Cynthia E. Keen

Radiation Oncology/Therapy
AuntMinnie.com Radiation Oncology Insider
August 26, 2009
Radiation Oncology/Therapy
Radiation oncology stages last-ditch rally against Medicare cuts
With an August 31 deadline for comments looming, advocates for radiation oncology in the U.S. are mounting a last-ditch effort to lobby against what they say could be devastating Medicare reimbursement cuts for radiation therapy procedures.
August 26, 2009
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Automated e-mails reinforce radiology reports for important findings
If e-mail is added to the delivery methods for alerting referring physicians to important findings in radiology reports, will clinicians find the service useful? If clinicians working in eastern Massachusetts are representative, the answer is yes, according to an article to be published in the September issue of Radiology.
August 25, 2009
CT
Pulmonary CTA finds more than pulmonary embolism in children
Despite recent concerns over the use of CT in children, the modality is a good tool for diagnosing pediatric patients with clinical suspicions of pulmonary embolism (PE), according to an article in the September issue of the American Journal of Roentgenology.
August 24, 2009
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Radiation dose and cancer risk in pediatric CTA exams
When it's clinically necessary to evaluate the coronary arteries of a child, the quality and detail of images produced by electrocardiogram-gated coronary CT angiography (CTA) are the best that can be created by an imaging modality. But is the image clarity worth the radiation dose?
August 20, 2009
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Software scans radiology reports for signs of acute lung injury
Physicians at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia have developed a software tool that scans radiology reports in real-time for language indicating that intubated patients have acute lung injury. The developers believe the software could speed up treatment of these patients and reduce the condition's high mortality rate.
August 20, 2009
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August 16, 2009
Radiation Oncology/Therapy
Congress eyes safety of VA prostate brachytherapy: Part 2
The radiation oncologist at the center of a scandal over prostate brachytherapy procedures performed at a Philadelphia Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) hospital found himself on the hot seat in hearings before the U.S. Congress on July 22.
August 9, 2009
Radiation Oncology/Therapy
Congress eyes safety of VA prostate brachytherapy: Part 1
The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has suspended prostate brachytherapy programs at nearly half of the VA medical centers performing the procedure, VA representatives told members of U.S. Congress last month in hearings held to investigate allegations of shoddy work at a VA facility in Philadelphia.
August 5, 2009
Nuclear Medicine
Hybrid linac-MRI prototype may offer more precise treatment
Canadian scientists are presenting research on a new technology that places an MRI scanner onboard a medical linear accelerator at this week's American Association of Physicists in Medicine meeting in Anaheim, CA.
July 27, 2009
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'Habitat' AI model shows promise for stratifying lung nodule disease risk on LDCT
This type of model has an edge on its 2D and radiomics counterparts, researchers reported.
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POCUS performs well in assessing pathologic venous congestion
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Machine learning plus CT helps assess severity of COPD
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Last year was a bumpy ride for a U.S. initiative to secure domestic supplies of molybdenum-99 (Mo-99).
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By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The company has introduced several multimodal foundation models for medical imaging applications.
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By Kate Madden Yee
Integrating radiology report features into a deep-learning (DL) model improves its ability to identify brain lesions on MRI exams
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Mammogram reads improve when arranged from low to high breast density
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Screening mammography exams arranged from low to high breast density can boost radiologists' interpretation performance.
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7-tesla MRI uncovers long-term effects of severe COVID-19
By Kate Madden Yee
Researchers using quantitative susceptibility mapping MRI have found evidence of the long-term effects of severe COVID-19 on the brain.
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ChatGPT may overprescribe medical imaging in the emergency department.
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