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Advanced-breast-imaging-current-diagnosis-and-work-up-of-problematic-breast-cases-2024

2024 26 Sep

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Patients-favour-complex-radiology-reports

2023 30 Oct

According to new survey data shared in Current Problems in Diagnostic Radiology, experts along with the Mayo Clinic and Loma Linda University Medical Center recently conducted a study to investigate patients' preferences for radiology reports. Their analysis involved the feedback of nearly 500 individuals who received treatment at LLUMC between 2019...Read more

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Prevalence-of-one-off-events-in-radiology-and-implications-in-the-fee-for-service-realm

2023 14 Sep

As reimbursement methods shift towards value-based care, there is a growing concern regarding their suitability for non-episodic care, especially when it comes to specialised services provided by non-patient-facing professionals, such as radiologists. A new study delved into the frequency of non-episodic care, within the field of diagnostic radiology....Read more

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Aiming-for-value-by-establishing-a-virtual-radiology-consultation-service

2023 30 Aug

A new study published in Current Problems in Diagnostic Radiology detailed a new programme, a virtual radiology consult service, and investigated whether this new method could add value for patients, enabling direct communication between patients and radiologists.   While direct interactions between patients and diagnostic radiologists are infrequent,...Read more

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Siemens-healthineers-announces-first-u-s-install-of-somatom-x-ceed-premium-single-source-ct-scanner-1

2022 31 Jan

Gulf Coast Medical Center in Fort Myers, Fla., installs high-speed, low-dose scanner, which enables consistent, high-quality imaging in cardiac and trauma settings Lee Health’s Gulf Coast Medical Center in Fort Myers, Fla., recently became the first U.S. healthcare institution to install the SOMATOM X.ceed, a premium single-source computed tomography...Read more

Enterprise Imaging

Switching-paper-to-electronic-records-lessen-patient-wait-times-for-pre-operative-breast-procedures

2021 20 Sep

Researchers at Brigham and Women’s Hospital (Boston, Massachusetts) reported in Current Problems in Diagnostic Radiology that switching from a paper to an electronic process speed up pre-operative breast procedures,translating into meaningful gains. Specifically, this switch saved a mean of 8.3 minutes of wait time per visit. Although these savings...Read more

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Yeah-ai-in-imaging-is-great-but-does-it-make-more-work

2021 20 Jul

Although AI has been regarded as a tool for decreasing the workload of radiologists, a recent Dutch study shows that most current AI applications in medical imaging may have the opposite effect.  Recent developments in artificial intelligence (AI) for radiology appear more likely to add to the workload of radiologists than reduce it, Dutch researchers...Read more

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Impact-of-covid-19-on-diagnostic-and-interventional-radiology-education

2020 28 Oct

When the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the SARS-CoV-2 COVID-19 a pandemic, healthcare facilities were urged to reschedule non-urgent outpatient visits and to accelerate high priority screening and intervention needs due to an expected influx of COVID-19 patients. Elective surgeries were also rescheduled, and elective, urgent inpatient diagnostic...Read more

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Esur-2021

2021 12 Nov

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Charing-cross-international-symposium-2020

2020 21 Apr

CX 2020 HAS BEEN CANCELLED DUE TO COVID-19 HEALTH CONCERNS Find CX Symposium on Social Media  Read more

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Gaming-joy-in-radiology-education

2019 23 Apr

Radiology residency programs find the fun in learning by leveraging cutting edge technologies. A new comprehensive review on r adiology education using gaming technology, presents valuable insight into the value of gaming , game types and gaming principles, artificial intelligence applications and continued education.  The study published in...Read more

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Eurosafe-imaging-celebrates-5-year-success-in-radiation-protection

2019 13 Feb

An interesting line-up of activities is scheduled during the forthcoming European Congress of Radiology (ECR) 2019 to celebrate EuroSafe Imaging 's five years of success in medical radiation protection. The programme aims to ensure that the issue of radiation protection in medical imaging is front and centre throughout the congress, organisers said. ...Read more

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Esur-2019

2019 19 Sep

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Growing-student-interest-in-radiology-amidst-ai-fears

2019 06 Feb

The importance of artificial intelligence ( AI ) is ever increasing in healthcare, especially in enhancing the accuracy of diagnostic tools and disease risk predictive models. Radiology is said to be among the medical specialities most primed to incorporate AI into clinician workflow. It's no wonder that conversations about AI replacing radiologists...Read more

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New-measures-for-quality-improvement-in-diagnostic-radiology

2018 04 Sep

The American College of Radiology (ACR) convened a cross-speciality, multidisciplinary technical expert panel to identify and define new measures for quality improvement. In addition to developing measures that address areas most in need of performance improvement, the expert panel evaluated existing ACR measures to identify measurement gaps and...Read more

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Charing-cross-international-symposium-2019

2019 15 Apr

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Mathias-goyen

2018 23 May

Professor Of Diagnostic Radiology - Hamburg University; Chief Medical Officer - Oncology - Ge Healthcare TOP QUOTE FROM BLOG: Predictive maintenance in healthcare - If you can predict it, you can prevent it “The key advantages of predictive maintenance are that it can allow timely and convenient scheduling of corrective...Read more

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Practical-radiation-protection-in-diagnostic-radiology

2018 19 Apr

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Structured-reporting-using-a-collaborative-multistep-approach

2017 11 Jul

Previous research indicates that structured reporting improves the quality and value of radiologistsʼ major work product, the radiology report. In a new article published in the journal Current Problems in Diagnostic Radiology, researchers provide a blueprint of how to successfully achieve structured reporting using a collaborative multistep approach....Read more

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Radiology-reports-radiologist-vs-referring-clinician

2017 02 May

Sound physician communication is a critical component of quality care delivery. Certain words and phrases carry different meanings for radiologists and clinicians, thus care must be taken to compose a radiology report that accurately conveys the opinion of the interpreting radiologist, according to a study published in the journal Current Problems...Read more

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Assessment-of-radiation-dose-reduction-awareness

2017 21 Mar

The observed increase in the number of abstracts regarding radiation dose reduction in the interventional radiology community over the past 10 years has not mirrored the increased volume seen within diagnostic radiology, suggesting that increased education and discussion about this topic may be warranted, according to a review published in the journal...Read more

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Fewer-call-backs-improved-breast-cancer-detection-with-dbt

2016 25 Feb

Penn Medicine study offers insight into long-term performance of 3-D mammography screening   Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania have found that the benefits of initial Digital Breast Tomosynthesis (DBT) screening, also known as 3D mammography, can be sustained and even improved over years with consecutive DBT screening. The...Read more

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Zoom-on-murray-rebner-society-of-breast-imaging-past-president

2015 10 Aug

Prof. Murray Rebner is Immediate Past President of the Society of Breast Imaging . Prof. Rebner is Professor of Diagnostic Radiology and Molecular Imaging, Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine in Rochester, Michigan and Director, Division of Breast Imaging, Beaumont Health System, Royal Oak Campus.   1. What are your key areas...Read more