Search Tag: radiology
2025 07 Nov
Cancer imaging underpins detection, staging, treatment planning and follow-up, yet access remains starkly unequal across regions. A recent study published int Radiology: Imaging Cancer showed that low- and middle-income countries face higher fatality rates despite carrying most of the disability-adjusted life years. At the same time, high-income...Read more
2025 27 Oct
Efforts to decarbonise imaging often prioritise high-energy modalities, yet a comprehensive life cycle assessment of adult diagnostic ultrasound in a university hospital shows a different profile. Most greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions were not tied to scanner manufacture or electricity, but to routine supplies and linens used around examinations....Read more
2025 27 Oct
Efforts to decarbonise imaging often prioritise high-energy modalities, yet a comprehensive life cycle assessment of adult diagnostic ultrasound in a university hospital shows a different profile. Most greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions were not tied to scanner manufacture or electricity, but to routine supplies and linens used around examinations....Read more
2025 27 Oct
Efforts to decarbonise imaging often prioritise high-energy modalities, yet a comprehensive life cycle assessment of adult diagnostic ultrasound in a university hospital shows a different profile. Most greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions were not tied to scanner manufacture or electricity, but to routine supplies and linens used around examinations....Read more
2025 27 Oct
Efforts to decarbonise imaging often prioritise high-energy modalities, yet a comprehensive life cycle assessment of adult diagnostic ultrasound in a university hospital shows a different profile. Most greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions were not tied to scanner manufacture or electricity, but to routine supplies and linens used around examinations....Read more
2025 25 Oct
Healthcare organisations are balancing expanding imaging archives with storage, migration and security costs, while debating how long to keep very old studies. Historical images can shape interpretation and reduce uncertainty, yet many retention schedules impose time limits without clinical evidence to guide deletion. An academic health system...Read more
2025 25 Oct
Healthcare organisations are balancing expanding imaging archives with storage, migration and security costs, while debating how long to keep very old studies. Historical images can shape interpretation and reduce uncertainty, yet many retention schedules impose time limits without clinical evidence to guide deletion. An academic health system...Read more
2025 23 Oct
Medical imaging is among the most energy-intensive areas in healthcare, yet operational practices and procurement decisions often overlook their wider environmental footprint. A life cycle assessment (LCA) of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and computed tomography (CT) at a 800-bed academic medical centre in the US quantified greenhouse gas (GHG)...Read more
2025 23 Oct
Medical imaging is among the most energy-intensive areas in healthcare, yet operational practices and procurement decisions often overlook their wider environmental footprint. A life cycle assessment (LCA) of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and computed tomography (CT) at a 800-bed academic medical centre in the US quantified greenhouse gas (GHG)...Read more
2025 23 Oct
Medical imaging is among the most energy-intensive areas in healthcare, yet operational practices and procurement decisions often overlook their wider environmental footprint. A life cycle assessment (LCA) of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and computed tomography (CT) at a 800-bed academic medical centre in the US quantified greenhouse gas (GHG)...Read more
2025 22 Oct
Understanding how pregnancy and breastfeeding modify mammographic appearance is essential for accurate imaging interpretation and informed screening decisions in women of reproductive age. A longitudinal analysis of sequential mammograms in a high-risk cohort provides individual-level evidence of substantial, time-linked changes in breast size,...Read more
2025 22 Oct
Understanding how pregnancy and breastfeeding modify mammographic appearance is essential for accurate imaging interpretation and informed screening decisions in women of reproductive age. A longitudinal analysis of sequential mammograms in a high-risk cohort provides individual-level evidence of substantial, time-linked changes in breast size,...Read more
2025 22 Oct
Hypersensitivity reactions to iodinated contrast media are type B adverse reactions and remain inherently unpredictable. Over time, proliferating risk lists have offered little practical clarity for imaging teams. A focused appraisal of published evidence condensed numerous proposed factors into a small set with clear clinical relevance. The findings...Read more
2025 22 Oct
Hypersensitivity reactions to iodinated contrast media are type B adverse reactions and remain inherently unpredictable. Over time, proliferating risk lists have offered little practical clarity for imaging teams. A focused appraisal of published evidence condensed numerous proposed factors into a small set with clear clinical relevance. The findings...Read more
2025 21 Oct
Cancer imaging and image-guided procedures are central to prevention, diagnosis and treatment, yet they carry a sizeable environmental load. Medical imaging is estimated to account for nearly 1% of the global carbon footprint. Environmental degradation increases cancer risk, disrupts care pathways and worsens outcomes, creating feedback between...Read more
2025 21 Oct
Cancer imaging and image-guided procedures are central to prevention, diagnosis and treatment, yet they carry a sizeable environmental load. Medical imaging is estimated to account for nearly 1% of the global carbon footprint. Environmental degradation increases cancer risk, disrupts care pathways and worsens outcomes, creating feedback between...Read more
2025 21 Oct
Cancer imaging and image-guided procedures are central to prevention, diagnosis and treatment, yet they carry a sizeable environmental load. Medical imaging is estimated to account for nearly 1% of the global carbon footprint. Environmental degradation increases cancer risk, disrupts care pathways and worsens outcomes, creating feedback between...Read more
2025 11 Oct
Computed tomography (CT) became central to diagnosing and monitoring COVID-19, reshaping chest imaging workflows across hospitals. Analysis of routine operational data from ten public hospitals spanning January 2019 to December 2024 shows how volumes and dose metrics evolved from the pre-pandemic period through the pandemic and into the post-pandemic...Read more
2025 07 Oct
Radiology’s rapid digitisation has delivered faster workflows and broader access to specialist expertise, yet it has also expanded the attack surface across imaging networks, data stores and remote workstations. Health care delivery has faced sharp growth in ransomware, data exfiltration and operational disruption, with high direct and downstream...Read more
2025 06 Oct
Colorectal cancer (CRC) remains a leading global burden, with approximately 1.9 million cases and 0.9 million deaths recorded in 2020. Screening is central to prevention because removing adenomatous polyps can interrupt progression to malignancy. In many programmes, faecal immunochemical testing (FIT) is offered every two years, while CT colonography...Read more
2025 06 Oct
Picture archiving and communication systems (PACS) anchor radiology workflow and operational efficiency, so replacement decisions affect productivity, user experience and clinical coordination. A large free-standing children’s hospital undertook a year-long market evaluation to determine whether a new PACS would improve efficiency. The department...Read more
2025 06 Oct
Picture archiving and communication systems (PACS) anchor radiology workflow and operational efficiency, so replacement decisions affect productivity, user experience and clinical coordination. A large free-standing children’s hospital undertook a year-long market evaluation to determine whether a new PACS would improve efficiency. The department...Read more
2025 06 Oct
Picture archiving and communication systems (PACS) anchor radiology workflow and operational efficiency, so replacement decisions affect productivity, user experience and clinical coordination. A large free-standing children’s hospital undertook a year-long market evaluation to determine whether a new PACS would improve efficiency. The department...Read more
2025 06 Oct
Picture archiving and communication systems (PACS) anchor radiology workflow and operational efficiency, so replacement decisions affect productivity, user experience and clinical coordination. A large free-standing children’s hospital undertook a year-long market evaluation to determine whether a new PACS would improve efficiency. The department...Read more
2025 06 Oct
Picture archiving and communication systems (PACS) anchor radiology workflow and operational efficiency, so replacement decisions affect productivity, user experience and clinical coordination. A large free-standing children’s hospital undertook a year-long market evaluation to determine whether a new PACS would improve efficiency. The department...Read more
2025 06 Oct
Artificial intelligence is widely expected to ease pressure on radiology services by supporting detection, prioritisation and reporting. A rapid evaluation examined how AI for chest diagnostics, including lung cancer, was procured and prepared for deployment across National Health Service (NHS) imaging networks in England. The work covered 12...Read more
2025 06 Oct
Artificial intelligence is widely expected to ease pressure on radiology services by supporting detection, prioritisation and reporting. A rapid evaluation examined how AI for chest diagnostics, including lung cancer, was procured and prepared for deployment across National Health Service (NHS) imaging networks in England. The work covered 12...Read more
2025 23 Sep
Remote reading has moved from a contingency measure to a core element of radiology services. With appropriate infrastructure, radiologists can deliver timely, safe reports from home while maintaining service quality. Experience from rapid deployments showed sustained diagnostic performance and often improved work satisfaction when displays, networks...Read more
2025 23 Sep
Remote reading has moved from a contingency measure to a core element of radiology services. With appropriate infrastructure, radiologists can deliver timely, safe reports from home while maintaining service quality. Experience from rapid deployments showed sustained diagnostic performance and often improved work satisfaction when displays, networks...Read more
2025 23 Sep
Remote reading has moved from a contingency measure to a core element of radiology services. With appropriate infrastructure, radiologists can deliver timely, safe reports from home while maintaining service quality. Experience from rapid deployments showed sustained diagnostic performance and often improved work satisfaction when displays, networks...Read more