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Dedicated camera offers better scintimammography results

Breast imaging specialists for the past several years have explored scintimammography as a potentially useful adjunct to x-ray-based mammography. Their hope is that scintimammography's functional imaging abilities could offset mammography's shortcomings, especially with regard to the imaging of dense breasts.

April 20, 2004

Stacking the deck against virtual colonoscopy?

The studies come in fast and furious: Virtual colonoscopy is the next big thing in preventive medicine. Virtual colonoscopy isn't ready for prime time. Confused? So are we. Well, not really. This week's study in the Journal of the American Medical Association on virtual colonoscopy’s effectiveness -- or lack of same -- was, if anything, predictable. A research team led by a gastroenterologist found that, surprisingly enough, virtual colonoscopy conducted by inexperienced radiologists using old equipment and outdated techniques did not compare to the gold standard of conventional colonoscopy.

April 15, 2004

PACS boosts workflow in orthopedics

Radiology isn't the only specialty that stands to benefit from PACS. Switching to filmless imaging can streamline operations and bring new workflow efficiencies to orthopedic clinics, for example, resulting in happier patients and orthopedic surgeons.

April 13, 2004

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April 11, 2004

Lessons learned from an IT network outage

It is every IT manager's worst nightmare -- a network outage that brings down a hospital's entire data infrastructure for days. But while an IT network outage can be a major headache, it doesn't have to be a disaster, according to those who have been there

April 8, 2004

Coronary calcium compared to other CVD measures

Spanish researchers sought to shed new light on the role of coronary calcium in a study we're featuring in our CT Digital Community.

April 6, 2004

Vale do Javari: One of the world's last wild places

The Vale do Javari is an isolated region in the Amazon jungle of Brazil, covering about 20.7 million acres between the Ituí and Itaquaí rivers along the border with Peru and Colombia. The region is home to more than 50 tribal cultures, some of whom have never been contacted by the outside world -- and many of whom who hope that it stays that way.

April 1, 2004

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Scanning the globe: Digital technology delivers healthcare to the jungle

The imaging equipment being brought on the Imagem do Javari Expedition shows how recent technological advances are enabling clinicians to deliver imaging services to remote corners of the globe that were inaccessible just a few years ago. From portable ultrasound to satellite teleradiology uplinks, the expedition will serve as a proving ground to demonstrate digital technology's potential to improve patient care in underserved areas.

April 1, 2004

Expedition brings radiology to remote reaches of the Amazon

Sydney Possuelo is on a mission. A tireless defender of indigenous peoples in Brazil's Amazon rainforest, Possuelo next week will embark on the latest of his frequent trips upriver to explore and make contact with indigenous tribes. But this time he'll be bringing something new into the jungle: medical imaging technology to find and diagnose a series of Western diseases that have devastated native peoples in the Amazon's Vale do Javari region.

April 1, 2004

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Expedition brings radiology to heart of Amazon

It's a jungle out there for radiology -- literally. In a story that could have been ripped from an Indiana Jones movie, a Brazilian expedition is set to depart next week for the darkest reaches of the Amazon rainforest. The intrepid team will use medical imaging technology to find and diagnose diseases that are threatening some of the most remote indigenous peoples on the planet.

April 1, 2004

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U.S. FDA may need to clarify SaMD validation standards

In a video interview, a Dana-Farber Cancer Institute expert describes what the "rigor spectrum" is in validation study designs.

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PSMA-PET/CT may replace NaF-PET/CT in advanced prostate cancer

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Preop breast MRI improves surgical planning, but use disparities remain

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FIGO classification from MRI leads to moderate agreement among rads

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Intravenous thrombolysis before thrombectomy improves stroke outcomes

By Kate Madden Yee

Patients with acute ischemic stroke with a large infarct core may benefit from treatment with intravenous thrombolysis before endovascular thrombectomy.

October 17, 2023

Older, rural children face barriers to appendix ultrasound access

By Amerigo Allegretto

Rural, older, and poorer children face barriers in obtaining an ultrasound exam for acute appendicitis.

October 17, 2023

Beware risk of adverse events associated with GBCAs

By Kate Madden Yee

Risks associated with gadolinium-based contrast agents (GBCAs) differ by drug, and clinicians would do well to educate themselves about these differences.

October 17, 2023

ABUS useful as DBT adjunct in screening, diagnostic imaging

By Amerigo Allegretto

ABUS is useful as an adjunct to digital breast tomosynthesis in opportunistic screening and diagnostic imaging.

October 17, 2023

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PET/CT radiomics may improve diagnosis of VCFs

A PET/CT-based radiomics approach could help clinicians distinguish between malignant and benign vertebral compression fractures (VCFs).

October 17, 2023

DEXA study sheds light on ‘obesity paradox’

Dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry (DEXA) scans have shown that even patients with normal BMI scores may experience significant drops in bone health.

October 17, 2023

Substance abuse, mental illness tied to less breast cancer screening

By Amerigo Allegretto

Substance abuse disorder and serious mental illness are tied to lower likelihood of breast cancer screening.

October 17, 2023

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PET tracer targets KRAS mutations in cancer patients

A group in China has developed a PET radiotracer that visualizes tumors with KRAS mutations in patients with lung and colon cancer.

October 16, 2023

Representative F-18 PFPMD-PET/CT images of non-KRAS-G12C and KRAS-G12C tumors in patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) and colorectal cancer (CRC). Image courtesy of the Journal of Nuclear Medicine.

7 ways to reduce healthcare disparities in radiology

By Kate Madden Yee

Healthcare disparities exist in medical imaging, but there are concrete measures radiologists can take to mitigate them.

October 16, 2023

Health insurance coverage influences breast cancer screening behavior. In one case, a 61-year-old uninsured woman with no known previous screening for breast cancer presented for screening mammography. (A) A craniocaudal two-dimensional synthetic mammogram of the right breast shows an irregular mass in the medial breast with pleomorphic calcifications extending posteriorly. (B) A craniocaudal magnified mammogram more clearly shows the irregular mass and pleomorphic calcifications in the medial breast. (C) An anti-radial ultrasound image of the right breast shows an irregular hypoechoic mass with indistinct margins and posterior acoustic shadowing at the 3 o'clock position, approximately 4 cm from the nipple. (D) An axial postcontrast maximum intensity projection (MIP) subtracted MR image shows a large enhancing mass in the anterior and medial right breast with skin thickening and enhancement and several morphologically abnormal right axillary lymph nodes. (E) An axial postcontrast MIP subtracted MR image with color mapping shows the rapidly enhancing mass with washout kinetic enhancement in the anterior and medial right breast, with skin thickening and enhancement and several morphologically abnormal right axillary lymph nodes. Histopathologic biopsy results demonstrated invasive mammary carcinoma with metastatic disease in a right axillary lymph node. Image courtesy of Peter Abraham, MD, et al.

Deep learning improves breast cancer detection on CT

By Amerigo Allegretto

Deep learning can help radiologists detect breast cancer on contrast-enhanced CT.

October 16, 2023

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1 in 3 women confused about breast cancer screening guidelines

By Amerigo Allegretto

Nearly one-third of women say they are confused about breast cancer screenings recommendations.

October 15, 2023

Secondhand smoke raises osteoporosis risk in women

Passive and active smoking may be equivalent risk factors for osteoporosis in women, according to a study in Italy.

October 13, 2023

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