Resident conferences that focus on mistakes result in higher quality of care
Residents who attend conferences that focus on missed or misinterpreted cases are 67% less likely to miss important findings when reading on-call musculoskeletal x-ray images, a new study shows.
View ArticleConsider the breast and lungs when determining thoracic imaging protocols
Carefully consider the radiation dose to the breast and lungs before deciding which CT protocol to use for thoracic imaging of individual patients, a new study cautions.
View ArticleLower contrast agent dose feasible in 320 row CT angiography
The analysis of 180 CT angiography studies done using a 320 detector row CT scanner found that a contrast media protocol based on 60 milliliters of iopamidol "had sufficient enhancement in more than...
View ArticleCanadian breast cancer screening guidelines would cost thousands of lives
The American College of Radiology today denounced new breast cancer screening guidelines by the Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health (CTFOPH), which recommend against annual screening of women ages...
View ArticleStudy identifies the danger of grill brushes
Rhode Island Hospital physicians identified six cases of accidental ingestion of wire grill brush bristles that required endoscopic or surgical removal. The paper calls attention to the need for the...
View ArticleLung nodule matching software dramatically increases radiologists' efficiency
An automated lung nodule matching program can improve radiologists' efficiency almost two-fold, a first of its kind study shows.
View ArticleUnexpected findings at multi-detector CT scans: Less reason to worry
A new study from Rhode Island Hospital reports that nearly seven percent of urologic multi-detector computed tomography (MDCT) scans for hematuria result in incidental findings that may be clinically...
View ArticleSupport for ultrasound first in pediatric appendicitis diagnosis
(HealthDay)—During the transition to an ultrasound-first paradigm for imaging acute appendicitis in pediatric patients, there does not seem to be any increase in complicated appendicitis diagnoses or a...
View ArticleLessons learned from SARS pandemic should inform current contagion protocols
In 2003, a novel coronavirus caused a pandemic that affected 26 countries. Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) was most prevalent in Asia; the number of cases in Singapore was second only to China.
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