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Minnies awards enter semifinals round

August 30, 2006

Katrina's lessons for healthcare IT, one year later

August 28, 2006

Advanced Visualization

Think of it as YouTube for radiology

August 23, 2006

Cardiac Imaging

CT and MRI vie for cardiac imaging roles

August 21, 2006

CT pioneer test-drives 256-slice scanner

The upcoming introduction of a 256-slice CT scanner promises to make major contributions to CT instrumentation, according to a Japanese radiologist who is working with a prototype of the system. From 4D cardiac imaging to CT digital subtraction angiography, 256-slice CT may result in a host of new clinical applications.

August 20, 2006

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Japanese group fine-tunes new VC viewing tool

August 16, 2006

More PACS Secrets: Why PACS is like marriage

August 14, 2006

Study reaffirms value of chest radiography

As medical imaging goes increasingly high-tech, a new study out of the Netherlands indicates that the workhorse of radiology -- the chest x-ray -- remains a cost-effective exam that impacts patient management in a majority of cases.

August 10, 2006

Digital mammography tackles workflow questions

August 9, 2006

The Minnies are back, with a twist for 2006

August 7, 2006

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POCUS performs well in assessing pathologic venous congestion

Point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) showed success in venous excess ultrasound assessment of critically ill patients.

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Machine learning plus CT helps assess severity of COPD

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Active thyroid surveillance effective, beneficial for older patients

A 58-year-old woman was diagnosed with ER-positive (Allred score 8) ILC in her right breast. Ultrasound and MRI found prominent lymph nodes in right axillary level I area, diagnosed as metastasis on ultrasound-guided fine-needle aspiration. F-18 FES-PET/CT showed a positive mass in right breast (white arrow; SUVmax, 5.6) and multiple F-18 FES–positive lymph nodes in right axillary level I, II, and II/III junction areas (red arrows; SUVmax, up to 12.2). In addition, a small F-18 FES-positive lymph node was observed in the right second internal mammary area (red circles; SUVmax, 1.8). However, biopsy could not be performed because it was too small and not visible on ultrasound; the clinician decided to include internal mammary lymph node in treatment field for adjuvant radiotherapy. The patient underwent lumpectomy with ALN dissection, with five metastases being identified in 13 lymph nodes dissected, and is scheduled to receive adjuvant chemotherapy, radiotherapy, and endocrine therapy.

FES-PET shows promise staging women with invasive lobular cancer

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Structured CT reporting tool may aid hernia detection after bariatric surgery

PET links tau pathology to speech changes in unimpaired patients

Brain pathology associated with Alzheimer’s disease in cognitively unimpaired adults appears to be linked to speech changes.

February 15, 2024

ADC optimal cutoff reduces MRI-prompted breast biopsies

By Amerigo Allegretto

Applying point-of-care apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) cutoffs from diffusion-weighted imaging could reduce MRI-prompted breast biopsies.

February 15, 2024

Apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) measurements for benign and malignant BI-RADS category 4 or 5 lesions at MRI. (A, B) Benign BI-RADS category 4 lesion in a 55-year-old woman. (A) Dynamic contrast-enhanced MRI (DCE-MRI) scan shows a 12-mm, oval, circumscribed, homogeneous mass in the right posterior breast (arrow). (B) On the diffusion-weighted image, the lesion shows high diffusivity (arrow), with an ADC of 2.04 × 10-3 mm2/sec. Biopsy revealed benign fibroadenoma. (C, D) Malignant BI-RADS category 4 lesion in a 41-year-old woman. (C) DCE-MRI scan shows a 24-mm irregular, heterogeneous mass at the 3 o’clock position in the left breast (arrow). (D) On the diffusion-weighted image, the lesion demonstrates low diffusivity (arrow), with an ADC of 0.91 × 10-3 mm2/sec. Biopsy revealed invasive ductal carcinoma. All MRI scans are shown in the axial plane. (E) Box plot shows ADC measurements for 240 BI-RADS 4 and 5 lesions (63 malignant and 177 benign). Both prespecified optimal and conservative ADC cutoffs are indicated on the plot for reference: 1.53 × 10-3 mm2/sec (dashed line) and 1.68 × 10-3 mm2/sec (dotted line), respectively. All ADCs were calculated with maximum b value of 800 sec/mm2. The midline of each box shows the median value, and the box extends from first to third quartiles. The whiskers extend from the first and third quartiles to the smallest and largest values, respectively, if those values are within 1.5 times the IQR. If not, the length of the whiskers is limited to 1.5 times the IQR. Image courtesy of the RSNA.

Unmet social needs tied to screening mammography use

By Amerigo Allegretto

Women's unmet social needs should be considered to better promote breast cancer screening utilization and early-stage cancer diagnosis.

February 14, 2024

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Functional MRI shows promise for treating chronic severe tinnitus

By Kate Madden Yee

Real-time functional MRI neurofeedback therapy may be more effective for treating chronic severe tinnitus than cognitive behavioral therapy, researchers have found.

February 14, 2024

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Radiologists ‘compete’ on chest x-rays reads with and without AI

In a study described as a “competition between radiologists,” participants tasked with identifying abnormal findings on chest x-rays performed better with AI assistance than without AI assistance – though not by much and not in all cases.

February 14, 2024

The AI system output the bounding boxes and labels of the lesions to assist radiologists. Image courtesy of the Journal of Imaging Informatics in Medicine.

Radiation oncology leaders talk Medicare payment reform

By Amerigo Allegretto

Radiation oncology leaders spoke with AuntMinnie.com about an alliance to reform Medicare payments for radiation therapy services.

February 14, 2024

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Marion Smits speaks on TikTok, open access and all things ECR

By Liana Gruenberg

This may come as a surprise given her reputation for high-quality research, but Marion Smits, MD, PhD, is a big fan of TikTok. She's also a huge supporter of open-access publishing and ECR.

February 13, 2024

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Researcher details ultrasound 'sticker' research with AuntMinnie.com

By Amerigo Allegretto

Xuanhe Zhao, PhD, spoke with AuntMinnie.com about his team's ultrasound "sticker," including its design and output, as well as how this could monitor patients who recently had organ transplantation operations.

February 13, 2024

LI-RADS 'Category S' helps primary care providers better manage incidental LDCT findings

By Kate Madden Yee

Radiology reports that make use of a standardized "category S" template for incidental findings on low-dose CT (LDCT) for lung cancer screening help primary care providers better manage patient care, researchers have reported.

February 13, 2024

Radiological Report

PET links impaired sleep in Alzheimer’s disease patients to tau protein

PET scans have revealed specific brain pathology that may drive sleep disturbances in patients with Alzheimer’s disease.

February 13, 2024

Could CEM be suitable alternative for imaging lobular carcinoma?

By Amerigo Allegretto

Contrast-enhanced mammography (CEM) can locally stage lobular breast carcinomas and could serve as an alternative to breast MRI.

February 13, 2024

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Podcast: Leading the way to tuition-free med school opportunities

In this episode of the "Keeping Up With the Radiologists" podcast, Drs. Jha, Schnall, and Zafar visit with NYU Langone Health's CEO and dean of the NYU Grossman School of Medicine, Robert "Bob" Grossman, MD.

February 12, 2024

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