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Whitney J. Palmer has been with Diagnostic Imaging since 2011, serving as the Senior Editor since November 2019. She has 20 years experience in healthcare and academic medicine reporting.
10 Steps to Better Benefit-Risk Conversations
With both your adult and pediatric patients, be sure you are doing the best job at explaining both the benefits and risks of imaging studies.
Diagnostic Imaging's Weekly Scan: March 1, 2021, to March 5, 2021
Dangers of missing one screening mammogram; Rise of cardiac CT and MRI; Strategies to improve financial stability; Plus, Talking to patient about COVID-19 vaccine-related adenopathies.
Machine Learning with Contrast-Enhanced CT Can Help Identify Pulmonary Hypertension
An automated approach can be useful with patients who have indeterminate transthoracic echocardiograms.
AeroDR X90 X-ray Debuts at ECR 2021
Konica Minolta releases new system during annual meeting.
ECR 2021: Top Three Tips for Breast Imaging
Experts at ECR 2021 offer their top three tips for a variety of breast imaging techniques.
Hitachi Launches New Open MRI Systems at ECR 2021
Two new permanent MRI systems are designed to streamline workflow and truncate scan time by roughly one-third.
ECR 2021: A Hybrid AI Approach to Predicting COVID-19 Severity
Combining machine learning and deep learning with clinical data and chest X-rays can point to either mild or severe disease.
ECR 2021: ABUS as the Right Follow-up to Screening Women with Dense Breasts
For women with dense breasts, automated breast ultrasound offers advantages over supplemental screening with hand-held ultrasound.
Non-Imaging Biomarker Measurement Can Reduce Breast Biopsies by 30 Percent
Including a measurement in diffusion-weighted imaging on contrast-enhanced MRI can help women side-step unneeded procedures.
Carestream Highlights 7 Products at ECR 2021
Product offerings will showcase new glass-free detector and digital radiography solutions.
6 Steps to Better Imaging for Transgender Patients
Radiologists can play an active role in improving the healthcare experience for transgender patients, most of whom have had a negative imaging encounter.
A Good Habit: Consecutive Screening Mammograms Drop Breast Cancer Mortality by Half
Women who do not miss their screening mammography appointments are far less likely to die from breast cancer than women who either forego one – or all – exams.
Cardiac CT and MRI Use Are Up, But Still Lagging Behind Other Heart Studies
More radiologists are providing CT and MRI services, but these studies still fall behind echocardiography and nuclear medicine.
Diagnostic Imaging's A Look Ahead: March 1, 2021, to March 5, 2021
Here's what to expect this week on Diagnostic Imaging.
The Radiologist's Role in Improving DBT Access Equity
Radiologists may not order a DBT exam for African American patients, but they can participate in improving access to the screening.
MRI Shows Focused Ultrasound May Induce Immunological Response in Alzheimer’s Patients
Images reveal ultrasound therapy can effectively open and close the blood-brain barrier, opening the door for potential new Alzheimer’s treatments.
4D-Fueled AI with DCE-MRI Improves Breast Lesion Characterization
New method can help providers distinguish between benign and malignant breast lesions.
Diagnostic Imaging's Weekly Scan: Feb. 22, 2021, to Feb. 26, 2021
CT Colonography & Tumor Differentiation; COVID-19 & Leukoencephalopathy; MRI, the Angiography Suite, and Acute Ischemic Stroke; Plus, DBT, African American Women, & Decreased Access
Mammography Alternative Saves Lives in Low-to-Middle Income Countries
For women who do not have easy access to mammography, clinical breast examination has been shown to increase breast cancer detection and save lives.
X-ray Reveals Neuron Differences in Patients with Schizophrenia
High resolution, 3D images reveal differences in the structure of neurons from healthy brains and those from patients with schizophrenia.
A Pragmatic Approach: Harvard Breast Imagers Share Approach to COVID-19-Vaccine Adenopathies
The approach, based on ACR guidance, is intended to promote vaccine use while reducing patient anxiety and unnecessary imaging.
ACR Leader Assumes AMA Role
Ezequiel Silva III, M.D., will assume leadership of the AMA’s committee on Medicare policy payment on March 1.
MRI in the Angiography Suite – Can It Guide Treatment Decisions?
Using MRI in the angiography suite can help providers decide whether to continue with thrombectomy, to place stents, or to administer anti-thrombotic medications.
Fewer African American Women Screened with Digital Breast Tomosynthesis
While digital breast tomosynthesis improves cancer detection and recall rates among women of all ages and races, significantly fewer African American women have access to the exam.
CT Colonography Identifies Pre-Malignant Polyps with Machine-Based Learning Algorithm
Implementing a radiomics-based machine learning algorithm allows CT colonography to differentiate between benign and pre-cancerous polyps with high sensitivity and specificity.
Brain MRI Reveals Leukoencephalopathy Vulnerability in COVID-19 Patients
Images can show indications of rare condition that can affect white brain matter in patients who test positive for the virus.
Diagnostic Imaging's A Look Ahead: Feb. 22, 2021, to Feb. 26, 2021
Race, Lower Income, Less Education Reduce DBT Access
Women with less education, with lower income, or from racial and ethnic minority groups have less access to 3D mammography and the potential benefits it provides.
Diagnostic Imaging's Weekly Scan: Feb. 15, 2021, to Feb. 19, 2021
Mammography "Sweet Spot" Recall Rate; MRI for Early-Stage Testicular Cancer Follow-Up; COVID-19 and Body Self-Attack; Plus, Global Radiology
New X-ray Scanner Could Reduce Repeat Breast-Conserving Operations
New strategy can better detect any remaining malignant tissue intraoperatively, increasing surgeon confidence and decrease patient anxiety.