Enhancing quality assurance in radiotherapy for gynaecological cancers: implementation of an on-demand peer review process
CONCLUSIONS: An on-demand peer review system was feasible and resulted in clinically meaningful, major modifications in the target volumes for 53% of patients.ADVANCES IN KNOWLEDGE: Gynaecological cancers require ongoing peer review to ensure quality of care in radiotherapy. A flexible on-demand system not only ensures that patient treatment start is not delayed but also has an important educational role for junior trainees.PMID:38401533 | DOI:10.1093/bjr/tqae019 (Source: The British Journal of Radiology)
Source: The British Journal of Radiology - February 24, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: Tapesh Bhattacharyya Santam Chakraborty Rimpa Basu Achari Indranil Mallick Moses Arunsingh Shashank Shenoy Vishnu Harilal Vezokhoto Phesao Shaurav Maulik Nisarga Vontikoppal Manjunath Prattusha Mukherjee Nivedita Sarkar Avinaba Sinha Sebanti Sarkar Bhanu Source Type: research
Evaluation of a novel patient-specific quality assurance phantom for robotic single-isocentre, multiple-target stereotactic radiosurgery, and stereotactic radiotherapy
CONCLUSIONS: A novel spherical phantom was evaluated for the CyberKnife system and achieved acceptable PSQA passing rates using TG218 recommendations. The phantom can measure true-composite dose and offers high-resolution results for PSQA, making it a valuable device for robotic radiosurgery.ADVANCES IN KNOWLEDGE: This is the first study on PSQA of 3 targets concurrently on the CyberKnife system.PMID:38401536 | DOI:10.1093/bjr/tqae011 (Source: The British Journal of Radiology)
Source: The British Journal of Radiology - February 24, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: Qianyi Xu Yevgeniy Vinogradskiy Jimm Grimm Wei Nie Pamela Dupre Ashish K Chawla Gopal Bajaj Haihua Yang Tamara LaCouture Jiajin Fan Source Type: research
Improving image quality consistency and diagnostic accuracy in lower extremity CT angiography using a split-bolus contrast injection protocol
CONCLUSIONS: Compared with the fixed-bolus injection scheme, the split-bolus injection scheme improves the image quality consistency and diagnostic accuracy especially for the infrapopliteal segment arteries in lower extremity CTA.PMID:38379411 | DOI:10.1093/bjr/tqae036 (Source: The British Journal of Radiology)
Source: The British Journal of Radiology - February 21, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: Qian Tian Shumeng Zhu Yannan Cheng Jianying Li Tingting Qu Xiaoqian Jia Le Cao Lihong Chen Jianxin Guo Source Type: research
Fully automated CT imaging biomarkers for opportunistic prediction of future hip fractures
CONCLUSION: Opportunistic use of automated CT bone, muscle, and fat measures can identify patients at higher risk for future hip fracture, regardless of the indication for CT imaging.ADVANCES IN KNOWLEDGE: CT data can be leveraged opportunistically for further patient evaluation, with early intervention as needed. These novel AI tools analyze CT data to determine a patient's future hip fracture risk.PMID:38379423 | DOI:10.1093/bjr/tqae041 (Source: The British Journal of Radiology)
Source: The British Journal of Radiology - February 21, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: Daniel Liu John W Garrett Alberto A Perez Ryan Zea Neil C Binkley Ronald M Summers Perry J Pickhardt Source Type: research
Improving image quality consistency and diagnostic accuracy in lower extremity CT angiography using a split-bolus contrast injection protocol
CONCLUSIONS: Compared with the fixed-bolus injection scheme, the split-bolus injection scheme improves the image quality consistency and diagnostic accuracy especially for the infrapopliteal segment arteries in lower extremity CTA.PMID:38379411 | DOI:10.1093/bjr/tqae036 (Source: The British Journal of Radiology)
Source: The British Journal of Radiology - February 21, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: Qian Tian Shumeng Zhu Yannan Cheng Jianying Li Tingting Qu Xiaoqian Jia Le Cao Lihong Chen Jianxin Guo Source Type: research
Fully automated CT imaging biomarkers for opportunistic prediction of future hip fractures
CONCLUSION: Opportunistic use of automated CT bone, muscle, and fat measures can identify patients at higher risk for future hip fracture, regardless of the indication for CT imaging.ADVANCES IN KNOWLEDGE: CT data can be leveraged opportunistically for further patient evaluation, with early intervention as needed. These novel AI tools analyze CT data to determine a patient's future hip fracture risk.PMID:38379423 | DOI:10.1093/bjr/tqae041 (Source: The British Journal of Radiology)
Source: The British Journal of Radiology - February 21, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: Daniel Liu John W Garrett Alberto A Perez Ryan Zea Neil C Binkley Ronald M Summers Perry J Pickhardt Source Type: research
Improving image quality consistency and diagnostic accuracy in lower extremity CT angiography using a split-bolus contrast injection protocol
CONCLUSIONS: Compared with the fixed-bolus injection scheme, the split-bolus injection scheme improves the image quality consistency and diagnostic accuracy especially for the infrapopliteal segment arteries in lower extremity CTA.PMID:38379411 | DOI:10.1093/bjr/tqae036 (Source: The British Journal of Radiology)
Source: The British Journal of Radiology - February 21, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: Qian Tian Shumeng Zhu Yannan Cheng Jianying Li Tingting Qu Xiaoqian Jia Le Cao Lihong Chen Jianxin Guo Source Type: research
Fully automated CT imaging biomarkers for opportunistic prediction of future hip fractures
CONCLUSION: Opportunistic use of automated CT bone, muscle, and fat measures can identify patients at higher risk for future hip fracture, regardless of the indication for CT imaging.ADVANCES IN KNOWLEDGE: CT data can be leveraged opportunistically for further patient evaluation, with early intervention as needed. These novel AI tools analyze CT data to determine a patient's future hip fracture risk.PMID:38379423 | DOI:10.1093/bjr/tqae041 (Source: The British Journal of Radiology)
Source: The British Journal of Radiology - February 21, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: Daniel Liu John W Garrett Alberto A Perez Ryan Zea Neil C Binkley Ronald M Summers Perry J Pickhardt Source Type: research
Improving image quality consistency and diagnostic accuracy in lower extremity CT angiography using a split-bolus contrast injection protocol
CONCLUSIONS: Compared with the fixed-bolus injection scheme, the split-bolus injection scheme improves the image quality consistency and diagnostic accuracy especially for the infrapopliteal segment arteries in lower extremity CTA.PMID:38379411 | DOI:10.1093/bjr/tqae036 (Source: The British Journal of Radiology)
Source: The British Journal of Radiology - February 21, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: Qian Tian Shumeng Zhu Yannan Cheng Jianying Li Tingting Qu Xiaoqian Jia Le Cao Lihong Chen Jianxin Guo Source Type: research
Fully automated CT imaging biomarkers for opportunistic prediction of future hip fractures
CONCLUSION: Opportunistic use of automated CT bone, muscle, and fat measures can identify patients at higher risk for future hip fracture, regardless of the indication for CT imaging.ADVANCES IN KNOWLEDGE: CT data can be leveraged opportunistically for further patient evaluation, with early intervention as needed. These novel AI tools analyze CT data to determine a patient's future hip fracture risk.PMID:38379423 | DOI:10.1093/bjr/tqae041 (Source: The British Journal of Radiology)
Source: The British Journal of Radiology - February 21, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: Daniel Liu John W Garrett Alberto A Perez Ryan Zea Neil C Binkley Ronald M Summers Perry J Pickhardt Source Type: research
State-of-the-art for contrast-enhanced mammography
Br J Radiol. 2024 Jan 20:tqae017. doi: 10.1093/bjr/tqae017. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTContrast-enhanced mammography (CEM) is an emerging breast imaging technology with promise for breast cancer screening, diagnosis, and procedural guidance. However, best uses of CEM in comparison with other breast imaging modalities such as tomosynthesis, ultrasound, and MRI remain inconclusive in many clinical settings. This review article summarizes recent peer-reviewed literature, emphasizing retrospective reviews, prospective clinical trials, and meta-analyses published from 2020 to 2023. The intent of this article is to supplement...
Source: The British Journal of Radiology - February 20, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: Matthew F Covington Samantha Salmon Bradley D Weaver Laurie L Fajardo Source Type: research
The dosimetric parameters impact on local recurrence in stereotactic radiotherapy for brain metastases
CONCLUSION: These results show the importance of a BED10 > 50 Gy associated with a prescription isodose <80% to optimize LC during SRT for BM.ADVANCES IN KNOWLEDGE: Isodose, BED and GTV volume were significantly associated with LC. A low isodose improves LC without increasing the risk of radionecrosis.PMID:38377402 | DOI:10.1093/bjr/tqae029 (Source: The British Journal of Radiology)
Source: The British Journal of Radiology - February 20, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: Camille Berthet Fran çois Lucia Vincent Bourbonne Ulrike Schick Isabelle Lecouillard Coralie Le Deroff Anais Barateau Renaud de Crevoisier Joel Castelli Source Type: research
AI in imaging: the regulatory landscape
Br J Radiol. 2024 Jan 4:tqae002. doi: 10.1093/bjr/tqae002. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTArtificial intelligence (AI) methods have been applied to medical imaging for several decades, but in the last few years, the number of publications and the number of AI-enabled medical devices coming on the market have significantly increased. While some AI-enabled approaches are proving very valuable, systematic reviews of the AI imaging field identify significant weaknesses in a significant proportion of the literature. Medical device regulators have recently become more proactive in publishing guidance documents and recognizing sta...
Source: The British Journal of Radiology - February 17, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: Derek L G Hill Source Type: research
Prediction of cervical lymph node metastasis in differentiated thyroid cancer based on radiomics models
CONCLUSIONS: Although radiomics-based models for cervical lymphatic metastasis in DTC have been demonstrated to have moderate diagnostic capabilities, broader data, standardized radiomics features, robust feature selection, and model exploitation are still needed in the future.ADVANCES IN KNOWLEDGE: The radiomics models showed great potential in detecting malignant lymph nodes in thyroid cancer.PMID:38366237 | DOI:10.1093/bjr/tqae010 (Source: The British Journal of Radiology)
Source: The British Journal of Radiology - February 17, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: Jingshi Mu Yuan Cao Xiao Zhong Wei Diao Zhiyun Jia Source Type: research
Differentiation of acute coronary syndrome with radiomics of pericoronary adipose tissue
CONCLUSIONS: Identification models constructed based on the radiomics signatures of PCAT are expected to be an effective tool for identifying patients with ACS.ADVANCES IN KNOWLEDGE: The radiomics signatures of PCAT and FAI values are expected to differentiate between patients with ACS, CCS and those without CAD on imaging.PMID:38366613 | DOI:10.1093/bjr/tqae032 (Source: The British Journal of Radiology)
Source: The British Journal of Radiology - February 17, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: Mengyuan Jing Huaze Xi Jianqing Sun Hao Zhu Liangna Deng Tao Han Bin Zhang Yuting Zhang Junlin Zhou Source Type: research
