Can a Physical Exam Alone Detect Thyroid Nodules? Can a Physical Exam Alone Detect Thyroid Nodules?
A thyroid physical exam didn ' t correlate with ultrasound finding in patients without symptoms of an enlarged thyroid, thought it showed better performance for large nodules.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Diabetes Headlines)
Source: Medscape Diabetes Headlines - April 5, 2024 Category: Endocrinology Tags: Diabetes & Endocrinology Source Type: news
Fujifilm, Brainlab partner on distribution of Arietta
Fujifilm Healthcare Americas and Brainlab have inked a partnership that sets Brainlab as the exclusive U.S. distributor of Arietta Precision Ultrasound for neurosurgery applications to be used with Brainlab's surgical navigation systems.
Brainlab will distribute Arietta Precision as a standalone product alongside and with its Ultrasound Navigation software. The company said that this offering is expected to be cleared by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and available in the U.S. in mid-2024. The combination of these technologies will offer neurosurgeons real-time insights through live intraoperative ultrasoun...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - April 4, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: AuntMinnie.com staff writers Tags: Industry News Source Type: news
AIUM president-elect previews UltraCon 2024
Attendees at this year’s UltraCon in Austin, TX, can look forward to the new research and technology to be highlighted -- as well as the solar eclipse that will take place during the conference.
UltraCon, formerly the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine (AIUM) annual meeting, from April 6 to 10 will feature research covering several areas in ultrasound, including point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS), elastography, contrast enhancement, and AI, among others.
“There’s that synergy that occurs when you get all these people together,” said David Jones, MD, president-elect of AIUM. “I think everybody is going t...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - April 4, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: Amerigo Allegretto Tags: Ultrasound Imaging Leaders Source Type: news
GE launches new ultrasound AI software
GE HealthCare (GEHC) has launched AI software called Caption AI for cardiac assessments using its Vscan Air SL handheld ultrasound scanners.The software includes an AutoEF feature that automatically calculates ejection fraction, which can save time for clinicians, as well as AutoCapture and Save Best Clip features for acquiring images, GE HealthCare said. Caption AI can also help nonexpert ultrasound users assess patients with real-time visual guidance and prompts on probe movements, and includes a quality meter to ensure that users obtain quality images.The company said it will debut the technology at the American Colleg...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - April 3, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: AuntMinnie.com staff writers Tags: Industry News Source Type: news
SNMMI to tackle Capitol Hill
The Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (SNMMI) will host its annual Hill Day on 5 in Washington, DC, with 65 members, patients, and industry colleagues set to lobby on key issues in the field.
On the agenda are discussions concerning the Nuclear Medicine Clarification Act of 2023 (H.R. 6815), which was introduced in the House on January 5. The legislation would direct the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) to revise its regulations on event reporting “to protect patients from unintended exposure to radiation during nuclear medicine procedures,” the SNMMI said in a recent announcement.
“The SNMMI i...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - April 3, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: AuntMinnie.com staff writers Tags: Industry News Nuclear Medicine Source Type: news
Ultrasound shows ties between uterine fibroid risk, family history
Ultrasound data shows that family history of uterine fibroids is a risk factor for incident fibroids in Black and African American women, a study published April 3 in JAMA Network Open found.
Researchers led by Christine Langton, PhD, from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences in Research Triangle Park, NC, found that this trend was especially prevalent when mothers were diagnosed at a younger age. They also found that maternal history was tied to increased fibroid growth.
"While we confirmed that earlier maternal diagnosis had the strongest association with fibroid incidence, we were surprised that inc...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - April 3, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: Amerigo Allegretto Tags: Ultrasound Womens Imaging Source Type: news
HPI study shows radiologists at MIPS disadvantage
Impeded by a smaller number of radiology-applicable quality measures, in 2021 radiologists in radiology-only practices scored significantly lower on relevant Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) gauges compared with other specialties.In contrast, those in multispecialty practices scored higher in the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) MIPS, although they rarely reported radiology-relevant MIPS quality measures, instead tracking those relevant to other specialties, according to a research letter from the Harvey L. Neiman Health Policy Institute (HPI) published April 3 in the American J...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - April 3, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: Kate Madden Yee Tags: Practice Management Source Type: news
Microwave Ablation a Safer Option for Multifocal Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma?
(MedPage Today) -- The use of microwave ablation to treat ultrasound-detected, multifocal papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) was associated with the same outcomes but fewer complications compared with surgical resection, according to results from... (Source: MedPage Today Radiology)
Source: MedPage Today Radiology - April 2, 2024 Category: Radiology Source Type: news
Microwave ablation on par with surgery for thyroid cancer survival
Microwave ablation may be a suitable alternative to surgical resection when it comes to ultrasound-detected thyroid cancer, a study published April 2 in Radiology found.
Researchers led by Zhen-Long Zhao, MD, from China-Japan Friendship Hospital in Beijing found no significant difference in progression-free survival rates between patients receiving ablation or surgery. Additionally, microwave ablation led to less blood loss, shorter incision length, and shorter procedure and hospitalization durations.
“Microwave ablation is a feasible option for selected patients with multifocal T1N0M0 papillary thyroid carcinoma,” Z...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - April 2, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: Amerigo Allegretto Tags: Ultrasound Source Type: news
Study finds decreases in imaging's share of all healthcare spending
Although medical imaging has frequently been considered a major culprit behind the growth of healthcare spending in the U.S., its share among employer-insured individuals actually decreased between 2010 and 2021, researchers have reported.
In fact, imaging's part fell from 10.5% to 8.9% during the decade, according to a team led by first author Michal Horný of Emory University School of Medicine and senior author Richard Duszak, MD, of the University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson. What's more, "nominal spending" (i.e., the sum of payments from health plans and patients to health care providers for imaging and ...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - March 29, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: Kate Madden Yee Tags: Economics Source Type: news
How are radiology practices impacted by annual changes to the MPFS?
Conclusion
Understanding the annual changes in Medicare’s fee schedules is useful when analyzing areas where the practice’s revenue might be increasing or decreasing. Many commercial payers base their fees on the Medicare table, although not all of them make the same changes, or at the same time, as Medicare does. The same volume-weighted analysis technique can be applied to commercial fee schedules, as well.
Healthcare Administrative Partners will continue to keep you abreast of the Medicare payment system.
Sandy Coffta is vice president of client services at Healthcare Administrative Partners.
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Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - March 29, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: Sandy Coffta Tags: Economics Source Type: news
Ultrasound procedure aims to better treat essential tremor and Parkinson ’s disease
A relatively new procedure using high-intensity focused ultrasound is aiming to better treat essential tremor and Parkinson ’s Disease. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines - March 29, 2024 Category: Biotechnology Authors: Connie Gentry Source Type: news
NYU Langone begins histotripsy for liver cancer
NYU Langone Health’s Perlmutter Cancer Center is using histotripsy for some liver cancer cases, it said in a March 28 blog post.
Histotripsy uses focused ultrasound to deliver external beams intended to destroy cancerous tissue while leaving surrounding tissue intact. Histotripsy could become an option for patients who might otherwise be unlikely candidates for radiation or other ablation techniques, according to NYU Langone Health.
"This device allows us to offer ablation to patients who would normally not be good candidates," said Mikhail Silk, MD, an interventional radiologist at NYU Langone who performed the proced...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - March 29, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: AuntMinnie.com staff writers Tags: Industry News Source Type: news
GE launches AI software for prostate imaging
GE HealthCare (GEHC) has launched AI-enabled software for ultrasound imaging systems called Prostate Volume Assist (PVA) designed to automate the manual process for generating prostate volume measurements.
The new AI software feature will be available for use on the bkActiv, bk3000/5000, and bkSpecto active imaging systems to assist urologists. The added functionality with PVA can determine calculations and measurements of the prostate with an automated, one-click process, the company said.
PVA on the bkActiv, bk3000/5000, and bkSpecto are available in key countries around the globe. GE HealthCare said it will debut the...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - March 27, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: AuntMinnie.com staff writers Tags: Industry News Subspecialties Genitourinary Radiology Source Type: news
Cryoablation effective in women with breast cancer
A minimally invasive procedure called cryoablation that uses ice to freeze and destroy tumors has proven effective for women with large breast cancer tumors, according to a study presented March 27 at the Society of Interventional Radiology (SIR) meeting in Salt Lake City.
The finding suggests the technique may provide a new treatment path for women who are not candidates for lumpectomy, or surgical removal, noted Yolanda Bryce, MD, an interventional radiologist at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York City, and senior author of the study.
“Surgery is still the best option for tumor removal, but there are ...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - March 27, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: Will Morton Tags: Interventional Breast Source Type: news
