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MRI reveals novel clues to symptoms of long COVID
A new whole-body MRI study has revealed that patients hospitalized for COVID are three times more likely to have abnormalities in multiple organs.
September 27, 2023
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ISMRM: Promising MRI technique prepares to enter the clinical arena
Zero echo-time is shining light on a wide range of developmental, traumatic, inflammatory, rheumatological, and oncological conditions and can open the door for more MRI-based musculoskeletal studies and morphometric analyses, researchers from a leading U.K. hospital have reported.
June 7, 2023
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ISMRM: MRI detects brain changes in past cannabis users
Heavy cannabis use in adolescence to early adulthood is associated with volumetric differences in subregions of the hippocampus and amygdala, New Zealand researchers have reported at the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (ISMRM) annual meeting.
June 5, 2023
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Is biopsy needed prior to PSMA-PET in elderly patients?
Prostate cancer PET/CT imaging can potentially obviate the need for invasive biopsies in elderly patients before they begin therapy, according to a study published April 28 in the Journal of Nuclear Medicine.
May 1, 2023
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Christiane Kuhl speaks out on breast density and screening
Radiologists must be more active in providing objective and understandable information to women about the diagnostic and prognostic implications of dense breasts, and the value of using other screening methods. That's the view of leading expert Dr. Christiane Kuhl.
March 14, 2023
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Big crowds return to Vienna for first March ECR for 4 years
Official figures released by the European Society of Radiology show that 17,262 participants from 122 countries attended ECR 2023. This represents a rise of 14% compared with last year, but it is still a much lower figure than was recorded in 2019.
March 13, 2023
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French group flies the flag for Europe in RSNA poster hall
Members of a research group in Nantes -- known as the jewel of the Loire Valley in northwest France -- received Europe's only magna cum laude award when the prestigious prizes were handed out on day 4 of the RSNA meeting.
November 30, 2022
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Running mania and World Cup fever come to the fore at RSNA
Sports-minded RSNA attendees had a bonanza on day 3 of the congress. A 5k fun run took place in the morning, and then four World Cup soccer games were broadcast live in a dedicated space in McCormick Place.
November 29, 2022
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U.K. strives to address huge workforce challenges
Every imaging department needs to take trainees if the U.K. is to come to terms with the huge shortfall of radiologists that is looming large in the years ahead, Dr. Priya Suresh said at a special session held on November 28 at RSNA 2022.
November 29, 2022
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Krestin gazes into radiology's future at RSNA 2022 event
When contemplating the future, we should not look in a rear-view mirror – we need to be open to the changing environment. That was the central message in a visionary lecture given by Dr. Gabriel Krestin, PhD, at a special evening reception held in Chicago on November 28.
November 28, 2022
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Chest x-rays reveal atherosclerosis in patients undergoing amputations
Lower limb amputation is an increasingly common major complication of advanced peripheral arterial disease and diabetes mellitus.
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3D MRI technique helps plan treatment for pediatric heart conditions
Images of a 39-year-old who underwent screening mammography. Right craniocaudal (left) and mediolateral oblique (middle) views from preoperative mammography show suspicious grouped fine pleomorphic calcifications (arrows). After biopsy showed ductal carcinoma of situ (DCIS), patient underwent breast-conserving surgery, yielding final diagnosis of ductal carcinoma in situ (intermediate grade, hormone receptor positive). (Right) Screenshot of an output of a commercial AI tool applied to preoperative mammography. AI detected right breast lesion with score of 95% on both views (concentric colored circles). Present study’s reviewing radiologist deemed AI marking to correspond with site of DCIS.
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Could AI scoring help with managing DCIS?
Axial contrast-enhanced CT scan in a 28-year-old premenopausal woman shows an incidentally detected solid-appearing left ovarian lesion (solid arrow) anterior to the uterus (U), associated with trace ascites in the right adnexa and cul de sac (dashed arrows). At pathologic analysis, this was shown to be ovarian dysgerminoma. Two readers misdiagnosed this lesion, one as a leiomyoma and one as an ovarian fibroma.
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Clinicians, beware: CT diagnostic accuracy varies by adnexal lesion type
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Chest x-rays reveal atherosclerosis in patients undergoing amputations
By Will Morton
Lower limb amputation is an increasingly common major complication of advanced peripheral arterial disease and diabetes mellitus.
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3D MRI technique helps plan treatment for pediatric heart conditions
By Kate Madden Yee
The method makes "heart muscle and heart valves visible while making blood and surrounding tissues transparent," researchers noted.
February 12, 2026
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Could AI scoring help with managing DCIS?
By Amerigo Allegretto
An AI model showed associations with recurrence after DCIS surgery and performed comparably to established clinical risk models.
February 11, 2026
Images of a 39-year-old who underwent screening mammography. Right craniocaudal (left) and mediolateral oblique (middle) views from preoperative mammography show suspicious grouped fine pleomorphic calcifications (arrows). After biopsy showed ductal carcinoma of situ (DCIS), patient underwent breast-conserving surgery, yielding final diagnosis of ductal carcinoma in situ (intermediate grade, hormone receptor positive). (Right) Screenshot of an output of a commercial AI tool applied to preoperative mammography. AI detected right breast lesion with score of 95% on both views (concentric colored circles). Present study’s reviewing radiologist deemed AI marking to correspond with site of DCIS.
Clinicians, beware: CT diagnostic accuracy varies by adnexal lesion type
By Kate Madden Yee
The modality correctly diagnoses dermoids and simple cysts, but is not as effective at identifying other types of adnexal lesions.
February 11, 2026
Axial contrast-enhanced CT scan in a 28-year-old premenopausal woman shows an incidentally detected solid-appearing left ovarian lesion (solid arrow) anterior to the uterus (U), associated with trace ascites in the right adnexa and cul de sac (dashed arrows). At pathologic analysis, this was shown to be ovarian dysgerminoma. Two readers misdiagnosed this lesion, one as a leiomyoma and one as an ovarian fibroma.
Radiology coding update for 2026
By Erin Stephens
In a new column, Erin Stephens of Healthcare Administrative Partners reviews the 2026 CPT code changes.
February 11, 2026
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Super-resolution deep learning reconstruction improves CCTA
By Will Morton
The commercially available image reconstruction algorithm outperformed standard hybrid iterative reconstruction for assessing coronary stenosis.
February 10, 2026
Images from two representative cases. (A-C) Images in an 82-year-old man with a calcified plaque in the proximal segment of the left anterior descending artery. (A, B) Curved planar reconstruction images from CCTA with (A) hybrid iterative reconstruction (HIR) and (B) super-resolution deep learning reconstruction (SR-DLR) show that the measured PDS was 66% for the HIR image and 42% for the SR-DLR image. (C) Quantitative analysis of the invasive coronary angiography (ICA) image (reference standard) revealed a PDS of 34% (arrow). (D-F) Images in a 37-year-old woman with a noncalcified plaque in the middle segment of the left circumflex artery. (D, E) Curved planar reconstruction images from CCTA with (D) HIR and (E) SR-DLR show that the measured PDS was 47% for the HIR image and 80% for the SR-DLR image. (F) Quantitative analysis of the ICA image revealed a PDS of 72% (arrow). Blue, red, and yellow lines in A, B, D, and E represent the proximal reference point, stenosed lesion, and distal reference point, respectively, and the insets show the corresponding cross-sectional images.
Nonsurgical management rising for low-risk DCIS cases
By Amerigo Allegretto
Trends show that nonsurgical management of DCIS is rising, paving the way for imaging's role in active surveillance.
February 10, 2026
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Gadoxetate MRI offers high sensitivity for liver cancer screening
By Kate Madden Yee
"Most participants undergoing HCC screening had excellent MRI quality even when ultrasound was limited," researchers noted.
February 10, 2026
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Podcast: MRI service engineer faced nightmare with man's entrapment
By Liz Carey
MRI service engineers aren't generally first responders, says MRI safety expert Josh Posh.
February 10, 2026
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PET/CT visualizes complications in patients on hemodialysis
By Will Morton
F-18 sodium fluoride PET/CT scans can quantify changes in cardiac and aortic vascular calcifications.
February 9, 2026
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DBT-guided biopsies show practical advantages
By Amerigo Allegretto
New research says DBT-guided biopsies lead to less procedure times and radiation exposure compared to mammography-guided biopsies.
February 9, 2026
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Radiology is at an inflection point
By Dhruv Chopra
Radiology is a cornerstone of modern medical diagnostics, but today is at an inflection point, said Civie CEO Dhruv Chopra in a new column.
February 9, 2026
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