting poor image quality on x-ray; automating CT imaging protocols; and for MRI, streamlining workflows for faster scan times, image reconstruction, and using synthetic MRI sequences.

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Road to RSNA 2023: AI Preview

AuntMinnie

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

AI sharply reduces radiologist reading times on chest CT Monday, November 27 | 1:30 p.m.-1:40 M6-SSNPM01-1 | Room E351 With help from an AI algorithm, radiologists can detect and classify lung nodules on routine clinical chest CT exams faster and more effectively, according to this new study. 1:40 p.m. | 1:50 p.m. | 3:50 p.m. |

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Michigan adds requirements for medical imaging equipment operators

AuntMinnie

JUNE 6, 2024

The rules also establish initial and continuing education requirements for limited-scope radiographers and radiologist assistants.

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ISMRM: Communication, multidisciplinary engagement key to pediatric MRI

AuntMinnie

MAY 3, 2024

Performing MRI scans on young children can be challenging for radiologists. Communication among practitioners: Effective communication between radiographers, radiologists, and child-life specialists is needed to discuss scan protocols, streamline the exam, and minimize table time.

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Low risk of oropharynx cancer on PET/CT, surgeons advise

AuntMinnie

AUGUST 30, 2024

Radiologists can help reduce unnecessary follow-up work in patients with suspected oropharynx cancer by analyzing certain metrics on PET/CT scans, according to a team of head and neck surgeons at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN. The study was published August 29 in JAMA Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery.

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Artificial Intelligence Shortens Reading Times of Radiologists for Chest X-Rays

MedImaging Radiography

MAY 11, 2023

A prospective observational study has found that the use of AI impacts the interpretation times of chest radiographs among radiologists.

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CDC considers chest x-ray AI for TB screening program

AuntMinnie

OCTOBER 2, 2024

In the study, the scientists culled a dataset of 152,012 digital chest x-rays from the program and trained deep-learning models to perform three tasks: identify abnormal radiographs, identify abnormal radiographs suggestive of tuberculosis, and identify specific findings such as cavities or infiltrates in abnormal radiographs.

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What's brewing in RT and RA legislation, policy, and standards?

AuntMinnie

APRIL 22, 2024

Last introduced in June 2021 as HR-3657 and companion SB-2641 , MARCA would amend Medicare reimbursement policy for radiologist assistants (RAs) to align reimbursement with state radiologist assistant licensure laws. Or, they may be changing oversight for NPPs such as radiologist assistants.

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Researchers talk breast cancer disparities with AuntMinnie.com

AuntMinnie

JANUARY 25, 2024

Bersu Ozcan, MD, and Jessica Porembka, MD, both from the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, recently co-authored a comprehensive piece in RadioGraphics outlining the challenges breast radiologists face in this area. They also highlighted opportunities to successfully remove barriers for women.

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7 ways to reduce healthcare disparities in radiology

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. Histopathologic biopsy results demonstrated invasive mammary carcinoma with metastatic disease in a right axillary lymph node.

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ChatGPT can provide patients with radiation protection info

AuntMinnie

JUNE 25, 2024

They posed the same questions to ChatGPT and then recruited 12 experts (four radiologists, four medical physicists, and four radiographers) from the U.S. and Europe to evaluate both sets of answers, blinded to the source.

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Fujifilm Releases D-EVO Suite OTCx, a Next-Generation Overhead Tube Digital Radiographic Suite

Imaging Technology

JULY 7, 2023

Radiologists and X-ray technologists are required to manage increasingly demanding caseloads while facing challenges from long hours and repetitive heavy lifting. X-rays are the most widely used diagnostic tests, accounting for 60% of all imaging studies conducted. one of the largest weight capacities on the market.

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Deep learning combines breast imaging data to predict cancer prognosis

AuntMinnie

JANUARY 19, 2024

AI and deep learning continue to be explored by radiologists for their potential to improve breast cancer diagnosis and prognosis. The researchers found that the combined model using images from both modalities, as well as pathological, clinical, and radiographic characteristics, had the highest predictive performance of the models analyzed.

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ECR: 3 tips for developing a successful cardiac imaging practice

AuntMinnie

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Imaging was so important [for cardiac indications], that I decided to become a radiologist," he said. Together with our radiographers, I learned to scan cardiac patients and learned special anatomy from pediatric cardiologists and pediatric cardiac surgeons." How can radiologists become successful cardiac imagers? Just do it!"

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The challenges of dysrhythmic radiologists

Moore’s Law for radiologists

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Radiologists less susceptible to visual illusions

ECR: Radiographers optimistic about AI's role in future work

Generative AI, radiologist shortages feature in 2024 Minnies

AI model detects low BMD on ankle and foot x-rays

Julianna Czum talks AI chest radiograph study with AuntMinnie.com

Generative AI model validated in chest x-ray study

Is AI ready to replace human readings in TB detection?

ACR wants radiologist feedback as CDC eyes nonphysician X-ray reads

Commercially available AI tool could reduce radiologist workloads by 10% or more

Radiologists in Europe ramp up testing of AI

Radiologists ‘compete’ on chest x-rays reads with and without AI

The John Henry Generation: The last of the radiologists, Part 1

What's best practice for using AI for thoracic imaging?

AI rules out abnormal findings on chest X-rays, significantly reducing workloads

Financial incentives significantly increase radiologist compliance with quality-improvement initiative

The John Henry Generation: The last of the radiologists, Part 2

Can AI help rule out ‘unremarkable’ chest x-rays?

Incorrect CT protocol leads to radiologist overlooking liver cancer, patient’s untimely death

Radiographers struggle with communication, care for suicidal patients

AI tool rules out abnormal findings on chest X-rays, significantly reducing workloads

Can ‘normal filtering’ AI save radiologists time?

International Day of Radiology to be held on November 8

'Wrongly terminated' radiologist awarded more than $237K in damages

AI model shows promise for interpreting follow-up chest x-rays

AI improves x-ray reads for rads with varying experience

Curved breast compression paddle lessens pain but also image quality

Olympic challenge approaches for Paris MSK team

Understanding CT flow artifacts is key to better disease diagnosis

ISMRM: Radiology AI technology is here — and more is coming

Road to RSNA 2023: AI Preview

Michigan adds requirements for medical imaging equipment operators

ISMRM: Communication, multidisciplinary engagement key to pediatric MRI

Low risk of oropharynx cancer on PET/CT, surgeons advise

Artificial Intelligence Shortens Reading Times of Radiologists for Chest X-Rays

CDC considers chest x-ray AI for TB screening program

What's brewing in RT and RA legislation, policy, and standards?

Researchers talk breast cancer disparities with AuntMinnie.com

7 ways to reduce healthcare disparities in radiology

ChatGPT can provide patients with radiation protection info

Fujifilm Releases D-EVO Suite OTCx, a Next-Generation Overhead Tube Digital Radiographic Suite

Deep learning combines breast imaging data to predict cancer prognosis

ECR: 3 tips for developing a successful cardiac imaging practice

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