Erik L. Ridley[email protected]PACS/VNAInitiative drives PACS use in point-of-care ultrasoundWant to increase the number of emergency department point-of-care ultrasound studies being archived on PACS at your institution? It may not take that much effort to get emergency room physicians on board, according to a study published in the Journal of Digital Imaging.July 25, 2016UltrasoundCan femoral ultrasound find role in CV risk assessment?By spotting atherosclerotic plaques that aren't also present in the carotid artery, femoral ultrasound can predict the risk of cardiovascular (CV) disease in many asymptomatic patients who would be overlooked if they only received carotid ultrasound, according to research from Italy published online in Angiology.July 25, 2016Molecular ImagingDoes imaging after thyroid cancer treatment help?Yes, surveillance imaging can identify the recurrence of thyroid cancer in patients who have received treatment. But that doesn't mean the scans will affect patient survival, according to a large retrospective study published online July 21 in BMJ.July 20, 2016ISMachine learning may aid evaluation of prostate MRIMultiparametric prostate MRI exams can be difficult to interpret, particularly for those who aren't expert genitourinary radiologists. Machine-learning software may be able to make that task a lot easier, however, according to a proof-of-concept study from the University of California, Los Angeles.July 19, 2016UltrasoundAuntMinnie.com Ultrasound InsiderJuly 10, 2016UltrasoundUltrasound might be better choice for shoulder than MRICan musculoskeletal ultrasound obviate the need for MRI in adult patients with shoulder pain? Perhaps, as most of the time the combination of radiography and ultrasound is all that's needed, according to research published in the July issue of the Journal of the American College of Radiology.July 10, 2016ISWill AI soon put radiologists out of a job?Are radiologists really "wasted protoplasms" -- as allegedly described recently by a CEO of a medical imaging start-up company -- who can be easily replaced in the future with artificial intelligence (AI) technology? Not so fast, according to Dr. Eliot Siegel of the University of Maryland.July 10, 2016CTLancet study maps 2015 MERS outbreak in South KoreaA single patient transmitted the Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) to nearly half of those infected with the virus during the 2015 outbreak in South Korea, according to a study published online on July 8 in Lancet.July 8, 2016ISAuntMinnie.com Imaging Informatics InsiderJuly 6, 2016UltrasoundShear-wave elastography can predict esophageal varicesShear-wave elastography can noninvasively predict the presence of esophageal varices in patients with the first stage of liver cirrhosis, and bests other measures for spotting high-risk varices, according to research published in the July issue of the Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine.July 6, 2016Previous PagePage 136 of 393Next PageTop StoriesMolecular ImagingPET predicts faster cognitive decline in women than menWomen initially outperformed men at low brain tau levels, but the advantage diminished as tau levels increased over time.MRIUnclear explanations of contrast MRI exams heighten patient anxietyWomens ImagingMammography screening improves survival for late-stage cancersUltrasoundUltrasound MinnieCast, Episode 2: Body imaging with RUS-PATSponsor ContentHow Agentic AI Is Transforming Radiology Ops
