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A former member of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPTF) published an editorial this week criticizing the task force’s endorsement of biennial breast cancer screening in women beginning at age 40 as part of its draft breast cancer screening recommendations in 2023. The American College of Radiology (ACR) responded swiftly, saying that the editorial “relies on obsolete, hyperbolic information” and that most experts do not support delayed or less frequent breast cancer screening. Our coverage of the debate was the most highly viewed story on AuntMinnie.com last week.
Patient education has emerged as a key potential application for ChatGPT in radiology. Our second-most popular story this week detailed how the large language model was able to simplify responses to questions about breast cancer screening and prevention while maintaining overall clinical appropriateness.
In other featured news, PET imaging with a newly developed radiotracer has revealed different patterns of brain tau pathology over time in early-onset versus late-onset Alzheimer’s disease patients. Click here to get all of the details.
Augmented reality technology may enhance image-guided tumor ablations by providing interventional radiologists real-time guidance and enhanced visualization, according to a recent report that generated significant page views.
In addition, researchers have found that iron remnants remain behind in breast tissue after injection of even a low dose of superparamagnetic iron oxide tracer for sentinel node biopsy in breast-conserving treatment. These remnants significantly affected image quality for breast MRI but not for contrast-enhanced mammography.
Reproducibility has long been a tough hurdle in the way of clinical adoption of radiomics. However, a multinational team has developed some image-processing methods that show promising results for addressing this crucial problem. Click here for our coverage.
See the full list below of our most popular stories of the week:
- Editorial criticizes breast screening guidelines, ACR responds
- ChatGPT shows promise for improving breast cancer education materials
- New tau PET tracer shows promise in Alzheimer’s disease patients
- Is interventional radiology ready for virtual reality?
- British Columbia to invest $32M Canadian in nuclear medicine
- CEM image quality unaffected by iron particles from tracers
- Can new image processing methods deliver reproducible radiomics?
- Low-dose PEM shows promise in breast cancer detection
- PET reveals brain’s energy demands during walking
- EVT improves outcomes in stroke patients
- Rads show 28-fold variation for head and neck imaging recommendations
- AI boosts CTPA’s ability to predict lung disease survival
- Ultrasound waves ease pain by influencing brain areas
- EVT valuable in patients requiring transit to stroke centers
