Health Imaging
MAY 23, 2024
Up to 30% of patients have metastatic disease by the time they are initially diagnosed with renal cell carcinoma, making accurate staging a critical element of treatment planning.
Radiology Business
MAY 24, 2024
Consulting firm Vizient published its fifth annual imaging trends report, highlighting issues such as staffing, remote scanning, AI, sustainability and "systemness.
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AuntMinnie
MAY 21, 2024
Consideration is needed for breast cancer screening in women younger than 40 years, according to research presented at the American Roentgen Ray Society (ARRS) annual meeting. Manisha Bahl, MD, from Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston presented the findings, which showed that women between the ages of 30 and 39 years have a cancer detection rate of nearly three per 1,000, with about half of screening-detected cancers being invasive.
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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Imaging Technology
MAY 21, 2024
christine.book Tue, 05/21/2024 - 10:36 May 21, 2024 — According to a newly-published study of nearly 5,000 screening mammograms interpreted by an FDA-approved AI algorithm, patient characteristics such as race and age influenced false positive results. The study’s results, “Patient Characteristics Impact Performance of AI Algorithm in Interpreting Negative Screening Digital Breast Tomosynthesis Studies” were published today in Radiology , a journal of the Radiological Society of North America (
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AuntMinnie
MAY 22, 2024
Abbreviated MRI may be suitable for screening women with dense breasts, a study published May 22 in the American Journal of Roentgenology found. Researchers led by Christine Edmonds, MD, from the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, found that subsequent rounds of abbreviated breast MRI screening in patients with dense breasts had lower abnormal interpretation rates compared with baseline examinations.
Radiology Business
MAY 21, 2024
ACR, the Society of Interventional Radiology and others believe these restrictions will force patients to consider problematic alternatives for their back pain, such as opioids.
Health Imaging
MAY 21, 2024
However, medical image sharing could also produce an influx of questions from patients who have concerns about what they're looking at, authors of a new paper suggest.
Healthcare Administrative Partners
MAY 22, 2024
The ability to have radiologists work at locations remote from the patient exam site can be a great boon to efficiency and turnaround time. This practice has become more prevalent with the advent of faster network connections, and it has increased significantly since the COVID-19 pandemic when more people began working off-site. Compliant billing for remote reading services is not always as straightforward as normal on-site billing, and radiology practices must be aware of the requirements of ea
Diagnostic Imaging
MAY 24, 2024
For patients with no history of coronary artery disease (CAD), new research shows the use of CT-derived fractional flow reserve (FFR-CT) guided revascularizations after elective vascular surgery reduced myocardial infarction and all-cause death by 20 percent in comparison to standard care.
AuntMinnie
MAY 23, 2024
Researchers in Australia have invented a technique using x-rays and 3D surface body scans that could optimize body armor for soldiers, according to a study published May 18 in Applied Ergonomics. The method involves using using 3D organ models based on planar x-rays and 3D external body surface scans to identify essential organ boundaries. This is fundamental to ensuring that future body armor systems provide adequate protection, noted lead author Celeste Coltman, PhD, of the University of Canbe
Health Imaging
MAY 22, 2024
The Class I recall, which is the most serious recall the FDA issues, comes after numerous adverse events and complications linked to the radiographic markers were reported.
MRI Network
MAY 26, 2024
In general, financial reporting involves creating statements that offer a business’s financial well-being. These statements are snapshots of the business’s financial health. They show what a company owns, what it owes, its income and expenses, and its overall performance against other establishments in the same industry over a specific period of time.
Diagnostic Imaging
MAY 21, 2024
Researchers also noted that mammography-based AI software was associated with over a threefold higher likelihood of false-positive risk scores in patients 61 to 70 years of age in comparison to women 51 to 60 years of age.
AuntMinnie
MAY 21, 2024
Patient characteristics influenced false-positive results on digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT) when analyzed by an AI algorithm approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), a study published May 21 in Radiology found. Researchers led by Derek Nguyen from Duke University in Durham, NC found that false-positive case scores as assigned by the algorithm were significantly more likely in Black and older patients and less likely in Asian patients and younger patients compared to white p
Radiology Business
MAY 21, 2024
“Medicare Advantage undermines my expertise as a physician and disregards my patients’ unique medical needs," said radiation oncologist Todd E. Hlavaty, MD.
Health Imaging
MAY 23, 2024
The man's wife told the court that he had undergone similar scans multiple times before and had never experienced any sort of adverse reaction.
ScienceDaily
MAY 22, 2024
Engineers have developed a wearable ultrasound patch that can offer continuous, non-invasive monitoring of blood flow in the brain. The soft and stretchy patch can be comfortably worn on the temple to provide three-dimensional data on cerebral blood flow--a first in wearable technology.
Diagnostic Imaging
MAY 22, 2024
In a study of over 2,000 women with dense breasts and average breast cancer risk, abbreviated MRI (AB-MR) demonstrated an 18.9 per 1000 cancer detection rate (CDR) in baseline exams, and all cancers detected with baseline or subsequent AB/MR exams were stage 0 or 1.
AuntMinnie
MAY 21, 2024
AuntMinnie.com spoke with Casey Chollet-Lipscomb, MD, who joined radiation oncologists from around the U.S. in Washington, D.C., on May 20 and 21 to lobby for a recently introduced bill that proposes a new payment model for radiation therapy. The Radiation Oncology Case Rate Value-Based Payment Program Act, or ROCR Act, was introduced in Congress last week and aims to improve the way Medicare pays for radiation therapy -- a highly effective treatment for a large portion of cancer patients, Choll
Radiology Business
MAY 21, 2024
The FIND Act is supported by several industry stakeholders including ACR and the Society of Nuclear Medicine & Molecular Imaging.
Health Imaging
MAY 21, 2024
Although studies have shown AI to be effective as a support tool, several have also highlighted issues related to the potential for bias in algorithms that have not been trained on diverse datasets.
Imaging Technology
MAY 24, 2024
christine.book Fri, 05/24/2024 - 13:14 May 24, 2024 — The American Society of Radiologic Technologists ( ASRT ) has announced that its ASRT Foundation has awarded its International Collaborative Research Grant, and also recently completed its 25 th Corporate Roundtable Summit. Details on each news update, shared by the Albuquerque, NM-based organization are shared here.
Diagnostic Imaging
MAY 22, 2024
New prospective research examining the utility of 18F-PSMA-1007 PET/CT revealed comparable sensitivity to mpMRI for detecting clinically significant prostate cancer and a 17 percent higher specificity rate.
AuntMinnie
MAY 24, 2024
A new law in Tennessee marks the beginning of certificate of need (CON) reform and makes two key changes to requirements for PET and MRI services, according to experts at law firm Holland and Knight. CON laws are state regulatory mechanisms for approving major capital expenditures and projects for certain healthcare facilities, the firm said. To establish PET services without a CON under the new law, the provider only needs to become accredited by the American College of Radiology (ACR) within t
Radiology Business
MAY 21, 2024
Central Ohio Urology is working with Prostate Centers USA, a Virginia-based IR group that operates a network of locations across several states.
Health Imaging
MAY 21, 2024
Experts have identified numerous white matter features, in addition to changes in white matter tracts that occur over time, which they believe are more common among people with ADHD.
MRI Network
MAY 25, 2024
Since the pandemic, the demand for healthcare technology services in supply chain management has expanded rapidly in the healthcare industry. What does this new tech mean for your organization, and how can you optimize your practices? This article explores the impact of supply chain tech, what talent is needed to manage it, and strategies to adopt. Trends in Healthcare Supply Chain Growth According to recent research , the global market for healthcare services is projected to grow from $10.3 tri
Diagnostic Imaging
MAY 23, 2024
Image quality, sharpness, and contrast with AI-based denoising were significantly enhanced for neck CT in comparison to conventional CT image reconstruction at 100 percent and 50 percent mAs, according to newly published research.
AuntMinnie
MAY 23, 2024
PSMA-PET/CT has the potential to be an effective alternative imaging approach for diagnosing patients with renal cell carcinoma (RCC), a type of kidney cancer, according to a study published May 23 in the Journal of Nuclear Medicine. In a meta-analysis of published studies, a group at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore, MD, found that PET/CT using both gallium-68 (Ga-68)-based and F-18-based prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA) radiotracers had high detection rates for
Radiology Business
MAY 22, 2024
ACR, the American Society of Neuroradiology and the Society of Interventional Radiology were among over 100 groups asking the feds for further details.
Health Imaging
MAY 22, 2024
Recent research suggests that, in many cases, radiologist performance only improves minimally with AI assistance.
Maven Imaging
MAY 25, 2024
CBCT, or cone-beam computed tomography, is an innovation in medical and dental X-ray imaging that enables rapid and accurate diagnosis and efficient treatment planning. Traditional X-rays have limitations that the more advanced CBCT scans have overcome, significantly elevating patient care standards.
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