Ryan McBeth

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#MyRadGirlfriend No. 58: Bedside manner

If radiologists need to be more patient-facing, Ruchi could probably use some additional training to improve her bedside manner in the next installment of #MyRadGirlfriend.

March 7, 2018

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#MyRadGirlfriend No. 57: The direct anterior approach

Turns out Ryan's been paying attention to Andy's work all this time -- but she thinks he might be showing off in the next installment of #MyRadGirlfriend.

February 21, 2018

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#MyRadGirlfriend No. 56: The magic words

They are the magic words that seem to accompany every radiology report, no matter how obvious the pathology on the medical image. Dr. Roth points this out to Andy in the next installment of #MyRadGirlfriend.

February 7, 2018

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#MyRadGirlfriend No. 55: Recognition

Radiologists sometimes seem to crave more recognition, but that can be a double-edged sword depending on who is doing the recognizing. Andy, Priya, and Dr. Roth ponder this in the next installment of #MyRadGirlfriend.

January 24, 2018

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#MyRadGirlfriend No. 54: Cold weather blues

The cold weather is already starting to get old at Children's Hospital, where Andy finds she has to cope with a deluge of weather-related injuries. And Priya's no help, in the next installment of #MyRadGirlfriend.

January 10, 2018

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#MyRadGirlfriend No. 53: Follow your dreams

The week between Christmas and New Year's Eve is usually quiet at your typical hospital. But some folks have other plans, as Andy and Ruchi are about to find out in this installment of #MyRadGirlfriend.

December 27, 2017

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#MyRadGirlfriend No. 52: The old Nintendo trick

If the image quality of your MRI scanner isn't up to snuff, you might try "the old Nintendo trick." But don't tell the service engineers, at least according to the next installment of #MyRadGirlfriend.

December 13, 2017

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#MyRadGirlfriend No. 51: First do no harm

Radiology professionals often express a number of reasons for why they'd rather not spend the weekend after Thanksgiving at the RSNA meeting in Chicago -- just ask them. But Priya may have come up with a new one in the next installment of #MyRadGirlfriend.

November 24, 2017

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#MyRadGirlfriend No. 50: Ready by 6

When it comes to medical specialties, radiology has its share of drawbacks. But there are times when it can't be beat, as Andy discovers in the next installment of #MyRadGirlfriend.

November 15, 2017

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#MyRadGirlfriend No. 49: Where's your Flossie?

Every hospital has one -- the old-school doctor who refuses to change with the times. Andy encounters this firsthand in the next installment of #MyRadGirlfriend.

November 1, 2017

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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.

Cardiac Mri Adobe Samunella

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.

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.

Clinicians, beware: CT diagnostic accuracy varies by adnexal lesion type

Erin Stephens

Radiology coding update for 2026

DBT's performance suffers when imaging extremely dense breasts

By Amerigo Allegretto

Digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT) has lower sensitivity when imaging extremely dense breasts compared with other density categories.

January 14, 2026

Breast Dbt Social

Presurgical mpMRI helps predict chronic kidney disease risk

By Kate Madden Yee

Preoperative multiparametric MRI (mpMRI) helps predict patients' chronic kidney disease risk after nephrectomy.

January 14, 2026

Breast MRI shows higher BPE levels in Black women

Studies suggest a positive association between increasing ordinal levels of background parenchymal enhancement (BPE) and breast cancer risk.

January 13, 2026

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AI proves more sensitive than rads for identifying extranodal extension

By Kate Madden Yee

The algorithm bested head and neck cancer specialists for detecting pathologic lymph node extranodal extension.

January 13, 2026

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FDA green-lights bone scan measurements in osteoporosis trials

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared the use of bone scan measurements as endpoints in clinical trials.

January 13, 2026

Ablation effective in patients with rare type of liver cancer

Microwave ablation resulted in similar overall survival compared with repeat surgery.

January 13, 2026

ACS reports milestone increases in cancer survival

By Amerigo Allegretto

Five-year survival rates for the most common cancers have reached milestones, according to the American Cancer Society (ACS).

January 13, 2026

Cancer Cell Target2 Resized

What Healthcare Administrative Partners is watching for in 2026

By Sandy Coffta

Sandy Coffta of Healthcare Administrative Partners shares the key reimbursement issues facing radiology practices in 2026.

January 12, 2026

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Imaging pricing study shows highest-cost U.S. states

Researchers analyzed three common diagnostic imaging codes for cash pricing, discounting trends, and affordability.

January 12, 2026

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FAPI-PET shows promise in patients with liver fibrosis

The technique outperformed standard blood-based and ultrasound exams.

January 12, 2026

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POCUS lessens patient anxiety, pain in biliary disease diagnosis

By Amerigo Allegretto

Compared with standard care, POCUS imaging may lead to less anxiety and pain for patients being diagnosed with acute cholecystitis.

January 12, 2026

Ultrasound Transducer 400

AI predicts osteoporosis from lumbar spine x-rays

The model could provide screening opportunities for patients in various medical settings.

January 9, 2026

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