Dear Advanced Visualization Insider,
Virtual reality is changing how we interact with the world, and the field of medical imaging is no exception. In this edition's Insider Exclusive, we're highlighting how the technology offers interventional radiologists and their cardiac surgeon peers a powerful way to plan procedures such as transcatheter aortic valve replacement -- and thus optimize patient outcomes.
Once you've read our exclusive, check out what Mayo Clinic researchers have found about the impact virtual reality and augmented reality could have on neurosurgery and what that could mean for patients.
Heart and brain surgery aside, could virtual/augmented reality improve how radiologists and referring physicians communicate? Find out why a team from Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore says yes.
Next, discover what Chinese researchers have found about how using a nomogram based on CT radiomics can help clinicians identify an uncommon form of lung cancer called invasive mucinous adenocarcinoma that mimics pneumonia -- and how this could improve diagnosis and treatment. Also, learn how a PET/CT radiomics model based on imaging with a gallium-68 prostate-specific membrane antigen-11 radiotracer could help clinicians diagnose primary prostate cancer.
Plus, find out how artificial intelligence (AI) computer-aided diagnosis (CADx) software can improve the diagnostic precision -- and specificity -- of identifying lung nodules on CT, and how it can do this independently of radiological and clinical variables. In addition, AI-based analysis of body composition on routine abdominal CT exams can predict a patient's future risk of heart attack or stroke.
Finally, interventionalists work in diverse environments, but it's been unclear how these settings compare. A Stanford research team says that interventional radiologists in private practice may have an edge when it comes to compensation, call time, and, yes, vacation days -- and that these factors could influence how the next generation of residents moves into their careers.
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