Aycan introduces aycan mini PACS
Radiology informatics firm Aycan Medical Systems has introduced aycan mini PACS, which is designed for data storage in smaller practices.
Vendor-neutral aycan mini PACS can integrate into any workflow, the company said. It can be accessed onsite or through the cloud, includes up to two DICOM connections, and can connect up to two workstations. If a practice needs to expand, they can upgrade to the aycan store with no data migration costs, aycan added. (Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines)
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - March 26, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: AuntMinnie.com staff writers Tags: Industry News Source Type: news
Can fetal ultrasound lead to better handling of chromosomal anomalies?
Ultrasonographic measurements of fetal nuchal translucency can lead to better management of chromosomal anomalies, according to a study published March 26 in JAMA Network Open.
Researchers led by doctoral candidate Kara Bellai-Dussault from the University of Ottawa in Ontario, Canada, found that pregnancies with nuchal translucency measurements greater than 2 mm are at increased risk of chromosomal anomalies. They highlighted that this means the widely used threshold of 3.5 mm may need to be reexamined.
“The findings were consistent through several sensitivity analyses,” Bellai-Dussault and colleagues wrote.
Fetal n...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - March 26, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: Amerigo Allegretto Tags: Subspecialties Ultrasound Womens Imaging Genitourinary Radiology Source Type: news
How much of a financial toll did COVID-19 take on radiology?
The COVID-19 pandemic led to significant drops in revenue and income for radiology departments, according to an analysis published March 26 in Seminars in Ultrasound, CT, and MRI.
A team led by Ahmed Farag, MD, from the University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School-Baystate Medical Center reported that their institution experienced a considerable loss in imaging volume and a large loss in revenue in 2020, the first year of the pandemic in North America, compared with the previous year.
“Radiology has been one of the hardest hit departments in healthcare, with resounding effects that have outlasted the pandemic itse...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - March 26, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: Amerigo Allegretto Tags: Practice Management Source Type: news
Auburn installs Siemens Magnetom 7T MRI scanner
Auburn University has installed Siemens' Magnetom 7T MRI scanner in its College of Engineering.
The scanner features dedicated radiofrequency sodium imaging coils and parallel transmit technology and will be used for brain and knee imaging, with a clinical focus on better understanding epilepsy, multiple sclerosis, and other disorders.Siemens' Magnetom 7T MRI scanner.PR Newswire
Projects currently underway that will use the scanner include research exploring post-traumatic stress disorder biomarkers in senior adults via spectroscopy, comparing brain connectivity between healthy populations with mental illness with a focu...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - March 26, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: AuntMinnie.com staff writers Tags: Industry News Source Type: news
Large language models simplify radiology report impressions
Large language models (LLMs) can significantly simplify radiology report impressions, enhancing readability for patients, according to research published March 26 in Radiology.
In a study involving 750 radiology reports, a team of researchers from Yale University tested four different LLMs – including ChatGPT, Bard, and Bing -- and found that all four were able to significantly simplify report impressions. Model performance did differ, however, based on the wording of the prompt used.
“Our study highlights how radiology reports, which are complex medical documents that implement language and style above the college g...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - March 26, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: Erik L. Ridley Tags: Artificial Intelligence Source Type: news
How has virtual interviewing impacted residency matches?
Virtual interviews implemented in the U.S. due to the COVID-19 pandemic do not appear to have shifted the geographic distribution of interventional and diagnostic radiology residents, says a group at NYU Langone Health in New York City.
The finding had one exception -- the South -- but overall the study offers insights into changes that virtual interviewing has had on match statistics and may further inform recruiting efforts, noted medical student and lead author Younes Attlassy.
“Overall, the shift to virtual residency interviews did not significantly affect whether [interventional radiology] or [diagnostic radiology...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - March 26, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: Will Morton Tags: Radiology Education Interventional Residents/Fellows Source Type: news
The rise of theranostics: Part 1 -- Gaining momentum
Since the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) approvals of radiopharmaceuticals for neuroendocrine tumors and then for prostate cancer, theranostics has picked up momentum in clinical practice, propelled by encouraging research.Theranostics pairs diagnostic biomarkers that can be visualized on nuclear medicine imaging with therapeutic agents that share a specific target in diseased cells or tissues. After the therapeutic agent binds to the cancer cells, the tumors are treated in such a way that aims to prevent collateral damage to healthy cells and improve overall outcomes.Theranostics isn’t new; nuclear medicine d...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - March 26, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: Liz Carey Tags: Practice Management Molecular Imaging Radiation Oncology/Therapy Nuclear Medicine Source Type: news
How has virtual interviewing impacted residency matches?
Virtual interviews implemented in the U.S. due to the COVID-19 pandemic do not appear to have shifted the geographic distribution of interventional and diagnostic radiology residents, says a group at NYU Langone Health in New York City.
The finding had one exception -- the South -- but overall the study offers insights into changes that virtual interviewing has had on match statistics and may further inform recruiting efforts, noted medical student and lead author Younes Attlassy.
“Overall, the shift to virtual residency interviews did not significantly affect whether [interventional radiology] or [diagnostic radiology...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - March 26, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: Will Morton Tags: Radiology Education Interventional Source Type: news
MRI findings predict multiple sclerosis fatigue severity
Structural MRI measures can predict fatigue severity in individuals with multiple sclerosis, researchers have found.
MR imaging of more than 4,000 patients showed that baseline lesion burden and lower whole-brain volumes were linked to multiple sclerosis fatigue, wrote a team led by Alexandra Simpson, MD, of Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, MD. The study results were published March 25 in Multiple Sclerosis.
"Higher baseline brain parenchymal and lower T2 lesion volume at baseline [imaging] were associated with lower odds of subsequent periods of elevated fatigue," the group reported.
Findings from previous resear...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - March 26, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: Kate Madden Yee Tags: Subspecialties Neuroradiology Source Type: news
Radiologists, RTs, and the art of forensic imaging
Ever since Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen's discovery of x-rays in 1895, the field of medical imaging has continued to expand across a multiplicity of applications, and one of the most fascinating is its use as a forensic tool to determine the causes of trauma, both in living and deceased individuals.
Forensic radiologists and radiologic technologists apply their expertise to imaging exams -- typically x-ray and CT -- intended to illuminate signs of trauma. So how do these experts approach forensic radiology? AuntMinnie.com spoke to two experts about the state of the specialty.
Training is key
What is forensic radiology? Put s...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - March 25, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: Kate Madden Yee Tags: Clinical News Source Type: news
Can cardiac PET/CT ‘revolutionize’ heart care?
PET/CT is poised to become a key tool for imaging the coronary arteries – a clinical imaging exam that can reveal early warning signs of fatal conditions when patients present with symptoms of chest pain, experts say.
The “hybrid” scan – which combines molecular PET and anatomical CT images – may have its highest potential in visualizing early signs of so-called “perfusion deficits” (regions of obstructed blood flow), said Marcelo Di Carli, MD, a professor of radiology and medicine at Harvard Medical School, in a recent interview with AuntMinnie.com.
“[PET/CT] helps us differentiate a patient who has ches...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - March 25, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: Will Morton Tags: Clinical News Subspecialties Molecular Imaging Cardiovascular Radiology Source Type: news
How underrepresented are women in radiology?
Women in North America remain underrepresented in radiology subspecialties, leadership, and academia, according to an analysis published March 22 in Clinical Imaging.
A team led by Fatemeh Khounsarian, MD, from the University of British Columbia found that women comprise under half of radiologists in subspecialties (except breast imaging) and outlined strategies to address gender diversity in the field.
“We believe implementing the … strategies will contribute to a more diverse and representative discipline of radiology, ultimately leading to improved patient care and satisfaction,” Khounsarian and colleagues wrot...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - March 25, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: Amerigo Allegretto Tags: Womens Imaging Equity & Inclusion Source Type: news
GEHC touts FDA clearance of Ionic Health's nCommand Lite
GE HealthCare (GEHC) is touting the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) clearance of Ionic Health's nCommand Lite software, which GEHC will distribute.nCommand Lite offers remote patient scanning support, remote access for review of images, and the ability to connect off-site experts to hospital-based ones, GEHC said. It supports MR, CT, and PET/CT imaging. (Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines)
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - March 25, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: AuntMinnie.com staff writers Tags: Industry News Source Type: news
Lumicell touts Lumisight clinical results
Lumicell highlighted clinical results presented at the recent Society of Surgical Oncology (SSO) in Atlanta, GA, that it says demonstrate the benefits of its Lumisight optical imaging agent for breast cancer.
In 2023, the company submitted a new drug application (NDA) for Lumisight for use in patients with breast cancer undergoing a lumpectomy, along with a premarket approval (PMA) application for its Direct Visualization System (DVS). On March 5, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) Medical Imaging Drugs Advisory Committee (MIDAC) voted in support of Lumisight's benefit-risk profile, according to the firm. (S...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - March 25, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: AuntMinnie.com staff writers Tags: Industry News Source Type: news
Cognizant inks Clario deal
Professional services firm Cognizant has signed an agreement with clinical trial management services firm Clario to provide global IT infrastructure support.
Under terms of the deal, Cognizant will help Clario bring its products to market more quickly and further develop a foundation for digital enterprise, it said. (Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines)
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - March 25, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: AuntMinnie.com staff writers Tags: Industry News Source Type: news
