Ryan McBeth

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Pediatric Radiology

#MyRadGirlfriend No. 98: Kids say the darndest things

Kids say the darndest things, as the saying goes. Andy runs into a particularly precocious patient during a consult in the emergency room in the next installment of #MyRadGirlfriend.

November 21, 2019

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#MyRadGirlfriend No. 97: Your worst day

Can you imagine your worst day on the job? No matter how bad it gets, there are probably a few people out there who have it worse, as Andy tells Ryan in the next installment of #MyRadGirlfriend.

November 7, 2019

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#MyRadGirlfriend No. 96: The spooky bill

What's the scariest Halloween costume you've ever seen? Ryan comes up with an outfit that would scare the pants off any radiology resident in the next installment of #MyRadGirlfriend.

October 24, 2019

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#MyRadGirlfriend No. 95: Someone's on the naughty list

Christmas is still several months away, but someone's already made Santa's naughty list -- at least by the looks of an image Andy shares with Ryan in the next installment of #MyRadGirlfriend.

October 10, 2019

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#MyRadGirlfriend No. 94: Something's fishy

Your average radiology reading room is a place where people work together in cramped quarters. That's why it's important to be considerate of others, especially at mealtime as Dr. Roth needs to learn, in the next installment of #MyRadGirlfriend.

September 26, 2019

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Residents/Fellows

#MyRadGirlfriend No. 93: Helping the homeless

The closure of the medical residency program at Hahnemann University Hospital in Philadelphia had a stunning impact -- especially on the residents who were enrolled there. Ryan does what he can to help in the next installment of #MyRadGirlfriend.

September 12, 2019

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#MyRadGirlfriend No. 92: The sacrifice

Radiology and laboratory medicine have similar goals -- delivering a diagnosis on a patient's condition. But the way each discipline goes about getting there can vary widely, as Andy discovers in the next installment of #MyRadGirlfriend.

August 29, 2019

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#MyRadGirlfriend No. 91: The miracle worker

There's one in every workplace -- the go-to person who's able to solve any problem that pops up. But some dilemmas defy easy solutions, as Andy finds out in the next installment of #MyRadGirlfriend.

August 15, 2019

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#MyRadGirlfriend No. 90: The caste system still exists

Priya goes old school and asks her parents to set up a date for her. She thinks they've found Mr. Right, until she gets her first text from him in the next installment of #MyRadGirlfriend.

August 1, 2019

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#MyRadGirlfriend No. 89: Fair and balanced scheduling

In any radiology department, one of the jobs of the chief resident is to create a schedule that's fair and balanced. Dr. Subrahmanyam can't wait to get a chance at scheduling in the next installment of #MyRadGirlfriend.

July 25, 2019

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CT for breast radiotherapy detects ischemic heart disease risk

As survival after early-stage breast cancer improves, cardiovascular disease has emerged as an increasingly prominent competing risk in older women.

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MWA may have long-term benefits for renal cell cancer patients

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Radiation-related cancer mortality higher for U.S. flight crew

Dexa

AI system cuts DEXA turnaround time, improves reports

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Avoiding the ED cuts urgent CT turnaround time by half

This is the first reported pilot of an expedited outpatient direct-to-CT imaging program designed to promote ED avoidance.

August 6, 2026

VLMs miss most lung nodules on chest x-rays

Findings indicate poor performance of six VLMs for lung nodule detection on chest x-rays.

August 6, 2026

Patient-friendly radiology reports improve family comprehension

Terminology in radiology reports can be difficult for patients and families to comprehend.

August 5, 2026

Pediatric Imaging

Early CTA leads to improved stroke outcomes for patients with BCVI

By Amerigo Allegretto

Early CTA is linked to reduced stroke, decreased complications, and reduced intensive care unit length of stay.

August 5, 2026

Most histotripsy procedures used for metastatic disease treatment

By Amerigo Allegretto

Trends suggest that histotripsy has low rates of procedure-related complications and is mostly performed in outpatient settings.

August 5, 2026

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Imaging turnaround times continued to climb in 2024

By Erik L. Ridley

The largest increases were found in ultrasound and x-ray.

August 4, 2026

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DBT-based foundational model classifies breast density

By Amerigo Allegretto

DBT-DINO showed strong performance in classifying breast density from DBT images.

August 4, 2026

(A) Free-response receiver operating characteristic (FROC) curve for DBT-DINO and DINOv2 (Meta AI) on the detection task. DINOv2 achieved higher sensitivity than DBT-DINO across most false-positive thresholds. (B) Detection rates of DBT-DINO and DINOv2 for lesions that were ultimately found to be benign (n = 70) and lesions that were found to be cancerous (n = 66). Error bars represent 95% CIs estimated via patient-level bootstrapping with 1000 repetitions. Both models showed similar detection rates for cancerous lesions, whereas DINOv2 detected more benign lesions than DBT-DINO. (C) Example bounding box predictions for DBT-DINO and DINOv2 on the detection test set. Each image is a single two-dimensional section from a three-dimensional digital breast tomosynthesis volume; the first column shows a mediolateral oblique view, and the second and third columns show craniocaudal views. Both models struggled to detect very small lesions, such as the 3-mm-diameter lesion shown in the first column. FP = false positive.

Liebel-Flarsheim recalls Optiray CT contrast agent

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

The CT contrast agent may contain particulate matter comprising polyethylene, other plastic materials, stainless steel, and glass.

August 4, 2026

Can LLMs fill the communication gap with referring clinicians?

LLMs could potentially help address multiple persistent pain points in radiology workflow.

August 4, 2026

CT-selected thrombectomy shows 1-year benefit in large-core stroke

Notably, the TESLA trial used a noncontrast CT (NCCT)-alone patient selection protocol.

August 3, 2026

MRI-based AI model maps local brain aging

By Amerigo Allegretto

The model showed differences in brain structures for normal cognition, mild cognitive impairment, and Alzheimer’s disease.

August 3, 2026

Curium to acquire Lantheus in $8 billion deal

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

The combined company would serve oncology, neurology, and cardiology patients across more than 70 countries.

August 3, 2026

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