2024

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Radiology Partners and a “Comprehensive Set of Financing Transactions”

Ben White

Last week, Radiology Partners released an announcement that it was “commencing a comprehensive set of financing transactions to strengthen its financial position.” Setting the Stage Going into 2024, RP was already cashflow negative (i.e. losing money) to say nothing of the massive debt payments due this year and next. For a reminder of what was coming, recall this slide: But it’s more than that: In addition to having no ability to pay these loans back, RP told lenders they̵

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Generative AI, radiologist shortages feature in 2024 Minnies

AuntMinnie

The presidential election may have ended last week in the U.S., but votes were still being counted for the 2024 edition of the Minnies. 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. Once again, we had a top-notch group of finalists, presenting our expert voting panel with some very difficult decisions.

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Bilingual people have more efficient brains, imaging study shows

Health Imaging

Researchers examined the brains of bilingual and monolingual people using fMRI, only to find improved communication between isolated regions in those who learn a second language at a young age.

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Rising workloads spur academic radiologists to spend less time training residents

Radiology Business

“This increase in workload could impact the time available to dedicate to teaching the next generation of radiologists and has additional implications regarding burnout,” one expert noted.

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Testing Innovations in Cancer: How to evaluate and use new technologies

Amidst rising cancer prevalence and soaring costs, new cancer technologies and innovations are emerging to support the early detection, treatment, and surveillance of cancer. Read this guide to understand how to evaluate these solutions for your employees and members – and to learn more about the current state of coverage, clinical and cost effectiveness, and impact on quality and outcomes.

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Ultra-powered MRI scans show damage to brain's 'control center' is behind long-lasting COVID-19 symptoms

Medical Xpress: Radiology

Damage to the brainstem—the brain's 'control center'—is behind long-lasting physical and psychiatric effects of severe COVID-19 infection, a study suggests.

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Reducing daily sitting may prevent back pain

ScienceDaily

A new study showed that reducing daily sitting prevented back pain from worsening over six months. The result strengthens the current understanding of the link between activity and back pain as well as the mechanisms related to back pain.

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Deetptek.ai Will Showcase Groundbreaking Chest X-ray AI solution, Augmento X-ray, at HIMSS 2024

Imaging Technology

milla1cf Fri, 03/08/2024 - 22:02 March 9, 2024 — DeepTek.ai, a leading medical imaging AI company, will showcase its groundbreaking US FDA -cleared chest X-ray reporting AI solution, Augmento X-Ray , at the upcoming HIMSS 2024 conference, taking place March 12th-14th, 2024, at booth #4661. HIMSS (Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society) is the world's largest health information and technology (Health IT) conference, attracting tens of thousands of healthcare professionals, indus

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The NICO Trial: NIV in Comatose Patients with Acute Poisoning

REBEL EM

Background: Patients with decreased level of consciousness due to alcohol, drugs, or medications commonly present to the ED. These patients can be at risk of vomiting and aspiration and often prompts clinicians to pursue definitive airway management to avoid pneumonia and other complications. It is unclear, though, if the risks of intubation (including ventilator associated pneumonia) outweighs the benefits.

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A New Ultrasound Procedure Increases Safety and Comfort for Pediatric Patients

UCSF Biomedical Imaging

At UCSF Benioff Children's Hospitals in Mission Bay and Oakland, radiologists are now offering a new, more comfortable, and radiation-free imaging method called pediatric Contrast-enhanced voiding urosonography (ceVUS).

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Maximize Your Radiology Center’s Performance With Specialized Scheduling

Patient-centric scheduling can only be achieved through optimized radiology workflows, effective communications between staff and physicians, and, of course, through specialized schedulers. In this guide, we’ll take you through a step-by-step process to transform your radiology center into a high-performance hub of medical imaging.

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Meet the Minnies 2024 finalists

AuntMinnie

Who made it to the final round in the 2024 edition of the Minnies, AuntMinnie.com 's event recognizing excellence in radiology? See below to find out who our expert panelists selected as the final candidates in this year's event. The Minnies finalists were drawn from over 200 candidates across 15 categories. You can also view a full list of candidates based on nominations from our members.

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Meet the Minnies 2024 semifinal candidates

AuntMinnie

The following is the list of candidates for the 2024 edition of the Minnies, AuntMinnie.com 's campaign to recognize the best and brightest in medical imaging. This year, hundreds of candidates have been selected as semifinalists for 14 categories, ranging from Most Influential Radiology Researcher to Best New Radiology Software. The semifinalist list was compiled based on nominations from members of AuntMinnie.com.

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Lizard saliva could be key to spotting elusive pancreatic tumors

Health Imaging

By binding the substance to a radiotracer, experts were able to improve the accuracy of identifying of these tumors by as much as 30% compared to the standard of care.

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7-tesla MRI uncovers long-term effects of severe COVID-19

AuntMinnie

Researchers using quantitative susceptibility mapping (QSM) MRI have discovered evidence of the long-term effects of severe COVID-19 on the brain. Their findings were published October 7 in the journal Brain. A team led by Catarina Rua, MD, of the University of Cambridge in the U.K., reported brain imaging findings on MRI in COVID-19 survivors who had been hospitalized.

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The Employers Guide to Controlling Cancer

About 40% of us will be diagnosed with cancer in our lifetime, and patients are getting younger. At the same time, the cost of treatment continues to rise, with employers spending 8.5% more on cancer care for each employee than they did last year. The best thing employers can do for their employees and business tomorrow is to invest in cancer detection and care today.

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Radiology responds to devastating floods in Spain

AuntMinnie

Members of Valencia's radiological community are reeling from the worst flooding experienced by the region for generations. Some people have expressed anger over the lack of preparedness and political leadership. "Work in our hospital, and especially in our radiology department, has been exceptionally challenging throughout this crisis -- and it continues to be so," Eva Llopis, MD, head of radiology at Hospital Universitari de la Ribera in Alzira, the capital of the comarca of Ribera Alta in the

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MRI study pinpoints neural roots of lingering fatigue post-COVID infection

Health Imaging

Some of the findings observed have also been reported in patients who have multiple sclerosis, “which could suggest partially shared pathophysiological substrates of fatigue symptoms,” researchers indicated.

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COVID remnants still show up on PET scans years after infection

Health Imaging

That’s according to new PET imaging that shows the presence of activated T cells in the brain, spinal cord, gut and lung tissues of individuals who have recovered from COVID.

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Elon Musk urges users to submit X-ray, PET and MR images to xAI chatbot Grok

Radiology Business

The world’s richest man asked patients and providers to try submitting scans to his company’s artificial intelligence product for further analysis.

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Improving Access To & Utilization Of Cancer Screening With Color

Discover how Color's comprehensive care solution is revolutionizing cancer screening adherence and knowledge. Through an in-depth case study, Color's unique approach to comprehensive cancer care has shown significant benefits in increasing screening rates and enhancing patient knowledge. Participants reported a 2-3x increase in adherence to screening guidelines over just 8 weeks, with 84% of participants increasing their familiarity with timing and frequency of cancer screening.

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Tributes pour in for CT pioneer Willi Kalender

AuntMinnie

The global medical imaging community has paid tribute to Willi Kalender, PhD, the renowned medical physicist who died on October 21 at the age of 75. "Willi was a pioneer in every sense of the word. He is the father of contemporary CT imaging -- and thus of clinical radiology as we know it today," Christiane Kuhl, MD, PhD, told AuntMinnie.com on November 4.

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Mammography Study Shows Supplemental Ultrasound Has Higher Sensitivity than Adjunctive AI in Dense Breasts

Diagnostic Imaging

For women with dense breasts, the combination of mammography and supplemental breast ultrasound had a 36.4 percent higher sensitivity rate for detecting breast cancer in comparison to the combination of mammography and adjunctive AI, according to a new study.

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PSMA-PET provides long-term benefits

AuntMinnie

Prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA) PET imaging could improve the length and quality of life for patients with recurrent prostate cancer, according to a study published October 23 in JAMA Network Open. In a modeling study of simulated patients, compared with conventional imaging, PSMA-PET was estimated to lead to fewer deaths from prostate cancer, more life years, and more quality-adjusted life years (QALYs) per 1,000 patients.

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Ultrasound Study: O-RADS Scoring May Prevent Surgery for Over 40 Percent of Ovarian and Adnexal Lesions

Diagnostic Imaging

In a multicenter study of over 370 women who had surgery for ovarian cystic lesions without acute symptoms, researchers found that 42 percent of the resected lesions were deemed to have an O-RADS ultrasound risk score of 2, which has less than a one percent chance of malignancy.

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From Prevention to Survivorship: How HR Can Support Employees Facing Cancer Diagnoses

Explore the latest insights from the American Cancer Society's “Cancer Statistics 2024” report, which unveils multiple alarming trends in cancer data. Cancer is on the rise among young adults, and diagnoses for 6 of the 10 most common cancers are escalating. With over 2 million new cancer cases projected in the U.S. this year, employers face increased challenges when it comes to supporting employees.

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Senior radiologist dies in Brazilian plane crash

AuntMinnie

Dr. Leonel Ferreira was a receptive person who was happy to discuss cases, a colleague said. All photos courtesy of CBR and Berit Press. A prominent radiologist was one of eight doctors who died August 9 in a plane crash in Brazil. “It is with great sadness that we announce the death of José Roberto Leonel Ferreira, MD, a full member of the CBR,” the Brazilian College of Radiology and Diagnostic Imaging (CBR) said in a short tribute.

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Patient files suit against whole-body MRI provider Prenuvo claiming radiologist overlooked signs of stroke

Radiology Business

Attorneys filed the complaint Sept. 24 in the New York State Supreme Court, also naming William A Weiner, MD, and Nexray Medical Imaging as defendants.

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World's most powerful MRI scans first images of human brain

Medical Xpress: Radiology

The world's most powerful MRI scanner has delivered its first images of human brains, reaching a new level of precision that is hoped will shed more light on our mysterious minds—and the illnesses that haunt them.

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European Society of Breast Imaging Issues Updated Breast Cancer Screening Recommendations

Diagnostic Imaging

One of the recommendations from the European Society of Breast Imaging (EUSOBI) is annual breast MRI exams starting at 25 years of age for women deemed to be at high risk for breast cancer.

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An HR Leaders Guide: 7 Questions To Ask When Developing Your Cancer Strategy

As HR and Benefits leaders are in the midst of evaluating cancer care solutions and designing their requirements for vendors, it’s key to know what questions to ask to ensure the development of a truly comprehensive strategy: from prevention to diagnosis to treatment to survivorship. Getting to the right answers starts with asking the right questions: How can better access improve engagement?