Week in Review: Low-field neuro MRI | 7-minute shoulder MRI scans | Insurance impacts fibroid treatment

Feb 21, 2025

Dear AuntMinnie Member,

Are low-field MRI units effective for neuroradiologic imaging? Perhaps, say investigators from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. Their research was our most popular story of the week. Click here to read more.

In second place was our coverage of a study that found that a commercially available deep-learning algorithm can produce good quality seven-minute shoulder MRI exams -- great news for patients -- while our third most-clicked article covered research that explored whether insurance influences which type of treatment a woman undergoes for fibroids. (A team from the Neiman Health Policy Institute in Reston, VA, found that reimbursement incentives may impact whether gynecologists refer patients to interventional radiologists for uterine artery embolization or perform surgical procedures such as hysterectomy or myomectomy themselves.)

Our fourth most-read article of the week reported on how lung imaging biomarkers can inform patient selection for endobronchial ultrasound-guided transbronchial needle aspiration -- a finding that could help clinicians decide whether to use invasive mediastinal staging to detect occult non-small cell lung cancer metastases in lymph nodes. And our fifth story offered some good news from the American Cancer Society: Fewer Black men are dying from cancer, in part due to reductions in smoking initiation among Black teens, advances in cancer treatment, and earlier detection of some cancers.

For a full list of top stories for the week, see below: