Dr. Hooman Noorchashm, PhD

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Why we need a BI-RADS-like system for uterine tumors
Does radiology need a scoring system like BI-RADS for tracking uterine tumors? In this Second Opinion article, Dr. Hooman Noorchashm, PhD, proposes just such a system, which he believes is necessary after a painful personal experience: the death of his wife, Dr. Amy Josephine Reed, from a uterine soft-tissue sarcoma.
February 3, 2019
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Point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) residency tracks lead to marked improvement in exam performance by family medicine specialists.
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Laurel Gutierrez, MD, at AIUM 2025 presents results on how track residents for a POCUS program saw their skills with the modality improved more significantly than that of nontrack residents in family medicine.
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Echocardiography shows that the use of low-dose aspirin during pregnancy is not tied to fetal ductal constriction.
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AIUM: What can sonographers learn from astronauts' use of ultrasound?
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CAC score of 0 indicate low heart event risk, even in older people
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