Dear AuntMinnie Member,
Have you read a research paper recently that really knocked your socks off? Saw a colleague go above and beyond? Used an imaging device or software application that really impressed you?
Then tell us about it in the Minnies, AuntMinnie.com's annual event recognizing excellence in radiology. We just opened the 2016 edition of the Minnies to nominations, giving you the chance to let us know who should be in the running for radiology's premier awards event.
There are 15 categories in the Minnies, ranging from Most Influential Radiology Researcher to Scientific Paper of the Year. In between, you'll find categories recognizing the best radiology has to offer in education, product and software development, and mobile apps.
So head over to minnies.auntminnie.com to submit your nomination. To find out how to participate in our Best Radiology Image competition, just click here.
Nominate today, and let us know what's right with radiology!
CTA use skyrockets
A new report has found that the number of CT angiography (CTA) exams being performed in the U.S. has skyrocketed in the past 13 years.
The study, from the Harvey L. Neiman Health Policy Institute at the American College of Radiology, tracked growth in CTA exams in the Medicare population. The group found that the number of studies being performed rose from just under 65,000 in 2001 to over 1.7 million in 2014.
But that growth isn't a bad thing, as CTA studies are replacing more invasive catheter-based angiography procedures. Learn more by clicking here, or visit our CT Community at ct.auntminnie.com.
Getting POC US into PACS
One of the best things about point-of-care (POC) ultrasound is its diffusion throughout the healthcare enterprise to, well, the point of care. But this advantage can cause headaches for imaging IT staff tasked with bringing POC ultrasound images collected from hither and yon into a centralized archive.
We offer some advice in a new article in our Ultrasound Community. The story traces the experiences of a group from Colorado that developed incentives to get clinicians to store their images on a central PACS archive. Find out how it worked by clicking here.
While you're in the community, make sure to check out this story on the use of ultrasound scans of the femoral artery to predict cardiovascular disease. Italian researchers found that they could detect some disease missed by carotid artery scans.
You'll find these stories and more news about the world of ultrasound at ultrasound.auntminnie.com.
