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Nuclear Medicine

Esophageal cancer patients benefit from clinical staging with FDG-PET

NEW ORLEANS - A negative FDG-PET scan is highly useful for excluding distant metastases in patients with pre-resection esophageal cancer, according to a poster presentation at the 2003 Society of Nuclear Medicine meeting.

June 25, 2003

Nuclear Medicine

Gated SPECT shows lower cardiac indices in women

NEW ORLEANS - Does gender make a difference in imaging assessment of heart disease? Researchers from the University of Michigan Medical Center in Ann Arbor tested the normal ranges of cardiac functional parameters in women and men -- and found that gender matters.

June 23, 2003

Molecular Imaging

US-guided aspiration with FDG-PET targets metastatic thyroid cancer

NEW ORLEANS - The combination of FDG-PET and ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration (USFNA) plays a major role in determining how far thyroid cancer has spread to the lymph nodes, according to investigators from Hokkaido University in Sapporo, Japan.

June 22, 2003

Gated PET offers one-stop assessment of multiple myocardial segments

NEW ORLEANS – Japanese nuclear cardiac specialists reported positive results with ECG-gated 13N ammonia PET for assessing global and regional left ventricular function in patients with myocardial infarction.

June 22, 2003

Nuclear Medicine

PET, SPECT guide pre-op seizure localization in epilepsy

NEW ORLEANS - Epileptic patients who are resistant to anti-seizure medication may be helped by surgery. However, the success of an operation depends on the localization results of PET and SPECT imaging. At the 2003 Society of Nuclear Medicine meeting, Dr. Christopher Rowe from Austin Hospital in Melbourne, Australia discussed imaging's vital role in preoperative planning.

June 21, 2003

Watching your back with lumbar spine imaging

Finding the causes of back pain depends to a great degree on imaging results. Dr. Naveed Ahmad tackles radiography of the lumbar spine in our continuing series on optimal patient positioning.

June 19, 2003

US, MRI challenge CT for classifying renal cell carcinoma

Researchers from St. Elizabeth’s Health Center in Youngstown, OH, reported that contrast-enhanced ultrasound offered several advantages over CT in pinpointing indeterminate masses. Meanwhile, a group from New York University Medical Center in New York City compared CT and MRI for lesion upgrading and patient management.

June 16, 2003

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AuntMinnie.com Women's Imaging Radiology Insider

This comprehensive article features insights from several leading uterine fibroid embolization proponents, tracking the advent of UFE, its success thus far, and the efforts that have gone into selling the public, as well as the medical community, on the merits of UFE.

June 8, 2003

Making the most of CAD and MRI for breast imaging

A comprehensive article by Dr. Justin Smith tackles several major issues surrounding MR and CAD, including approved uses, common pitfalls, and how the two can be coupled in clinical practice.

June 1, 2003

Chest CR outperforms screen-film catheter localization

The performance of storage-phosphor computed radiography is markedly superior to that of screen-film radiography for detecting low-contrast catheter materials on bedside chest x-rays, regardless of the dose level, according to researchers from the University of Vienna in Austria.

May 25, 2003

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MRI may help guide brachial plexus surgery

MRI-based volumetric analysis of paraspinal muscles can distinguish the severity of traumatic brachial plexus injury.

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Should hospitals pursue local domain LLM adaptation for radiology reports?

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MRI model predicts breast tumor shrinkage patterns

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Check for middle neck involvement for nasopharyngeal cancer prognosis

PET links brain receptor to emotional numbing in PTSD

AI-enabled CCTA on par with IVUS for plaque quantification

By Kate Madden Yee

An AI-powered automated plaque quantification tool for coronary CT angiography (CCTA) performs on par with intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) for quantifying heart plaque volume and characterizing plaque.

November 14, 2024

New PET tracer shows promise in patients with kidney cancer

A new PET radiotracer could offer a viable strategy for detecting primary tumors, involved lymph nodes, and distant metastases in patients with clear cell renal cell carcinoma.

November 14, 2024

Representative maximum-intensity projections of five patients (patients 3, 5, 7, 10, and 11) comparing Ga-68 NYM046 and F-18 FDG. Both tracers showed specific retention in bone and lymph node metastases (patients 10 and 11). Ga-68 NYM046 PET/CT outperformed F-18 FDG PET/CT in detecting primary tumors, lung metastases, and pleural metastases (patients 3, 5, 7, and 11). Image available for republishing under Creative Commons license (CC BY 4.0 DEED, Attribution 4.0 International) and courtesy of the Journal of Nuclear Medicine.

Salary differences narrow between academic, nonacademic radiologists

By Kate Madden Yee

Over the past 10 years, the salary gap between academic and nonacademic radiologists has decreased.

November 13, 2024

Ultrasound-guided nerve blocks safe for emergency pain management

By Amerigo Allegretto

Ultrasound-guided nerve blocks (UGNBs) performed by emergency clinicians could be safe for pain management.

November 13, 2024

Batch reading of DBT exams leads to reader performance boost

By Amerigo Allegretto

Batch reading of digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT) exams can improve the reading performance of radiologists.

November 12, 2024

VR/AR helps clinicians diagnose diverticulitis on CT

By Kate Madden Yee

Virtual/augmented reality (VR/AR) headsets show promise for helping clinicians interpret CT exams -- even for conditions such as diverticulitis.

November 12, 2024

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AuntMinnie 2021: COVID-19 vaccine affects imaging results, researchers warn

By Kate Madden Yee

Our most highly viewed article in 2021 described what radiologists should look for in patients receiving one of the initial COVID-19 vaccines.

November 8, 2024

Medical groups welcome Medicare stabilization bill

By Amerigo Allegretto

Medical groups are welcoming the introduction of a bipartisan federal bill that aims to mitigate the impact of the MPFS conversion factor reduction.

November 8, 2024

DEXA screening recommended in lung transplant patients

Patients undergoing lung transplant should be screened annually with dual energy x-ray absorptiometry (DEXA).

November 8, 2024

Choose wisely when it comes to neonatal liver imaging

By Kate Madden Yee

Newborns' livers can be affected by a variety of congenital and acquired diseases, and imaging plays an important role in the workup and management of these.

November 8, 2024

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Podcast: What's next for chest radiographs?

In this episode of Keeping up with the Radiologists, co-hosts Saurabh (Harry) Jha, MD, and Mitchell Schnall, MD, assess the future of the chest radiograph.

November 7, 2024

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Thermal ablation effective long term in patients with thyroid cancer

Outcomes over 10 years suggest that image-guided thermal ablation is a safe and effective option for patients with papillary thyroid carcinoma.

November 7, 2024

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