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This channel newsfeed includes clinical content on treating patients or the clinical implications in a variety of cardiac subspecialties and disease states. The channel includes news on cardiac surgery, interventional cardiologyheart failure, electrophysiologyhypertension, structural heart disease, use of pharmaceuticals, and COVID-19.   

Daniela Pfeiffer, professor of radiology and medical director of the study

Dark field chest X-rays can improve diagnosis of COVID-related lung disease

The novel technology offers a lower-radiation alternative to CT while offering key information about infected lung tissue.

December 8, 2022

Little-known hereditary ataxia may gain understanding in the wake of high-profile NFL head traumas

A radiologist with a rare inherited neurological condition is drawing strength from, of all things, the NFL’s concussion protocol.

December 7, 2022

Virtual reading room remains popular post-pandemic among certain radiologists, referrers

A large academic medical center launched a virtual radiology reading room in 2020 to comply with COVID-related social distancing guidelines. Today the room is still something of a hit.

December 6, 2022
Jorge Soto, MD, chair of the RSNA Annual Meeting Program Planning Committee, chief of radiology, Boston Medical Center, and professor of medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, offers an overview of the trends, hot topics, and innovative research and technology at the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) 2022 meeting.

VIDEO: Key takeaways from RSNA 2022

Jorge Soto, MD, chair of the RSNA Annual Meeting Program Planning Committee, chief of radiology, Boston Medical Center, offers an overview of the trends, hot topics, research and technology at the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) 2022 meeting.

December 5, 2022
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New findings ‘challenge the use of imaging surveillance’ after any mastectomy

Regardless of whether or not they received reconstructive surgery, post-mastectomy patients probably need no follow-up imaging for breast cancer.

December 2, 2022

Radiology journal showcases top medical images of 2022

Capping the RSNA 2022 conference in Chicago, an RSNA editorial board has selected a 3D cinematic rendering as the single best radiological image of the year.

December 1, 2022

AI generates imitation lung X-rays replete with diagnosable pathologies

Stanford researchers have created synthetic yet highly realistic chest X-rays by customizing an open-source AI model called Stable Diffusion for rendering text as images.

December 1, 2022
Helga and Zohar, the phantom passengers, on the flight deck of the Orion spacecraft. NASA/LM/DLR photo

NASA's Artemis 1 moon mission using phantom technology familiar to imaging specialists

Ehsan Samei, PhD, president-elect of the American Association of Physicists in Medicine, helped NASA build medical phantoms that are literally out of this world. Samei detailed the project at RSNA 2022 in Chicago. 

November 30, 2022

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"This was an unneeded burden, which was solely adding to the administrative hassles of medicine," said American Society of Nuclear Cardiology President Larry Phillips.

SCAI and four other major healthcare organizations signed a joint letter in support of intravascular ultrasound. 

The newly approved AI models are designed to improve the detection of pulmonary embolisms and strokes in patients who undergo CT scans.

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