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15
Aug

Imaging for Back and Joint Pain: Overuse Is an International Problem

Records in an Australian database indicated that primary care physicians very often order diagnostic imaging for patients with musculoskeletal pain shortly after first seeing them, despite evidence and guidelines that say these scans only rarely improve outcomes.

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12
Aug

IMRT Dosing Strategy Eases Dysphagia in Head and Neck Cancer

In patients with head and neck cancer, a strategy to reduce the radiation dose to dysphagia-and aspiration-related structures improved swallowing and other functional outcomes compared with standard intensity-modulated radiotherapy (IMRT), according to results from the phase III DARS trial.

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10
Aug

ImpressionGPT, a ChatGPT-based framework, can accurately summarise radiology reports

A group of computer science researchers have developed their own ChatGPT-based framework for summarising radiology reports. ImpressionGPT leverages the in-context learning abilities of large language models to generate report summaries using domain-specific, individualised data relative to radiology. This approach could reduce report errors while also saving radiologists’ time, experts involved in the model’s development suggested.

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08
Aug

Many physicians are unaware that interventional radiology is a distinct specialty

Many physicians who treat musculoskeletal disorders are unaware that interventional radiology is a distinct specialty of medicine. That statistic is despite many of these physicians feeling that they have good or excellent knowledge of image-guided procedures, according to data published in Clinical Imaging.

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05
Aug

Improving low-field MRI scanners with quantitative data

Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) are working on developing measurements that will provide better insight into soft tissue properties visualised on low-field MRI images.

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03
Aug

Experts argue for the use of MRI in all first-episode psychosis patients

New data published in JAMA Psychiatry argues that MRI brain scans should be routinely included in the initial clinical workups of patients presenting with first-episode psychosis.

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01
Aug

Representation: A Crucial Factor Impacting Pursuit of Interventional Radiology Careers

Survey Reveals Concerns Among Medical Students about Representation in Interventional Radiology A recent survey conducted across five medical schools in the United States sheds light on the impact of representation on the career choices of medical students, particularly women and those from underrepresented in medicine (URiM) backgrounds, in the field of interventional radiology (IR). Gender...

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29
Jul

Interpretive AI for medical imaging: 5 points of scepticism, idealism

Surveying the landscape of interpretive AI in radiology, two researchers note a yawning gap between great expectations set in the recent past and actual clinical implementations as of spring 2023.

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27
Jul

Will PET imaging be covered alongside new Alzheimer’s drugs? CMS dodges topic in new coverage decision

Although many stakeholders have applauded the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services coverage determination regarding a new class of highly anticipated drugs that treat Alzheimer’s, some are concerned that the decision stopped short of addressing imaging related to the drugs’ use.

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25
Jul

Considerations for supplemental imaging should extend beyond breast density, analysis suggests

Although the need for supplemental imaging in women with dense breasts has been a hot topic among the imaging community recently, new data suggest that considerations for supplemental exams should extend well beyond breast density.

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