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 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 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 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 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 22 Sep
Most lung cancer diagnoses in the United Kingdom follow symptom onset or emergency presentation and many people hesitate to seek help or struggle to access investigations. Self-request chest X-ray services in Leeds and Greater Manchester were created to lower these barriers by allowing eligible adults to attend radiology departments without a...Read more
2025 09 Jun
The integration of artificial intelligence into radiology promises to reduce workload and enhance diagnostic efficiency. However, despite an abundance of commercially available AI solutions, implementation often falters due to misalignment with clinical workflows and institutional needs. To overcome these limitations, radiology departments increasingly...Read more
2019 02 Oct
Summary: Groundbreaking study at the University at Buffalo uses brain stimulation to assess how large-scale patterns of brain activity could vary between cognitive systems and across people. Our research at the University at Buffalo explores brain activity and its association with cognitive systems. Each cognitive system consists of a network...Read more