Dear AuntMinnie Member,
Are you still reporting MRI studies using the traditional free-text format? If so, you might want to consider switching to a structured report style, according to a new article we're featuring in our MRI Community.
Researchers from Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston analyzed the quality of reports before and after the adoption of structured reporting. They judged report quality based on whether the reports included key elements that they agreed constituted a good report.
They found that the number of reports judged to be either "satisfactory" or "optimal" jumped dramatically following the implementation of structured reporting. Learn more by clicking here.
PET/MRI for kids
While you're in the community, be sure to check out a story on German researchers who compared PET/MRI with PET/CT for staging and evaluating oncologic disorders in young children.
They found that PET/MRI can help overcome some of the challenges that very young children present in the imaging suite, such as sensitivity to radiation and the need to be sedated. Indeed, PET/MRI resulted in sharply lower radiation dose and changes in patient management compared to PET/CT.
Read more by clicking here, or visit the community at mri.auntminnie.com.
CT colonography's value
Finally, we revisit the debate over CT colonography and optical colonoscopy in a new story in our CT Community.
Researchers from the University of Wisconsin wanted to investigate a commonly encountered problem: why some lesions detected with CT colonography weren't showing up on optical colonoscopy.
Read about their surprising findings by clicking here, or visit our CT Community at ct.auntminnie.com.
