Week in Review: Photon-counting CT and kidney stones | Media coverage of AI in radiology | SalaryScan / reader survey

Aug 2, 2024

Photon-counting CT (PCCT) technology continues to deliver quantifiable benefits across a wide range of clinical applications. Recently, a team from Germany found that using PCCT for the diagnosis of kidney stones reduced radiation exposure by 44% compared with conventional CT technology.

Our report on the research was our most highly viewed story of the week.

Also drawing attention was an article on how the mainstream news media has covered the use of AI in radiology over the last 25 years. Although researchers concluded that the coverage was mostly positive, they also noted that radiologists were infrequently interviewed or quoted for the stories.

Do patients who’ve had chest tubes removed following lung surgery need to receive routine chest x-rays? Apparently, clinical observation is all that’s needed, according to a recent study.

Meanwhile, we’re in the final stages of collecting data for SalaryScan, our annual initiative that provides our members with the latest compensation and benefits data in radiology. If you haven’t already done so, please take a few minutes now to fill out this short survey. As always, your responses will be kept totally anonymous and will help to produce the most accurate results for all of our members.

Finally, we’ve launched a reader survey this week. We’d appreciate it if you could provide your feedback on how we’re doing and how we can make AuntMinnie.com a more valuable resource for you. You can access that here.

See below for the full list of our top stories of the week:

$35-year-old transgender woman presents with (A) a 3D CT reformation of the face in the sagittal plane showing a left mandibular fracture (arrow). (B) An axial head CT image from one of three head CT studies over the last two years reveals right periorbital soft tissue swelling (arrow). The radiologist reader suspected intimate partner violence based on radiology reports, which was subsequently confirmed through clinical note examination. Image courtesy of the RSNA.$