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Child Centered Care could be a cost-effective way to reduce general anesthesia needs.

Attracting good talent doesn't have to be so hard-but you do need to put in a little effort. 

While the fear of being replaced by a machine may be real, the potential AI offers radiologists should not be ignored.

The difference between one group and the next may lie deep in the details.

Moving to a fully automated protocol would allow for more widespread implementation of the assessment.

Biggest increase in retroperitoneal, soft tissue, and transabdominal GU studies.

If referring physicians would say what they really want, the life of a radiologist would be much easier.

D-dimer tests and prediction rules should be incorporated into a decision support tool to curb overordering of CTPA for suspected pulmonary embolism.

Clinical and imaging biomarkers were associated with intracranial thrombus recanalization among patients with acute ischemic stroke.

An Erratic History and A Gleaming Future

Coverage for prostate MRIs results in challenges for patients and referring physicians seeking to obtain ready access.

MRI after 12 weeks of therapy predicts complete pathologic response to neoadjuvant chemotherapy.

Etiology of liver disease and CT technique did not affect staging accuracy.

Imaging is often one of the first targets of budget cutters, but patient care may suffer as a result.

Can you properly diagnose this 45-year-old patient?

RT-PC MRI yields velocity distributions across the entire vessel lumen.

FDG PET-CT imaging could be of additional value when disease recurrence is suspected despite negative or equivocal CT findings.

Findings are due to higher spatial resolution and comparable equivalent doses.

The retroperitoneal space planes count was not useful for the diagnosis of complicated appendicitis.

Screening at age 40 detects more stage 1 breast cancers.

Only 11 children out of 80 who participated in the study required anesthesia.

Cardiac stress tests and exposure to radioactivity may not be needed for assessment of CAD.

Computed tomography method compares well in detecting and localizing scarring in patients with heart failure.

With a hot market for radiology jobs, here's what to consider before making the leap to a new position.

Higher cerebrospinal fluid gadolinium concentrations were detected within the first eight hours after gadolinium-based contrast agent administration.

Despite recommendations, shared decision-making for lung cancer screening in practice may be far from what is intended by guidelines.

Older age, multiple traumas lead to missed injuries on whole-body CT.

Despite undergoing more imaging outside the VA system, men with low-risk prostate cancer don’t show an improvement in care quality.

Better to leave an old job – and boss – as friends than enemies

Provide better patient care and improved provider relationships.