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Take a road trip to discover true state of radiology, Halliday urges
Hop on a bus or jump on the train if you really want to find out what's happening in imaging departments, Dr. Kath Halliday, president of the U.K. Royal College of Radiologists (RCR), told RSNA 2022 attendees at a special session held in Chicago on Monday.
November 27, 2022
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CT
Investigation reveals how stressed radiologist missed cancer
Full details have emerged in a report issued on November 7 about how an overworked radiologist missed a cancerous lesion and how the healthcare provider in New Zealand failed to respond adequately to concerns about workload pressures.
November 13, 2022
2022 09 29 16 38 6417 Medical Errors 400
Molecular Imaging
GE unveils new PET/CT system at EANM congress in Barcelona
GE Healthcare has launched the Omni PET/CT platform and Omni Legend system at the annual meeting of the European Association of Nuclear Medicine (EANM) in Barcelona, Spain.
October 16, 2022
2022 10 17 16 36 6797 2022 10 17 Omni Legend Clinical Ge Healthcare 400
MRI
Metallic markers produce diverse range of artifacts in breast MRI
Radiologists must be aware that metallic markers are responsible for artifacts in breast MRI exams, according to Swiss researchers. These artifacts can be of different types and sizes, depending on the MRI sequence, magnetic field, and marker type, they say.
August 3, 2022
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Don't modify the quench button: MRI safety grabs attention at ISMRM
LONDON - Take great care when it comes to the quench button, a specialist on MRI safety standards warned on Saturday at the annual meeting of the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (ISMRM). Also, stay vigilant of thermal burns, attendees were told.
May 8, 2022
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MRI
Under fire: Ukrainian radiologists take shelter from Russian attack
Radiologists from Ukraine are providing graphic details about the impact that the Russian invasion of their country has had on their lives. They are facing major disruption to their work, and they have even feared for their own survival.
February 28, 2022
2022 02 28 23 00 0799 Ukrainian Flag Red Cross 400
Digital X-Ray
French doctor faces legal action over sale of Bataclan survivor's x-ray
A senior orthopedic surgeon faces legal action and a possible disciplinary charge after attempting to sell an x-ray of a concertgoer who was shot during the 2015 terrorist attack on the Bataclan music venue in Paris, according to media reports.
January 27, 2022
2022 01 26 21 43 4839 Bataclan 400
MRI
When to biopsy: How prostate MRI can transform best practice
In the era of MRI targeting, do all prostate cancer patients require an additional 12-core systematic biopsy? Moving away from default systematic biopsy in some cases may be wise, according to German researcher Dr. Dominik Deniffel, who has won a prestigious award for trainees at RSNA 2021.
December 1, 2021
2021 11 28 17 59 0994 Rsna 2021 Welcome 400
CT
Why do Spaniards live so long? Imaging of longevity
Life expectancy in Spain is nearly 86 years -- the highest in Europe and the fourth-highest worldwide -- RSNA 2021 delegates learned on Monday. This has major implications for radiology.
November 30, 2021
2021 11 30 23 49 3883 Sardana Dance 400
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Cybersecurity comes under intense scrutiny at RSNA 2021
Cybersecurity and safety have become major issues in global healthcare, and it's vital to address these topics because any radiology department or practice can easily become the victim of an attack, experts told RSNA 2021 attendees at a special session on Sunday.
November 29, 2021
2021 08 10 16 10 2928 Cybersecurity Lock V2 400
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Interventional
Ketamine offers better sedation option than fentanyl in IR
New research supports greater consideration of ketamine over opioids for sedation during IR procedures.
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MRI reveals brain patterns as music reduces stress
Representative multimodal ultrasound and endoscopic images in participants with Crohn's disease. Top row depicts findings in a 26-year-old male participant with Crohn's disease in remission. Bottom row illustrates findings in a 25-year-old male participant with severe active Crohn's disease. The terminal ileum was the most prominently thickened bowel segment in both participants. Paired images comparing imaging modalities are shown. (A, F) Grayscale US images of the longitudinal section; arrows in A indicate the intestinal wall. (B, G) Color Doppler flow images of the longitudinal section; the box outlines the region of interest. In these two images, blue represents venous flow, while red represents arterial flow. (C, H) Conventional CEUS images of the longitudinal section. (D, I) Vascular density maps derived from super-resolution CEUS of the longitudinal section; arrows in D indicate the intestinal wall, and the outline in I indicates the measurement area for quantitative analysis. (E, J) Corresponding endoscopic images in the participants.
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Super-resolution CEUS shows promise in Crohn's disease assessment
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Podcast: MRI safety experts shed light on wishy-washy leadership
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MRI-based model shows changes over time in multiple myeloma patients
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Radiologist pipeline trails increase in training positions
By Will Morton
Radiology residency positions rose 33% between 2010 and 2025.
September 2, 2026
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Neighborhood deprivation tied to lower breast cancer screening
By Amerigo Allegretto
Women residing in neighborhoods with high deprivation have lower odds of getting their mammograms.
September 2, 2026
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SPECT/CT access unequal across U.S.
By Will Morton
At the state level, California, Texas, and Florida had the highest number of facilities in absolute terms.
September 1, 2026
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AI cuts chest CT reporting time
By Will Morton
Exploratory modeling suggested an approximate reduction of 0.5 full-time equivalent radiologist workload.
September 1, 2026
Example of AI-assisted pulmonary nodule detection and longitudinal volumetric assessment in a 65-year-old woman with peripheral arterial disease, a 24-pack-year smoking history, emphysema, and a family history of lung cancer. An incidental 8.5-mm right lower lobe pulmonary nodule is identified at CT angiography of the abdomen in July 2022 but does not receive follow-up. Subsequent imaging demonstrates interval growth, and CT-guided biopsy confirms stage IA lung adenocarcinoma. Contrast-enhanced axial chest CT images obtained on February 2, 2024, before robotic-assisted thoracoscopic segmentectomy, show a 12.1-mm spiculated right lower lobe pulmonary nodule. (A) Conventional contrast-enhanced axial chest CT image without AI assistance shows a 12.1-mm spiculated right lower lobe pulmonary nodule. (B) Corresponding CT image with AI-assisted pulmonary nodule detection, automated segmentation, and quantitative nodule assessment identifies a solid pulmonary nodule (nodule #1) measuring 13 × 8 (11) mm, with a volume of 739 mm3, a 45% volumetric increase compared with the previous contrast-enhanced chest CT performed on October 9, 2023 (510 mm3), and an estimated volume doubling time (VDT) of 216 days. (C) AI-generated longitudinal nodule analysis displays automated segmentation of the current (February 2, 2024) and previous (October 9, 2023) CT examinations, 3D nodule reconstruction, and quantitative volumetric assessment for longitudinal follow-up. The AI interface is displayed in the original software language (Dutch).
PCCT on par with MRI for diagnostic breast imaging
By Amerigo Allegretto
PCCT performed similarly to MRI for characterizing breast lesions and finding additional lesions.
September 1, 2026
Detection and extent of BI-RADS suspicious calcifications (amorphous, coarse heterogeneous, fine pleomorphic, and fine linear or fine linear branching) at axial photon-counting CT (PCCT) versus full-field digital mammography (first three images, craniocaudal view; last image, mediolateral oblique view). Calcifications found on mammography showed only partial visualization at ultrahigh-resolution PCCT (0.2 mm), while amorphous calcifications could not be distinguished from image noise. Corresponding abnormal enhancement was clearly depicted on contrast-enhanced PCCT images.
Self-interpreting by ordering clinicians tied to low-value imaging
By Amerigo Allegretto
Visits involving clinicians who self-interpreted all their ordered imaging had higher odds of imaging overall.
September 1, 2026
Radiological Report 400
POCUS improves timeliness in emergency pregnancy care
By Amerigo Allegretto
Emergency POCUS can reduce length of stay and time to diagnosis while not leading to more missed diagnoses of ectopic pregnancy.
August 31, 2026
Ultrasound Portable 400
Bayer's PET agent meets endpoints in phase III cardiac amyloidosis study
By Will Morton
Overall sensitivity was 94% (95% CI, 85% to 98%) and specificity was 86% (95% CI, 77% to 92%).
August 31, 2026
This figure shows fused I-124 evuzamitide positron emission tomography (PET)/computed tomography (CT) images from patients without amyloidosis and from patients with ATTR cardiac amyloidosis, early ATTR cardiac amyloidosis, light chain cardiac amyloidosis, gelsolin-mediated amyloidosis, and systemic organ amyloid. The columns represent radiological transaxial, sagittal, and coronal views except for the last row middle and far right columns, which are coronal projections. The blue asterisks represent physiological activity (tracer activity in the stomach and esophagus). The arrowheads represent pathological uptake. Note the small amount of cardiac uptake in the basal septum and the basal lateral walls (likely early ATTR cardiac amyloidosis), splenic uptake and pleural uptake in light chain amyloidosis, and cardiac and kidney uptake in gelsolin-mediated amyloidosis. The bright yellow color represents more tracer uptake.
MRI-based biomarker tool can predict progression to dementia
By Amerigo Allegretto
The tool measures gray matter shrinkage in the brain, predicting when mild cognitive impairment progresses to dementia.
August 28, 2026
Brain 400
Is nitroglycerin necessary prior to photon-counting CT?
By Will Morton
Sublingual nitroglycerin is routinely administered before CCTA to induce coronary vasodilation.
August 27, 2026
Representative case from the non-nitroglycerin cohort. A 92-year-old man who did not receive sublingual nitroglycerin because of severe aortic stenosis. The Agatston coronary artery calcium score was 5438. (A) Curved multiplanar reformatted CCTA image reconstructed at 0.4-mm slice thickness using a Bv60 kernel and QIR strength 3 demonstrates diffuse multifocal mild luminal stenoses related to extensive calcified atherosclerotic plaque. (B) Invasive coronary angiography confirmed multifocal mild stenoses without evidence of obstructive coronary artery disease.
PET outperforms CT in ovarian cancer
By Will Morton
Peritoneal carcinomatosis in ovarian cancer is cancer that has spread from the ovaries to the peritoneum.
August 28, 2026
Comparison of contrast-enhanced CT (ceCT) and FAPI-PET in detecting peritoneal carcinomatosis in patient with advanced ovarian carcinoma. (A) ceCT shows subtle peritoneal thickening that is difficult to delineate. (B) Maximum-intensity-projection image demonstrating diffuse intense FAPI uptake corresponding to extensive peritoneal carcinomatosis. (C) FAPI-PET shows intense uptake corresponding with peritoneal carcinomatosis, with improved lesion conspicuity over ceCT.
Advanced ultrasound techniques improve soft tissue tumor evaluation
By Amerigo Allegretto
Both SWE and SMI can help distinguish benign from malignant soft tissue tumors.
August 26, 2026
Examples of ultrasound findings and techniques. (A) Images in a 39-year-old male patient with a mass in the left thigh. The mass is heterogeneous on the B-mode US image (compared with the patient in D) and showed increased microvascularity (superb microvascular imaging [SMI]) and shear-wave elastography (SWE) values. Undifferentiated pleomorphic sarcoma was diagnosed at biopsy (with pleomorphic rhabdomyosarcoma in surgical specimen). (B) Images in an 18-year-old male patient with a mass in the left leg. The mass is hypoechoic on the B-mode image, with no other findings suggestive of malignancy. The lesion is in contact with the cortex of the tibia, which is slightly irregular. CT revealed a doubtful anteromedial tibial erosion. The microvascular study demonstrated high vascularization, suggestive of malignancy. Periosteal Ewing sarcoma was diagnosed with both histologic and immunohistochemical confirmation. (C) Images in a 69-year-old female patient with a lump growing on the outside of the left leg. Multiple SWE examinations were performed (please note the high values obtained in the measurements, whereas the color map highlights the stiffness relative to adjacent tissues). SMI showed areas of increased vascularization to target for sampling. Undifferentiated spindle cell sarcoma was diagnosed at biopsy, with residual leiomyosarcoma in the surgical specimen after neoadjuvant therapy. (D) Images in a 56-year-old female patient with a mass in the right thigh. The mass is heterogeneous at both B-mode ultrasound (similar to patient A) and MRI (coronal T2-weighted spectral attenuated inversion recovery [SPAIR]; T1-weighted pre-contrast and postcontrast imaging), which even shows uptake after the administration of paramagnetic contrast material, which is traditionally suggestive of malignancy. Low values at SMI and elastography are suggestive of benignity. Spindle cell lipoma was diagnosed at biopsy, with atypical spindle cell lipomatous tumor in the surgical specimen.
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