AuntMinnie.com - Radiology News and Education

FEATURED NEWS

RADIOLOGY NEWS

Arab Health: Radiology has role to play in precision oncology
January 27, 2022 -- Radiology can play a major role in developing the field of precision oncology in coming years by advancing integrative diagnostics, according to a January 25 presentation by Dr. Hedvig Hricak, PhD, at Arab Health 2022 in Dubai. Read More

Where patients live has big effect on breast cancer treatment
January 27, 2022 -- Location, location, location. It's true in real estate, and it may be true in healthcare as well, at least according to the authors of a January 27 study in JAMA Oncology, who found that where patients live is perhaps the biggest determinant of the quality of breast cancer treatment they receive. Read More

Coding changes that will impact radiology practices in 2022
January 27, 2022 -- There are 249 new codes in the current procedural terminology (CPT) system that are now in effect for 2022, plus 93 revised codes and 63 deleted codes. Erin Stephens of Healthcare Administrative Partners helps explain what the new codes mean. Read More

Water leak at Dutch reactor imperils supplies of medical isotopes
January 26, 2022 -- A shutdown at a nuclear reactor in Petten, the Netherlands, will impact global supplies of molybdenum-99 and lutetium-177 for medical use in coming weeks, warned Europe's nuclear medicine agency. Read More

Arab Health: Improving efficiency key to radiology's future
January 26, 2022 -- Radiology needs to become more efficient to adapt to the shift in the U.S. to value-based care, according to a presentation January 24 by Dr. Giles Boland on the future of medical imaging at Arab Health 2022 in Dubai. Read More

Shape modeling from ultrasound predicts hip dysplasia in infants
January 26, 2022 -- Ultrasound images used for statistical shape modeling can help predict hip dysplasia in infants and whether abduction treatment devices are needed, according to Dutch research published January 25 in Radiology. Read More

Radiologists' trust of AI is critical for hospital adoption
January 26, 2022 -- It wasn't that long ago that artificial intelligence (AI) proponents perpetuated the notion of AI marketplaces, believing that they provide a more straightforward way to purchase the technology that would soon lead to widespread adoption in hospital systems. But acquiring AI algorithms has never been the most challenging aspect of AI adoption. Read More

MRI spots myocarditis in young people vaccinated for COVID-19
January 25, 2022 -- Researchers from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta have found that in people younger than 30 who developed myocarditis after receiving an mRNA COVID-19 vaccine, more than 70% also had abnormal cardiac MRI results, according to a study published January 25 in the Journal of the American Medical Association. Read More

uPAR-PET looks promising diagnosing neuroendocrine cancer
January 25, 2022 -- A new PET radiotracer developed by Danish researchers appears promising for establishing the risk of disease progression and death in patients with neuroendocrine cancer, according to a study published January 20 in the Journal of Nuclear Medicine. Read More

Elastography can predict rotator cuff repair success
January 25, 2022 -- Shear-wave elastography used preoperatively can predict the success of rotator cuff surgery, according to research published January 20 in the American Journal of Roentgenology. Read More

1 2 3…300 next »

2022 Buyer's Guide

Research imaging products with our new Buyer's Guide!