Diagnostic Imaging Update at Banff

Jul 30th, 2023Aug 2nd, 2023

Banff Springs, AB

CA

https://diagnosticimagingupdate.com/banff-july-2023/

Phone:6504404424

This course is designed to provide the tools for participants to enhance interpretation skills utilizing the latest imaging technologies.

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Deep learning helps categorize acute appendicitis on pelvic CT

September 29, 2023

Images in a 52-year-old woman with cardiac sarcoidosis. Standard-of-care imaging (top row) demonstrates a perfusion defect on SPECT images (top left) and corresponding FDG radiotracer uptake on PET/CT image (top right) at the interventricular septum (green arrows). On combined F-18 FDG-PET/MRI (bottom row), there is nodular late gadolinium enhancement (LGE) at the interventricular septum (orange arrows) with corresponding FDG uptake (blue arrows). Image courtesy of Radiology: Cardiothoracic Imaging.

PET/MRI superior for diagnosing cardiac sarcoidosis

September 29, 2023

IAEA's Rays of Hope initiative establishes anchor centers

September 29, 2023

Just how effective is the use of synthetic mammography with DBT?

September 29, 2023

Deep learning helps categorize acute appendicitis on pelvic CT

A combined deep learning and radiomics model helps clinicians differentiate complicated from uncomplicated acute appendicitis on pelvic CT.

September 29, 2023

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PET/MRI superior for diagnosing cardiac sarcoidosis

PET/MRI scans are more accurate for diagnosing cardiac sarcoidosis than established imaging approaches, as well as reduces patient radiation and imaging times.

September 29, 2023

Images in a 52-year-old woman with cardiac sarcoidosis. Standard-of-care imaging (top row) demonstrates a perfusion defect on SPECT images (top left) and corresponding FDG radiotracer uptake on PET/CT image (top right) at the interventricular septum (green arrows). On combined F-18 FDG-PET/MRI (bottom row), there is nodular late gadolinium enhancement (LGE) at the interventricular septum (orange arrows) with corresponding FDG uptake (blue arrows). Image courtesy of Radiology: Cardiothoracic Imaging.

IAEA's Rays of Hope initiative establishes anchor centers

Rays of Hope – the International Atomic Energy Agency's (IAEA) flagship cancer initiative – has named inaugural "anchor centers" in five countries.

September 29, 2023

Just how effective is the use of synthetic mammography with DBT?

The FDA cleared synthetic 2D mammography images for use with digital breast tomosynthesis in 2013. But just how effective is the technique?

September 29, 2023

Louis Plesner talks AI x-ray exam reads vs. radiologists'

In an interview with AuntMinnie.com, Louis Plesner, MD, discussed a study he led that found radiologists outperformed four commercially available algorithms for identifying diseases on chest x-rays.

September 28, 2023

2023 09 28 Plesner Interview V2

Why H.R. 2474 is important to your radiology practice

In a new column, Sandy Coffta of Healthcare Administrative Partners discusses how The Strengthening Medicare for Patients and Providers Act (H.R. 2474) would impact radiology.

September 28, 2023

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NCI: New cancer diagnoses fell early in the COVID-19 pandemic

New diagnoses of six cancer types in the U.S. fell sharply in early 2020, coinciding with the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.

September 27, 2023

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Vascular procedures are most frequent prompts for IR malpractice suits

Vascular procedures and biopsies are the most frequent reasons for malpractice lawsuits involving interventional radiologists (IRs).

September 27, 2023

#WorldDenseBreastDay organizers speak with AuntMinnie.com

Organizers of the second #WorldDenseBreast Day spoke with AuntMinnie.com to talk about the event and developments in breast density information.

September 27, 2023

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MRI reveals novel clues to symptoms of long COVID

A new whole-body MRI study has revealed that patients hospitalized for COVID are three times more likely to have abnormalities in multiple organs.

September 27, 2023

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Commission outlines feminist approaches to cancer detection, care

Taking a feminist approach can help address gender inequalities in women’s access to cancer prevention, detection, and care.

September 26, 2023

Breast MRI offers clinicians a way to objectively measure BPE

Breast MRI offers clinicians a way to objectively measure background parenchymal enhancement, or BPE -- which has been linked to increased breast cancer risk.

September 26, 2023

Examples of automatic fibroglandular tissue (FGT) segmentations on the precontrast (T1) non-fat saturated series and background parenchymal enhancement (BPE) extent on the postcontrast (T2) series for four control participants. For each participant, the left image shows the automated whole-breast segmentation (green line) and FGT segmentation (purple shading). The right image shows the areas of enhancement (red shading) within the FGT, defined as all voxels with 20% or more enhancement from the precontrast to postcontrast series. For each series, the middle section is presented. Example images were selected randomly within four categories defined by quantitative FGT volume (Vol) and BPE extent, where “low” refers to participants with measures in the bottom tertile and “high” refers to participants with measures in the top tertile. (A) Low FGT volume and low BPE extent in a 50-year-old premenopausal control participant. (B) Low FGT volume and high BPE extent in a 50-year-old control participant with a history of bilateral oophorectomy. (C) High FGT volume and low BPE extent in a 39-year-old premenopausal control participant. (D) High FGT volume and high BPE extent in a 44-year-old premenopausal control participant. Images and caption courtesy of the RSNA.

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