Rosemary Frei[email protected]BreastDiscrepancies trigger Ontario radiology peer-review programFormal radiology peer review will be implemented across the province of Ontario after an 18.2% discrepancy rate was uncovered in an external review of images read by Ontario radiologist Dr. Ivo Slezic. The review's findings were released last week by Trillium Health Partners.December 10, 2013BreastNew open-source software could improve breast cancer managementMONTREAL - A new software suite is being developed in the Canadian Atlantic provinces that could make patient management and imaging resource use more efficient, not only in that region but in the rest of the world. Information on the system was presented this week at the 2012 World Cancer Congress.August 30, 2012UltrasoundReport ties keepsake ultrasound to fetal gender tests in CanadaAn investigative report has caused a stir in Canada after it revealed that keepsake ultrasound clinics are willing to provide the gender of fetuses before 20 weeks of gestation. This is early enough for women to request an abortion and feeds into the phenomenon of female feticide in some immigrant communities in Canada.June 14, 2012CTRadiologists could be key in identifying signs of elder abuseA radiologist-led team from Toronto has identified a gestalt of injuries and surrounding social context common to most cases of physical abuse of the elderly. The group believes this could be a guide to identifying victims of elder abuse, much as a pediatric radiologist defined the signs of shaken-baby syndrome in the 1940s.May 8, 2012Nuclear MedicineOral antioxidants could prevent DNA damage from radiationCanadian researchers plan to start clinical trials soon of an oral antioxidant cocktail designed to prevent radiation-induced DNA damage from medical imaging scans. The trial follows tests they've already conduct in humans -- more specifically, themselves.May 6, 2012Nuclear MedicineAAN: DaTscan SPECT tracer changes Parkinson's treatmentResults from a randomized clinical trial being presented at this week's American Academy of Neurology (AAN) meeting suggest that the SPECT radiopharmaceutical DaTscan can help clinicians distinguish between tremors due to Parkinson's disease and nonparkinsonian essential tremor, expediting appropriate treatment.April 23, 2012CTCT confirms extent of lung involvement in H1N1 pneumoniaSevere H1N1 pneumonia has a distinct imaging signature, according to University of California, Los Angeles researchers, who presented their work at the Society of Critical Care Medicine meeting earlier this month.February 26, 2012MRI2 MR parameters highly predictive of MS diagnosis in childrenA large study of children at 23 pediatric hospitals across Canada has yielded a combination of two MRI parameters that predicts the diagnosis of multiple sclerosis (MS) with an accuracy of approximately 90%. The results were published online November 7 in Lancet Neurology.November 13, 2011CTCT boosts prediction of acute stroke in TIA patientsModifying a commonly used scale for stroke prediction in transient ischemic attack (TIA) patients to take into account whether acute ischemia is present on CT increases the scale's accuracy, according to a presentation this month at the Canadian Stroke Congress in Ottawa, Ontario.October 25, 2011Industry NewsCommoditization can be impetus for positive changeThe recent Canadian Association of Radiologists annual meeting included a debate on the commoditization of radiology, and while none of the presenters truly feels positively about the trend, they did agree that it can be the stimulus for positive change for the specialty.May 29, 2011Page 1 of 3Next PageTop StoriesPodcastsPodcast: What's next for chest radiographs?In this episode of Keeping up with the Radiologists, co-hosts Saurabh (Harry) Jha, MD, and Mitchell Schnall, MD, assess the future of the chest radiograph.InterventionalThermal ablation effective long term in patients with thyroid cancerUltrasoundCould cranial ultrasound sub for brain MRI in imaging infants?Digital X-RayDark-field x-ray detects bone changes related to osteoporosisSponsor ContentFREE Webinar