Week in Review: Baby dies due to unsent ultrasound results | Reading rooms and image quality | On the Road

Nov 22, 2024

Dear AuntMinnie Member,

Medical imaging can make the difference between life and death. Our most-read article this week described the death of an overdue baby in New Zealand for whom imaging results were not communicated appropriately. New Zealand's Health and Disciplinary Commission has determined that the radiology practice and the midwife involved "breached the woman's right to care by not sending the scan through," the New Zealand Herald reported. Click here for the full story.

Our surroundings influence our behavior and our mood – but can they also influence imaging exams? Our second most popular story this week covered a study that found that room color and monitor displays affect breast imaging quality and offered tips for improving the reading environment.

Readers showed interest in our Road to RSNA premeeting coverage, putting our CT and Digital X-Ray previews in third and fourth place. (Our Ultrasound preview also made the week's top 14 list.) And our fifth most-clicked story covered research that shows how head CT can offer insight into old strokes.

This week we also posted articles about FAPI-PET/CT's performance for assessing liver cancer, how a digital autoexposure control (DAEC) system can reduce portable x-ray radiation doses, how a nomogram model can predict malignancy risk in ovarian masses, and how PET imaging shows a link between chronic stress and endometrial cancer.

Check out the full list of our top stories of the week below: