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The Embolize Trial will test multiple procedures and assess any reduction in pain scores and medication usage.

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No one was injured in the incident, which originated from under the MRI machine.

In a study presented at the Society of Interventional Radiology Annual Scientific Meeting, the procedure reduced hysterectomies by 94%.

Prostate Cancer

The MRI-guided transurethral ultrasound ablation comes with minimal side effects, offering cancer patients an alternative to radiation or surgery.

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The change was made to comply with the information blocking rule in the 21st Century Cures Act.

Drug abuse | IV drug use

RNI hopes their research will provide a new tool to combat the opioid crisis.

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The enterprise imaging system is equipped with basic features for storage and sharing, with the option to upgrade.

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The study, presented at the Society of Interventional Radiology Annual Scientific Meeting, marks one of the first to use freezing on large tumors in the breast.

Meaningful Use and radiology

After day shifts began bleeding into night shifts at frustratingly frequent rates, one radiology practice in Kentucky devised a plan to get its lengthy worklists back on track—enter the “bunker shift.”

father of #MRI, Raymond Damadian

The science community lost a man who pioneered one of medical imaging’s most important developments when Raymond Vahan Damadian passed away August 3. 

The American College of Cardiology and American Heart Association have collaborated on a new update to the much-discussed 2021 chest pain guidelines. The American College of Emergency Physicians and Society for Cardiac Angiography and Interventions also contributed to the document.

Implementing an EHR cancer tracking system to review radiology reports for abnormal findings resulted in patients at one Veterans Affairs Hospital receiving their cancer diagnosis and treatment months earlier than those who were imaged before the system was put into place.

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Deep learning models can increase reader accuracy while simultaneously decreasing interpretation times when evaluating imaging for intracranial aneurysms.

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

"I see, at least for the next decade, this being a SPECT and PET world, not one or the other," explained Tim Bateman, MD.

Rads should learn more about employment negotiations before signing a contract, says Seetharam Chadalavada, MD, vice chair of radiology informatics at the University of Cincinnati.