Dr. Samar Al Homoud

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Cancer in the Gulf Cooperation Council countries: Can the burden be reduced?
Cancer remains one of the major health problems worldwide and poses a major challenge and burden in any health system and society. The Gulf Centre for Cancer Control and Prevention offers recommendations that will play a major role in lowering the cancer burden in the Persian Gulf region.
February 5, 2017
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Contrast-enhanced T1 weSPGR images of the knee of a patient from the GAE group at the level of the suprapatellar recess. The baseline image (left) shows a marked synovial enhancement. There was no change one month after treatment (middle image) and four months after treatment (right image).
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GAE benefits may just be ‘placebo effect’
Patients who received either genicular artery embolization (GAE) or a sham procedure experienced equal pain improvements.
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GAE benefits may just be ‘placebo effect’
By Will Morton
Patients who received either genicular artery embolization (GAE) or a sham procedure experienced equal pain improvements.
April 22, 2026
Contrast-enhanced T1 weSPGR images of the knee of a patient from the GAE group at the level of the suprapatellar recess. The baseline image (left) shows a marked synovial enhancement. There was no change one month after treatment (middle image) and four months after treatment (right image).
Opinion: Radiologists must be proactive to protect helium supply
The mandate arises in the context of recent helium supply disruptions caused by global unrest.
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Podcast: Teleradiology leader discusses Indian radiology hub, AI initiatives
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It is time to rethink some policies, according to Arjun Kalyanpur, MD.
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By Kate Madden Yee
CT imaging helped diagnose a large fecaloma and track a patient's response to a Coca-Cola enema to dissolve it.
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Ultrasound O-RADS categorizes borderline ovarian tumors
By Amerigo Allegretto
Ultrasound deems most borderline ovarian tumors to be O-RADS category 4 or 5, with most tumors being serous.
April 22, 2026
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AI plus CCTA cuts plaque analysis time, predicts cardiac event risk
By Kate Madden Yee
A deep-learning model quantifies coronary plaque volume from coronary CT angiography (CCTA) images.
April 21, 2026
Two representative cases demonstrate the performance of PlaqueSegNet for coronary plaque segmentation. (A–D) Coronary CT angiography (CCTA) and intravascular US (IVUS) images in a 65-year-old male patient with chest pain for two months show plaque. (A) Cross-sectional IVUS image shows a lipid-rich plaque (hypoechoic, arrows). (B) Axial and (C) cross-sectional CCTA images show the same plaque (low-attenuation area, yellow line and arrows) in the proximal left anterior descending artery. (D) PlaqueSegNet segmentation of the noncalcified plaque (yellow shading) and coronary lumen (green shading) in the cross-sectional image. (E–G) CCTA images in a 57-year old female patient with chest pain for three months show multiple plaques. (E) Volume-rendered CCTA image of the coronary tree shows PlaqueSegNet plaque segmentation (yellow) in the right and left coronary arteries. (F, G) PlaqueSegNet segmentation delineates a mixed plaque (yellow shading) and coronary lumen (green shading) in the left main artery and proximal-to-mid left anterior descending artery.
DBT availability similar in areas with high, low resource deprivation
By Amerigo Allegretto
DBT is offered at similar rates among areas with high and low resource deprivation, and at similar costs.
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FAPI-PET superior to FDG-PET in liver cancer
By Will Morton
The finding is from a prospective head-to-head comparison among 59 patients with suspicious lesions.
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A 65-y-old man with HCC and liver cirrhosis confirmed by MRI. Ga-68 FAPI-46 PET/CT demonstrates increased focal uptake (SUVmax, 13.26, and TBRmax, 2.89) in liver, whereas F-18 FDG-PET/CT scans showed non–F-18 FDG-avid lesion (SUVmax, 3.24, and TBRmax, 1.43), indicated by solid arrows. Additionally, histologically proven adenocarcinoma in colon transversum was identified as pathologic with Ga-68 FAPI-46 alone (dashed arrows).
Women face more diagnostic delays after abnormal mammograms
By Amerigo Allegretto
Since the COVID-19 pandemic, women face more diagnostic delays in having their abnormal screening mammograms evaluated.
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Radiologists land on low end of industry research money, study finds
By Liz Carey
Group assessed trends in industry research payments.
April 20, 2026
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U.S. federal research funding varies by cancer type
By Will Morton
Findings indicate that cancers with the highest lethality receive disproportionately lower levels of federal research support.
April 20, 2026
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