Dear Ultrasound Insider,
In developing countries, it can be very hard for patients in rural areas to receive high-level consultations on challenging ultrasound exams. However, the popular WhatsApp multimedia messaging mobile app can be used to facilitate teleultrasound to remote experts at university hospitals, according to researchers from Nigeria.
The group shared its powerful experience with WhatsApp for teleultrasound during a session at last week's International Society of Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology (ISUOG) World Congress in Montreal. Our coverage of the work is the subject of this month's Insider Exclusive, which you have access to before our regular members.
Many radiation experts had warned of the possibility of a spike in thyroid cancer cases among children and adolescents in the aftermath of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant disaster in 2011. Sadly, an ultrasound screening program has shown that these predictions are indeed coming to fruition, and the situation may be even worse than expected, according to a report from a research team led by Dr. Toshihide Tsuda, PhD, of Okayama University. Click here to learn more.
In other features in your Ultrasound Community, Associate Editor Kate Madden Yee has reported on a study that analyzed the effects of New Jersey's 2014 breast density notification law. Click here for all the details.
Also, an automated hip segmentation algorithm was found to produce accurate segmentation of the acetabulum in infant hips, according to a recent study. Click here for our coverage by International Editor Eric Barnes.
Speaking of younger patients, researchers have found that parents of children receiving ultrasound studies almost always want to get the results directly from radiologists. More than 90% of parents indicated they would prefer to meet directly with the radiologist at every visit going forward. What else did the team from Stanford University learn? Click here to find out.
Is there a topic you'd like to see covered? As always, please feel free to drop me a line.
