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Stratifying your imaging technology? Think about your people -- part 2

As healthcare organizations consider stratifying their imaging technology, augmenting technical skill sets required to sustain a newly adopted platform can be overlooked. The success of a stratified environment depends on the people who support it. In part 2 of this series, healthcare recruiting firm Skinner and Associates offers advice on how to address resource challenges.

February 21, 2016

Stratifying your imaging technology? Think about your people

As healthcare organizations consider stratifying their imaging technology, augmenting technical skill sets required to sustain a newly adopted platform can be easily overlooked. In this article, healthcare recruiting firm Skinner and Associates offers advice on how to proceed.

January 25, 2016

Unlocking the imaging data paradigm: Transformation and data migration

Enterprise imaging transformation (EIT) enables healthcare organizations to create an optimal platform for producing quality care at a cost-effective level -- but many enterprises may not be sure how to go about it. Dave Whitney from Ascendian Healthcare Consulting offers some guidance.

March 29, 2015

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Functional MRI illuminates what motivates e-cigarette use

Functional MRI shows that e-cigarette users perceive the product as equally rewarding as money -- a finding that highlights the addictive potential of vaping.

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Student-led initiative working to close gender gap in radiology

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CT-defined CAC predicts cardiovascular events in lung cancer patients

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Medicare finalizes 2025 Fee Schedule cut

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Share of nonphysician practitioners' imaging interpretation doubles

Functional MRI illuminates what motivates e-cigarette use

By Kate Madden Yee

Functional MRI shows that e-cigarette users perceive the product as equally rewarding as money -- a finding that highlights the addictive potential of vaping.

November 21, 2024

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Student-led initiative working to close gender gap in radiology

By Amerigo Allegretto

A student-led initiative called Women in Radiology Education (WIRED) is working to close the gender gap in radiology.

November 20, 2024

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CT-defined CAC predicts cardiovascular events in lung cancer patients

By Kate Madden Yee

CT-defined coronary artery calcification (CAC) scores can help predict the occurrence of conditions such as heart attack or stroke in lung cancer patients.

November 20, 2024

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Medicare finalizes 2025 Fee Schedule cut

By Sandy Coffta

In a new column, Sandy Coffta of Healthcare Administrative Partners assesses how the 2025 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule will impact radiology.

November 20, 2024

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Share of nonphysician practitioners' imaging interpretation doubles

By Kate Madden Yee

Nonphysician practitioners' share of imaging interpretation in office-based medical practices has more than doubled over the past decade.

November 20, 2024

Nomogram model predicts malignancy risk in ovarian masses

By Amerigo Allegretto

A nomogram model based on O-RADS ultrasound findings and clinical and lab indicators can predict malignancy risk in adnexal cystic-solid masses.

November 19, 2024

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PET links chronic stress to aggressive endometrial cancer

Brain activity related to chronic stress may be associated with the aggressiveness of tumors in women with endometrial cancer.

November 19, 2024

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Head CT offers insight into old strokes

By Kate Madden Yee

Incidental discovery of old strokes on head CT imaging offers clinicians an opportunity to put measures against future strokes into place.

November 19, 2024

Climate change boosts emergency department use of x-ray, CT

By Kate Madden Yee

Climate change's effects -- particularly higher outdoor heat and air pollution -- increase imaging use in the emergency department, especially x-ray and CT.

November 19, 2024

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Radiologists prefer local AI advice over global

Radiologists and other physicians tend to trust AI more when the algorithms provide local rather than global explanations of findings on chest x-rays.

November 19, 2024

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FAPI-PET/CT superior to FDG-PET/CT in assessing liver cancer

A recent study suggests that PET/CT imaging with a FAPI radiotracer is superior to F-18 FDG-PET/CT for assessing patients with liver cancer.

November 18, 2024

Two cases of pathologically confirmed intrahepatic cholangiocarcinomas in 68-year-old male patients. In both cases (A-H, case 1; I-P, case 2), CT scans (B, F, case 1; J, N, case 2) revealed intrahepatic bile duct dilation and suspected nodular lesions. While F-18 FDG PET/CT (A, C, D, case 1; I, K, L, case 2) failed to demonstrate abnormal tracer uptake (SUVmax 3.5, TBR 1.3 in Case 1; SUVmax 2.6, TBR 1.2 in Case 2), F-18 FAPI-04 PET/CT (E, G, H, case 1; M, O, P, case 2 ) showed positive uptake in the nodular lesions (SUVmax 9.7, TBR 3.5 in Case 1; SUVmax 9.6, TBR 3.3 in Case 2). Image available for republishing under Creative Commons license (CC BY 4.0 DEED, Attribution 4.0 International) and courtesy of BMC Cancer.

Room color, monitor displays affect breast imaging quality

By Amerigo Allegretto

Breast radiologists may want to consider the physical surroundings of mammography rooms for optimal image quality.

November 18, 2024

The number of all visible structures was fewer at an ambient light of 500 lux compared to both 25 and 75 lux. In addition, structure visibility was better with a gray wall color at all ambient light levels. Paired comparison between monitors showed better structure visibility on the high specification monitor for all condition. Image is available for republishing under a Creative Commons agreement (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0).

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