A Tissue Transparency Technique Lets Us Examine Organs Like Never Before
German researchers have created 3D technology to view every micrometer of an entire human organ. The unprecedented imaging technique called SHANEL allows for scientists to label tissues on a deep level and clear large organs such as the brain and kidney. Using deep learning, SHANEL analyzes cellular and molecular architecture that takes mere hours. It requires removing pigment and fats from organs and a large specialized microscope to take photos. In a recent issue of Cell,the method ’s developers explain that the technology is still fairly conceptual and needs further research for it to fully come to life. The resea...
Source: radRounds - April 19, 2020 Category: Radiology Authors: Julie Morse Source Type: blogs
Can Artificial Intelligence effectively and ethically detect COVID-19?
Is Artificial Intelligence (AI) a viable solution to the COVID-19 testing crisis? This has been a major question buzzing in the minds of healthcare leaders as they scramble to come up with solutions to the short-supply of the conventional tests. Some researchers believe that it ’s possible to develop a specialized method to detect specific markers of the virus via AI. However, COVID-19-detecting algorithms are based on data from only dozens or hundreds of patients, whereas a fully effective and functional algorithm requires thousands of patient scans. Recently written algorithms were developed using scans of infected C...
Source: radRounds - April 19, 2020 Category: Radiology Authors: Julie Morse Source Type: blogs
Will Radiologists Continue to Work From Home in a Post-COVID-19 Society?
COVID-19 has strong-armed many sectors into converting their entire workforce into a telecommuting operation. Many healthcare facilities have followed suit by allowing radiologists to work from home, and the overwhelming sentiment is that permanent home-based imaging work could be the silver lining of this pandemic. Since the outbreak, more and more healthcare facilities have been implementing teleradiology services. Texas-based Collaborative Imaging typically had six radiologists working at each site in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, but CEO Dhruv Chopra recently decided to reallocate over 100 radiologists to their home off...
Source: radRounds - April 19, 2020 Category: Radiology Authors: Julie Morse Source Type: blogs
Launch of New Image Exchange Platform for COVID-19 Cases
radRounds Radiology Network and Idonia are partnering to provide a professional Image Exchange Platform to facilitate collaboration, exchange and research on COVID-19 cases.Users can upload, store, organize, review, and share DICOM Images.Idonia is a secure (HIPAA compliant) online platform for medical image exchange and delivery. The platform can serve as a repository for relevant clinical cases, which radiologists can access and visualize thanks to the DICOM viewer of the platform. This allows radiologists to create their own network to collaborate and share relevant cases with other radiologists.Idonia and radRounds hav...
Source: radRounds - March 31, 2020 Category: Radiology Authors: Susan Sullivan Source Type: blogs
What We Can Learn About Coronavirus from Images of SARS and MERS?
A paperrecently published in theAmerican Journal of Roentgenologyhas found that scans of patients with COVID-19 share many similarities with imaging studies of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) and Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS). According to the World Health Organization (WHO), the pandemichas so far (as of the date of this article) resulted in over 191,000 cases and more than 7,800 deaths. Although most of those infected only have cold-like symptoms, about 16 percent are serious cases where patients suffer from pneumonia and breathing difficulties. Coronavirusesare responsible for both the 2003 SARS...
Source: radRounds - March 21, 2020 Category: Radiology Authors: Julie Morse Source Type: blogs
The ACR Encourages Limiting CT and CXR for COVID-19 Patients
The American College of Radiology (ACR) is urging radiologists to steer clear of CT scans and chest radiographs (CXR) as their first line of diagnostic defense of COVID-19 diagnosis and treatment, according to a recently issued statement. With the unpredictability of available testing kits and early reports of test sensitivity from China, health care providers are turning to imaging devices to detect infection symptoms. However, the ACR encourages healthcare providers to stick to viral testing, and explains why CT and CXR should be used at a minimum. Here are some takeaways from the official recommendation:The results from...
Source: radRounds - March 21, 2020 Category: Radiology Authors: Julie Morse Source Type: blogs
Is Tomosynthesis Better than Mammography at Detecting Breast Cancer?
New research shows digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT) to be a more effective breast cancer diagnosis tool than digital mammography (DM), according to a study recently published inRadiology. DBT is a relatively new screening practice and was only approved by the Food and Drug Administration in 2017. It uses an x-ray tube that glides in an arc-shape and uses low levels of radiation to image the breast from various angles. Up until now, research only showed us how effective the screening is in the first round of testing before detection rates are expected to escalate. Those early studies showed that DBT had higher detection ...
Source: radRounds - March 21, 2020 Category: Radiology Authors: Julie Morse Source Type: blogs
Enabling The Future of Imaging and Healthcare Interoperability - “Ditch the disk” - Interview with Miguel Cabrer
Miguel Cabrer is a Digital Health Entrepreneur with a special interest on transforming healthcare through real patient engagement, with some initiatives for image exchange and patient portability, and AI& Chatbots to facilitate patient interaction in clinical processes. Miguel has been CIO of several public hospitals and health regions in Spain, global companies (BestDoctors) and founder of several initiatives (Medting). He was member of the HIMSS EMEA Governing Council (2006-2013).Since September 2018, Miguel has been the CIO of TopDoctors leading the IT and Innovation strategy for the International expansion of t...
Source: radRounds - March 9, 2020 Category: Radiology Authors: Robin Pine Miles Source Type: blogs
Why We Need to Improve Interpretation Services During Imaging Exams
Imaging exam results are getting lost in translation when ordered for patients who need an interpreter, according to a new study published inAbdominal Imaging. Researchers from New York University found that non-English speaking patients who undergo MRI have lower quality images than those who speak English as a second language. Lead authorradiologist Myles Taffel, MD, and his colleagues explored these communication discrepancies by analyzing a set of abdominal MRI images from 126 patients who were divided into three groups: English speakers, English as a second language speakers, and people who need a translator during M...
Source: radRounds - February 21, 2020 Category: Radiology Authors: Julie Morse Source Type: blogs
Renaissance Radiologists: Meet AJ Gunn, MD
AJ Gunn, M.D. graduated magna cum laude from Brigham Young University in Provo, UT, earning a BS in exercise physiology with a minor in sociology. He then returned home to South Dakota to attend medical school at the University of South Dakota. During medical school, he participated in the competitive Howard Hughes Medical Institute – National Institutes of Health Research Scholars Program and was awarded the Donald L. Alcott, M.D. Award for Clinical Promise. He graduated summa cum laude in 2009. He completed his diagnostic radiology residency at the Massachusetts General Hospital of Harvard Medical School in Boston, MA ...
Source: radRounds - February 21, 2020 Category: Radiology Authors: Robin Pine Miles Source Type: blogs
Renaissance Rads: Dr. Supriya Gupta MD
Dr. Supriya Gupta MD is a Radiologist at AMITA Health St. Mary ’s Hospital - Kankakee, IL Tell us about your area of clinical expertise within your practice/organization: I am responsible for pretty much all radiology studies except vascular IR, with a focus on neuroradiology and breast imaging, two image-intensive subspecialties. Along with that I look at the IT and dose sub-committee at the local site, advising solutions which benefit us and integrate the best technology with the highest benefit to cost ratio. I am also responsible for supervising quality metrics in the radiology department, with emphasis on mammograp...
Source: radRounds - February 21, 2020 Category: Radiology Authors: Robin Pine Miles Source Type: blogs
U.S. Government Accuses Yale of Discriminating Against Older Radiologists
Yale New Haven Hospital is under fire from federal prosecutors for allegations that the prestigious medical center ’sLate Career Practitioner Policy discriminates and humiliates older physicians. This month, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) filed a lawsuit against the hospital accusing them of forcing radiologists to submit to neuropsychological and eye exams in order to keep their staff privileges. Physicians under 70 were not obligated to undergo these evaluations. The EEOC claimed that Yale ’s policy was enacted regardless of suspicions that doctors were experiencing neurological impairments. Off...
Source: radRounds - February 21, 2020 Category: Radiology Authors: Julie Morse Source Type: blogs
Using a Plant Virus to Create a Contrast Medium
Researchers at the University of Texas Dallas (UTD) are playing with alchemy by transforming a virus into an organic radical contrast agent (ORCA), an alternative to gadolinium-based contrast agents to be used in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) procedures. ORCA molecules had been previously considered too dim for scanning and were easily eradicated by vitamin C in the body. UTD researchers found that by connecting the molecules to a tobacco mosaic virus, a virus that attacks plant cells and disrupts cell activity, they were able to eliminate those issues and make the ORCA an effective agent. Once the ORCA was attached...
Source: radRounds - February 21, 2020 Category: Radiology Authors: Julie Morse Source Type: blogs
Renaissance Rad Feature: Meet AJ Gunn, MD
AJ Gunn, M.D. graduated magna cum laude from Brigham Young University in Provo, UT, earning a BS in exercise physiology with a minor in sociology. He then returned home to South Dakota to attend medical school at the University of South Dakota. During medical school, he participated in the competitive Howard Hughes Medical Institute – National Institutes of Health Research Scholars Program and was awarded the Donald L. Alcott, M.D. Award for Clinical Promise. He graduated summa cum laude in 2009. He completed his diagnostic radiology residency at the Massachusetts General Hospital of Harvard Medical School in Boston, MA ...
Source: radRounds - February 21, 2020 Category: Radiology Authors: Robin Pine Miles Source Type: blogs
Renaissance Rad Feature: Dr. Supriya Gupta MD
Dr. Supriya Gupta MD is a Radiologist specializing in neuroradiology at AMITA Health St. Mary ’s Hospital - Kankakee, IL Tell us about your area of clinical expertise within your practice/organization: Dr. Gupta: I am responsible for pretty much all radiology studies except vascular IR, with a focus on neuroradiology and breast imaging, two image-intensive subspecialties. Along with that I look at the IT and dose sub-committee at the local site, advising solutions which benefit us and integrate the best technology with the highest benefit to cost ratio. I am also responsible for supervising quality metrics in the ra...
Source: radRounds - February 4, 2020 Category: Radiology Authors: Robin Pine Miles Source Type: blogs
