Week in Review: MRI and long COVID | AI helps predict kidney function decline | ECR 2025 coverage

Dear AuntMinnie Member,

Our top story this week described how an advanced MR imaging technique shows that children and adolescents with long COVID have significant lung abnormalities, according to a research team from Germany, and could "enhance our understanding of [long COVID] pathophysiologic structure and establish a foundation for future research." Click here to read more.

Our second most popular article covered research regarding using AI to predict kidney function decline in prostate cancer patients undergoing lutetium-177 (Lu-177) radiopharmaceutical therapy. Investigators noted that "the tool automatically segments total kidney volume on standard CT images, with measurements predicting deterioration of renal function 12 months after patients initiated therapy."

Our third most-clicked story was part of our reporting on the ECR -- underway in Vienna (check out AuntMinnieEurope's RADCast for full coverage of the meeting). A team led by researchers from the University of California, San Francisco found that imaging and clinical features of interstitial lung abnormalities on CT imaging can predict progression to idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.

Fourth on the week's list? A report from the Harvey L. Neiman Health Policy Institute (HPI) on whether Medicare Merit-Based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) performance measures are biased by practice size. And our fifth most popular story described how adding AI to brain MRI exams can help identify previously occult epilepsy lesions in children.

Check out the full list of top stories for the week:

1. New MRI technique reveals lung abnormalities in kids with long COVID
2. AI helps predict kidney function decline in Lu-177 patients
3. ECR: CT lung imaging features predict progression to pulmonary fibrosis
4. HPI: MIPS performance measures biased for practice size
5. Adding AI to brain MRI finds previously occult epilepsy lesions in kids
6. Digital mammograms yield more info for radiomics than synthetic images
7. PET/CT predicts relapse in patients with ovarian cancer
8. LLM Mistral rivals GPT-4 Turbo for extracting clinical history elements
9. 8 ways for radiology to improve environmental sustainability
10. ECR: Generative AI yields potential for assisting radiologists
11. ECR: Repurposed AI boosts breast cancer detection in diverse patient groups
12. ECR: CEUS adds value to spleen trauma management
13. ECR: Use MR enterography for complex IBD cases
14. Esaote launches new AI platform at ECR

Kate Madden Yee
Senior Editor
AuntMinnie.com