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.
Functional MRI Reveals Secrets to Baby-Brain Activity, Opening Door to Rehabilitating Injured Brains
November 28th 2020fMRI scans show that babies’ brain activity can be influenced through associative learning, presenting a potential strategy for promoting the development of life-long skills in infants who have injured brains.
Diagnostic Imaging's Weekly Scan: Nov. 27, 2020
November 27th 2020Low-dose CT for lung cancer screening offers significant benefits for detection and follow-up, but utilization, to date, has been low. Debra S. Dyer, M.D., chair of the American College of Radiology's Lung Cancer Screening 2.0 Committee discusses what the screening provides and the challenges to more widespread implementation.
“The State of Lung Cancer”: Single-Digit Low-Dose CT Screening and Significant Outcomes Disparities
November 20th 2020Third annual report from the American Lung Association reveals 94 percent of high-risk eligible patients are not getting screening with LDCT, and access and outcomes are worse for racial and ethnic minorities.
The Reading Room: NYU Langone and Facebook AI Partner for Faster MRIs
November 17th 2020In this episode, Dr. Michael Recht, chair of the radiology department at New York University Langone Health, discusses the partnership between NYU and Facebook AI that has created an accelerated MRI that is four times as fast as a standard MRI.