The radiology community in Brazil has suffered a big loss. Prominent radiologist José Roberto Leonel Ferreira, MD, was killed in an August 9 plane crash in Brazil.
Ferreira, who retired just three months ago, was highly respected by his peers and was a pioneer in bringing pediatric imaging to the region, according to tributes. In addition, he installed the region’s first digital x-ray system and also introduced fully digital radiology reports. Learn more about his career here.
In other news, a West Virginia radiologist and state senator was arrested and charged with indecent exposure. You can access our report here.
In a surprising study, researchers found lung nodules in more than a fifth of Northern European nonsmokers – a similar percentage to their prevalence in smokers. These troubling findings suggest that nonsmokers may need to be tracked for lung cancer as much as smokers do, according to the authors.
Meanwhile, functional MRI has revealed that 25% of patients with unresponsive brain injury can still perform cognitive tasks, according to a paper published this week in the New England Journal of Medicine.
Other highly viewed articles included coverage of research on how MRI has shown that even mild traumatic brain injury can have far-reaching effects on brain health. Another team also investigated the potential for an age limit for patients to receive endovascular thrombectomy.
If you haven’t done so already, it's time to submit your nominations for the 2024 Minnies, our annual award program recognizing excellence in radiology. Nominations are now being accepted here for 15 Minnies categories, including Most Effective Radiology Educator, Most Effective Radiology Administrator/Manager, and Best Radiologist Training Program. The nominations period will close at the end of August and we’ll announce our semifinalists in early September.
See below for the full list of our top stories of the week:
- Senior radiologist dies in Brazilian plane crash
- West Virginia radiologist charged with indecent exposure
- Study finds lung nodules in more than a fifth of nonsmokers
- NEJM: fMRI shows that some unresponsive patients perform cognitive tasks
- MRI shows that even mild TBI has far-reaching effects on brain health
- Should there be an age limit for performing EVT in stroke patients?
- New Zealand radiologist breaches CT reporting code
- SPECT/CT improves management of Pluvicto patients
- Women travel greater differences for breast MRI, ultrasound
- New theranostics delivery route tested for prostate cancer
- Cardiovascular MRI plus AI predicts heart failure risk
- AuntMinnie 2008: Radiologist pays $7M to settle fraud claims
- SPECT/CT visualizes heart’s response to tafamidis
- Ultrasound-first approach saves costs on assessing recalled DBT images
- Can an open-source large language model make the grade in radiology?
