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Top 10 AuntMinnie stories for 2018
December 21, 2018 -- The stunning news that industrial conglomerate GE is spinning off its GE Healthcare division into a standalone company was the top radiology news story of 2018 on AuntMinnie.com, as measured by traffic from our readers. Other top stories included a fatal MRI accident in India and MRI centers reporting problems with their iPhones.
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December 21, 2018 -- The stunning news that industrial conglomerate GE is spinning off its GE Healthcare division into a standalone company was the top radiology news story of 2018 on AuntMinnie.com, as measured by traffic from our readers. Other top stories included a fatal MRI accident in India and MRI centers reporting problems with their iPhones.
Discuss Is your job making you fat? Radiologists weigh in
December 21, 2018 -- Does the radiology work environment make radiologists fat? The answer may be yes, as many radiologists reported that their sedentary work environment has contributed to weight gain, according to research presented at the recent RSNA meeting.
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December 21, 2018 -- Does the radiology work environment make radiologists fat? The answer may be yes, as many radiologists reported that their sedentary work environment has contributed to weight gain, according to research presented at the recent RSNA meeting.
Discuss Is menopause a good time to treat women for Alzheimer's?
December 21, 2018 -- By using women's menopausal status and levels of beta-amyloid plaque as markers for possible progression to Alzheimer's disease, researchers are hoping to determine the best time to begin treatment to slow the onset of the condition, according to a study published online December 12 in PLOS One.
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December 21, 2018 -- By using women's menopausal status and levels of beta-amyloid plaque as markers for possible progression to Alzheimer's disease, researchers are hoping to determine the best time to begin treatment to slow the onset of the condition, according to a study published online December 12 in PLOS One.
Discuss #MyRadGirlfriend No. 77: The Christmas spirit
December 21, 2018 -- Are you working the holiday shift this weekend? If so, you know how hard it is to get into the Christmas spirit. But Andy and Priya do their best in the next installment of #MyRadGirlfriend.
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December 21, 2018 -- Are you working the holiday shift this weekend? If so, you know how hard it is to get into the Christmas spirit. But Andy and Priya do their best in the next installment of #MyRadGirlfriend.
Discuss CT lung screening spots cancers earlier in China
December 20, 2018 -- A large-scale CT lung screening program in China detected a higher proportion of early-stage lung cancers than did comparable trials in the U.S. and Europe, even for a population that included relatively young, nonsmoking adults, according to an article recently published online in Academic Radiology.
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December 20, 2018 -- A large-scale CT lung screening program in China detected a higher proportion of early-stage lung cancers than did comparable trials in the U.S. and Europe, even for a population that included relatively young, nonsmoking adults, according to an article recently published online in Academic Radiology.
Discuss False positives boost a woman's breast cancer risk
December 20, 2018 -- Women who have a false-positive result on a screening mammography exam have twice the risk of being diagnosed with a screen-detected or interval breast cancer later compared with women with a negative result, according to a study published on December 19 in the British Journal of Cancer.
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December 20, 2018 -- Women who have a false-positive result on a screening mammography exam have twice the risk of being diagnosed with a screen-detected or interval breast cancer later compared with women with a negative result, according to a study published on December 19 in the British Journal of Cancer.
Discuss AR aids image-guided spinal procedures on live patients
December 20, 2018 -- Researchers from Washington, DC, have successfully used augmented reality (AR) technology to perform image-guided spinal procedures on patients with an accuracy matching that of traditional fluoroscopy, according to research presented at the RSNA 2018 meeting in Chicago.
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December 20, 2018 -- Researchers from Washington, DC, have successfully used augmented reality (AR) technology to perform image-guided spinal procedures on patients with an accuracy matching that of traditional fluoroscopy, according to research presented at the RSNA 2018 meeting in Chicago.
Discuss AI uses features outside nodules to predict malignancy
December 19, 2018 -- An artificial intelligence (AI) algorithm was able to distinguish benign from malignant nodules in cases of suspected non-small cell lung cancer on CT scans by analyzing the area immediately outside of the nodule, according to a December 18 paper in Radiology by researchers from Case Western Reserve University.
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December 19, 2018 -- An artificial intelligence (AI) algorithm was able to distinguish benign from malignant nodules in cases of suspected non-small cell lung cancer on CT scans by analyzing the area immediately outside of the nodule, according to a December 18 paper in Radiology by researchers from Case Western Reserve University.
Discuss Many knee MRI scans may not be clinically indicated
December 19, 2018 -- For at least one healthcare system, there is plenty of room for improvement when it comes to following the American College of Radiology's Appropriateness Criteria for the use of MRI in nontraumatic knee pain, according to a study published online December 12 in the Journal of the American College of Radiology.
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December 19, 2018 -- For at least one healthcare system, there is plenty of room for improvement when it comes to following the American College of Radiology's Appropriateness Criteria for the use of MRI in nontraumatic knee pain, according to a study published online December 12 in the Journal of the American College of Radiology.
Discuss Natural language processing yields rad-path correlation
December 19, 2018 -- The combination of open-source natural language processing technology and commonly used radiology structured reporting systems can facilitate correlation between radiologic and pathologic findings, according to research presented at the recent RSNA 2018 meeting in Chicago.
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December 19, 2018 -- The combination of open-source natural language processing technology and commonly used radiology structured reporting systems can facilitate correlation between radiologic and pathologic findings, according to research presented at the recent RSNA 2018 meeting in Chicago.
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