Ryan McBeth

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#MyRadGirlfriend No. 88: Data is king, but food fills seats

Data is all the rage as healthcare analysts look for quantitative measures of healthcare quality. But how do you get busy attending physicians and residents to fill out surveys? Find out one trick in the next installment of #MyRadGirlfriend.

June 27, 2019

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#MyRadGirlfriend No. 87: The feminist narrative

Do today's research trials adequately reflect medical outcomes in women? Or are they too focused on men? Ryan starts to wonder in the next installment of #MyRadGirlfriend.

June 13, 2019

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#MyRadGirlfriend No. 86: Think before you scoot

Electric scooters are everywhere now, and while they can be a lot of fun, they also can have unintended consequences. One of those is more work for radiologists who read imaging studies from the emergency room -- including Andy, who decides to make a statement in the next installment of #MyRadGirlfriend.

May 30, 2019

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#MyRadGirlfriend No. 85: The magic of Cinco de Mayo

With the Cinco de Mayo holiday approaching, many hospital residents who aren’t working or aren’t on call have the opportunity to blow off a little steam. Priya and Andy are no different, as we discover in the next installment of #MyRadGirlfriend.

May 2, 2019

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Emergency Radiology

#MyRadGirlfriend No. 84: The most dangerous place

Yes, the emergency room can be a dangerous place for a physician. But even greater danger can be found elsewhere in the hospital, as we learn in the next installment of #MyRadGirlfriend.

April 11, 2019

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#MyRadGirlfriend No. 83: Circling the drain

One of the most challenging things about a radiologist's job can be dealing with referring clinicians, especially ones that are particularly obstinate, as Dr. Rankin is in the next installment of #MyRadGirlfriend.

March 21, 2019

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#MyRadGirlfriend No. 82: When you hear hoofbeats ...

It's been a late night in the reading room, and Andy encounters a perplexing case that could have a variety of differential diagnoses. Find out how she settles on the correct one in the next installment of #MyRadGirlfriend.

March 7, 2019

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#MyRadGirlfriend No. 81: The price to pay for being antivax

Antivaxxers may think they're doing the right thing for their kids, but there's a price to pay for not getting vaccinated -- and it's mainly paid by their children, as Andy and Ryan find out in the next installment of #MyRadGirlfriend.

February 21, 2019

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#MyRadGirlfriend No. 80: Anxiety in the reading room

What fears push your anxiety buttons? For some radiologists, it's the board exam, while others have more existential concerns. Andy has to face some of her internal demons during a long night in the reading room in the next installment of #MyRadGirlfriend.

February 7, 2019

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#MyRadGirlfriend No. 79: How sweet it is

Most folks would agree that the explosion of new coffee varieties is a great thing. But they can have a downside, as Andy and Priya find out in the next installment of #MyRadGirlfriend.

January 24, 2019

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3D medical imaging of kidneys and renal blood vessels shown in three anatomical views

Medicare payment for cardiac CT declining

Inflation-adjusted Medicare payment for cardiac CT declined 27% to 68% between 2010 and 2026, despite guideline endorsement.

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ASTRO: Shorter SBRT regimens improve patient physical function

Making AI matter at the point of care

ASTRO: Incoming president talks 2026 highlights, previews next year

Free webinar for radiology leaders

Free webinar for radiology leaders

Ultrasound MinnieCast, Episode 17: Elastography holds promise toward expanded role

By Amerigo Allegretto

David Fetzer, MD, discusses current applications and issues in the world of elastography.

September 18, 2026

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Minibeam radiotherapy performs well in first clinical trial

The technique delivers very high doses of radiation through closely spaced, extremely narrow beams.

September 17, 2026

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USPSTF names radiologist to task force; ACR responds

By Amerigo Allegretto

Dennis Wulfeck, MD, has 33 years of experience in diagnostic imaging, and his appointment to the task force has the support of the ACR.

September 17, 2026

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Individual specialization may drive IR procedure complexity

By Amerigo Allegretto

Practice- and radiologist-level IR specializations showed associations with greater procedural complexity.

September 17, 2026

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AI boosts brain aneurysm detection on CT angiography

AI preferentially detected smaller aneurysms (< 3 mm), while radiologists more often identified larger aneurysms (3 to 5 mm and > 5 mm).

September 17, 2026

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ASTRO issues first radiation therapy guideline for bladder cancer

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Bladder preservation should be presented as a curative treatment option alongside radical cystectomy.

September 16, 2026

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LLM on par with head-and-neck subspecialists in analyzing MRI reports

By Amerigo Allegretto

GPT-5-Thinking yields similar diagnostic accuracy compared to subspecialists focusing on orbital and head-and-neck MRI.

September 16, 2026

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CCTA links neighborhood income to atherosclerosis

The relationship between socioeconomic disparities and imaging-defined coronary atherosclerosis on CCTA has not been fully understood.

September 15, 2026

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Chest CT muscle attenuation predicts future bone density loss

Muscle and bone loss commonly coexist with aging, but potential links between paraspinal muscle and thoracic vertebral bone mineral density loss remain poorly understood

September 15, 2026

TotalSegmentator V2 medical imaging study showing AI-powered spinal vertebral segmentation workflow, neural network architecture, and vertebral compression fracture analysis across T1-T10 levels.

Curium gets FDA approval for Lu-177 injection for GEP-NETs

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

The radioligand therapy delivers targeted radiation to GEP-NETs by binding to somatostatin receptors expressed on these tumors.

September 15, 2026

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Brains age faster among residents in disadvantaged neighborhoods

By Amerigo Allegretto

MRI data show that living in disadvantaged neighborhoods is tied to adverse brain health.

September 15, 2026

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ASTRO urges CMS to address radiation oncology shortfalls

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

More than two-thirds of radiation oncologists responding to an ASTRO survey this spring reported declines of 10% or more.

September 14, 2026

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