Will Morton

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Ablation underused to treat pain in cancer patients

Less than one percent of hospitalized cancer patients undergo percutaneous ablation to relieve pain associated with bone or soft tissue tumors.

February 3, 2025

LLM performance varies based on language input

Baidu’s AI chatbot Ernie Bot outperformed OpenAI’s ChatGPT-4.0 on interventional radiology questions in Chinese.

January 31, 2025

Molecular Imaging

PET/CT guides surgery for primary aldosteronism

PET/CT imaging with gallium-68 pentixafor can effectively guide surgery for patients with primary aldosteronism, a common cause of hypertension.

January 30, 2025

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GPT-4 could prove useful proofreading CT reports

GPT-4 showed strong performance identifying factual errors in radiology reports, yet struggled to prioritize clinically significant findings.

January 28, 2025

Molecular Imaging

What brain mechanisms drive depression in older adults?

PET has revealed that mechanisms other than amyloid brain deposits may underlie depressive symptoms in people later in life.

January 23, 2025

EVT promising in patients with extracranial ICA occlusions

Endovascular thrombectomy (EVT) and best medical treatment are both effective and safe options for patients with acute extracranial internal carotid artery occlusions.

January 21, 2025

Images in a 74-year-old male patient who presented at the hospital with acute symptoms of a right hemispheric ischemic stroke and a National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) score of 24. (A) Nonenhanced CT image shows no signs of early infarction, whereas (B) CT perfusion image shows a large perfusion deficit in the territory of the middle cerebral artery and anterior cerebral artery caused by an extracranial occlusion in the right internal carotid artery. (C) Digital subtraction angiography shows the occlusion in the C1 segment. The extracranial occlusion was passed, reperfused, and subsequently stented (D, E). The final contrast injection did not reveal any intracranial occlusions within the territory of the internal carotid artery (F). At the 24-hour follow-up, there was no infarction on (G) the nonenhanced CT image, and the NIHSS score had decreased to 3 points. Image courtesy of RSNA.

Molecular Imaging

PET/CT can rule out CAV in heart transplant patients

Cardiac PET/CT scans can effectively rule out moderate to severe cardiac allograft vasculopathy (CAV) in heart transplant patients.

January 17, 2025

Molecular Imaging

FAPI-PET shows promise for imaging gastric cancers

Gallium-68 fibroblast activation protein inhibitor (FAPI) PET/CT is a promising new method for imaging gastric cancer.

January 16, 2025

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Molecular Imaging

PET tracks long-term changes in patients with dementia

PET imaging can assess brain metabolism changes over time in individuals with prodromal dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) and probable DLB.

January 13, 2025

Y-90 radioembolization safe in people living with HIV

Yttrium-90 (Y-90) radioembolization to treat liver cancer appears safe and effective in people living with HIV.

January 10, 2025

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New procedure treats chronic pain in toe joints

Median pain scores dropped for 27 patients from nine to one after five months.

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HPI study, online tool identify and predict cancer disparities

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Radiology CSI: CT helps medical examiners determine cause of death

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Radiomics plus DL improve prediction of lung cancer invasiveness

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Save power, curb carbon by switching off surplus CT scanners

By Kate Madden Yee

A new study's findings suggest a relatively easy way to "go green" in the radiology suite.

September 23, 2025

Planet Sustainability

Radiologists deem AI x-ray reports clinically acceptable

There was no evidence of a difference in acceptability between AI- and radiologist-generated reports under a standard criterion.

September 23, 2025

ACR CEO talks imaging’s role in spending bill

By Amerigo Allegretto

Dana Smetherman, MD, CEO of the ACR, spoke with AuntMinnie.com about appropriations bills and how imaging may be affected.

September 23, 2025

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Adding MBI to DBT finds more breast cancers

By Amerigo Allegretto

Adding molecular breast imaging (MBI) to DBT screening leads to more invasive cancers detected in women with dense breasts.

September 23, 2025

Images in a 62-year-old woman who presented for screening. (A) Image from DBT screening (the synthesized 2D mediolateral oblique view of the left breast is shown) at year on was interpreted as negative and showing heterogeneously dense breast. (B) Image from molecular breast imaging screening (mediolateral oblique view) at year one reveals a 0.9-cm non-mass focal area of uptake in the left breast (arrow). (C) Targeted ultrasound scan (transverse image) shows a suspicious mass in the 3-o’clock position of the left breast, 4 cm from the nipple. Ultrasound-guided core biopsy and lumpectomy revealed a 0.9-cm grade 2 invasive ductal carcinoma, an estrogen receptor–negative, progesterone receptor–negative, human epidermal growth factor receptor 2–negative lesion, with two sentinel nodes negative (N0).

DEXA study questions OsteoStrong claims

Bone outcomes either remained stable or declined in 38 women who used the musculoskeletal strengthening program for eight months.

September 22, 2025

MWA successful in treating multinodal thyroid conditions

By Amerigo Allegretto

Ultrasound-guided MWA is effective for treating solitary nodules, multinodular goiters, and autonomously functioning nodules.

September 22, 2025

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AI industry paid $39.7M for radiology devices between 2017 and 2023

The funds were part of a total of $179 million in payouts to healthcare professionals and hospitals over the timeframe.

September 22, 2025

Radiation oncologists put RefleXion’s X1 system to the test

A pilot study demonstrates the potential feasibility of using RefleXion's X1 unit in patients with prostate cancer.

September 19, 2025

An example of a typical BgRT plan: A) PET scan on diagnostic PET/CT and B) X1 PET-Linac for patient #15 with a PET avid rib metastasis with GTV size= 3.1 cc, PTV = GTV + 5mm, BTZ (biological tracking zone) = PTV + 5 mm, AC = 14.33 kBq/mL and NTS = 21.04. Red, magenta, and green contours represent GTV, PTV, and BTZ. C) Dose distribution and D) bounded-DVH of a BgRT plan are displayed for the same patient. The bounded Dose-Volume Histogram (DVH) models variations in BgRT delivery, encompassing fluctuation in target background signal variation, target localization and dose delivery uncertainties.

Is it time to ditch physical exams before ultrasound?

By Amerigo Allegretto

Physical exams are omitted in over half of patient cases, and it seems diagnostic outcomes are unaffected.

September 19, 2025

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AAPM critiques study regarding CT before pregnancy

By Kate Madden Yee

The AAPM sought to put the research into perspective, noting that "comorbidities, not radiation dose, likely explain study results."

September 19, 2025

Mammography acquisition parameters affect both AI, radiologist reads

By Kate Madden Yee

The findings could help clinicians better develop "effective strategies for the clinical integration of AI," researchers noted.

September 18, 2025

What prompts radiology department cancellations of imaging orders?

By Kate Madden Yee

Although the percentage of radiology cancellations of imaging orders is low, these cancellations are influenced by particular factors.

September 18, 2025

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