Emergency Radiology: Page 17

Radiography dominates urgent care imaging
By Wayne Forrest
Sunday, December 1 | 11:45 a.m.-11:55 a.m. | SSA06-07 | Room N227BWhen urgent care personnel need imaging to diagnose a patient's ailment, radiography is often the modality of choice, according to this Sunday morning presentation.
November 12, 2019
Shiver me timbers! There's digital radiography on board!
By Wayne Forrest
Sunday, December 1 | 11:35 a.m.-11:45 a.m. | SSA06-06 | Room N227BWhen your cruise to paradise is interrupted with a medical emergency, teleradiologists are on standby to read your radiographs -- in Germany.
November 12, 2019
FFR-CT, CCTA bolster emergency chest pain evaluation
By Abraham Kim
Monday, December 2 | 11:20 a.m.-11:30 a.m. | SSC04-06 | Room S102CDThe combination of fractional flow reserve CT (FFR-CT) and conventional coronary CT angiography (CCTA) proved to be effective at ruling out major adverse cardiac events for emergency patients with acute chest pain in this study to be discussed on Monday.
November 6, 2019
AI-based FFR-CT adds value in triple-rule-out angio
By Erik L. Ridley
Sunday, December 1 | 11:35 a.m.-11:45 a.m. | SSA03-06 | Room S105ABArtificial intelligence (AI)-based fractional flow reserve (FFR-CT) analysis can add diagnostic and prognostic value in patients receiving triple-rule-out coronary CT angiography, according to a study to be presented in this talk.
November 3, 2019
Could cold, hard cash reduce unnecessary head CT scans?
By Abraham Kim
Offering financial incentives like cash to emergency patients with minor traumatic brain injury to convince them to skip scans that might not be medically indicated may help reduce the rate of unnecessary head CT exams, according to an article published in the October issue of Academic Emergency Medicine.
October 30, 2019
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Hyperfine shows point-of-care MRI scanner at ACEP 2019
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Healthcare technology firm Hyperfine Research is displaying its point-of-care MRI scanner at this week's American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) meeting in Denver.
October 27, 2019
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AI may help improve sensitivity of ED chest x-ray reads
By Erik L. Ridley
An artificial intelligence (AI) algorithm can accurately identify significant abnormalities on chest x-rays and could improve the sensitivity of radiology residents interpreting these cases in the emergency department (ED), according to research published online October 22 in Radiology.
October 24, 2019
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AI model could speed up pneumonia diagnosis in ED
By Erik L. Ridley
An artificial intelligence (AI) algorithm for chest x-rays that was tested in real-time in the emergency department (ED) could improve the quality of care for patients suspected to have pneumonia, according to research presented on September 30 at the European Respiratory Society International Congress in Madrid.
October 3, 2019
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Imaging for substance use disorder increasing in ED
By Kate Madden Yee
The use of imaging in the emergency department (ED) to diagnose conditions related to substance use disorder is increasing -- particularly for MRI, according to a study published in the October issue of the Journal of the American College of Radiology.
October 1, 2019
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Mobile CT unit boosts efficiency of stroke triage
By Abraham Kim
Mobile stroke ambulances equipped with a CT scanner and medical personnel can greatly improve the accuracy and efficiency of determining which stroke patients require surgical treatment, compared with standard clinical decision-making, according to a study published online September 3 in JAMA Neurology.
September 3, 2019
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Dual-energy CT differentiates bullets in gunshot wounds
By Abraham Kim
Dual-energy CT is capable of distinguishing among various types of bullets in gunshot wounds based on their core material, which may have implications for the role radiologists play in forensics, according to an article published in the September issue of the American Journal of Roentgenology.
August 29, 2019
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ED physicians inconsistent when ordering imaging exams
By Kate Madden Yee
Emergency department (ED) physicians are inconsistent in how they order imaging exams, and this variation could lead to unnecessary imaging studies and unnecessary patient exposure to radiation, according to a study published in the September issue of the American Journal of Roentgenology.
August 27, 2019
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