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Two days went by before a radiologist read the x-rays of an 8-year-old girl in Australia who had a broken neck and was sent home from the hospital with only pain pills, according to Britain’s Daily Mail. 

Two radiologists and a neurosurgeon have clinically pitched in to help veterinary specialists restore the health—and perhaps save the life—of a dog certified as an expert in water rescue.

Cognitive bias accounts for as much as three-quarters of malpractice suits filed against radiologists, according to findings published in 2013. A new paper lays out some ways rads can leverage quality-improvement (QI) projects to help steer clear of such mental shortcuts before they lead to missed or inaccurate diagnoses.

Long-term symptoms of concussions can now be predicted by doctors, after a team of researchers used functional MRI to track activity in the brain.

Two neurologists and a neuroradiologist had impressive concordance interpreting intracranial CT angiography images in a recent study in the Czech Republic, leading the authors to conclude that the neurologists’ diagnostic proficiency may point the way to faster interventions for acute stroke patients. 

Palos Community Hospital in Illinois will participate in a national Alzheimer’s study that will use a certain type of PET scan to help detect protein plaques found in the brain that play a role in contributing to the disease.

Chinese researchers have shown that adult pneumonia can be quite precisely diagnosed with lung ultrasound, according to a study conducted by members of the intensive care unit at Hebei General Hospital in the province of Hebei.