Dear AuntMinnie member,
Our readers last week were very interested in new research analyzing results from false-negative digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT) exams. A team from Duke University concluded that half of these mammograms were missed cases.
We also landed an interview with Dennis Wulfeck, MD, the first radiologist to ever be appointed to the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF). Click here to learn more about his views on screening and his goals for his tenure on the task force.
The latest episode of The Invisible Force MRI safety podcast series is also now available on the AuntMinnie Podcast Network. This time, MRI safety experts Toby Gilk and John Posh share more of their experience in investigating a near-fatal 2023 MRI accident at Kaiser Permanente’s Redwood City Hospital.
In other news this week, researchers from the Cleveland Clinic are reporting that low-dose-rate brachytherapy guided by prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA) PET scans can effectively treat locally recurrent prostate cancer.
Can AI improve imaging report turnaround times? It can, according to a research team led by Sergey Morozov, MD, PhD, from Medlogic in Belgium. But infrastructure latency is key.
Please see below for our other top stories of the week.
Erik L. Ridley
Editor in Chief
AuntMinnie.com
1. Half of false-negative DBT exams are missed cancers
2. Five questions with new USPSTF appointee Dennis Wulfeck, MD
3. Podcast: California report reveals MRI safety jurisdiction limits
4. PSMA-PET scans guide LDR brachytherapy in prostate cancer
5. AI leads to lower turnaround times for high-volume imaging
6. New ultrasound feature predicts poor prognosis in HCC
7. MR elastography standards reliable for imaging chronic liver disease
8. SNMMI: PSMA-PET/CT-guided biopsy improves prostate cancer detection
9. ABUS recommended over HHUS in breast cancer screening
10. Radiology follow-up rates dismal for incarcerated patients
