Top 5 Blogs in February
From advice on peer review to a perspective on the screening mammography recommendations, these are the most popular blogs on Diagnostic Imaging this month.
From advice on peer review to a perspective on the screening mammography recommendations, these are the most popular blogs on Diagnostic Imaging this month.
1. Smile, Radiologists - Doug Burnette, MD, reminds his fellow radiologists to treat others as they want to be treated. “With decreasing reimbursement, increasing workloads, and increasing stress in radiology, it is difficult at times to smile and put on that happy face,” he writes, then he explains why you should.
2. How to Do Peer Review in Radiology - Richard Woodcock, MD, offers a few notes on which methods of peer review should be used. He likens the process to Wile E. Coyote running over -and falling into - a canyon: “Unless our peers help us to improve, we don’t even know when we’ve fallen into the canyon.”
3. Virtual Second Opinion Services for Imaging Taking Hold - In this guest blog, John Karis, MD, shares his experiences at Barrow Neurological Institute, which has been using an online virtual second opinion service for imaging cases.
4. Why the Screening Mammography Recommendations are Flawed - On the heels of the controversial BMJ study this month, Ken Keller, MD, offers his insights into why the study and the USPSTF recommendations are deeply flawed.
5. Robbing Dr. Peter to Pay Dr. Paul - Regular blogger Eric Postal, MD, delivers another sharp commentary on the state of reimbursements. Think it’s fair to play Robin Hood between primary care and specialist physicians, he asks. “Good luck finding someone who deserves to be looted some more.”
Emerging AI Algorithm Shows Promise for Abbreviated Breast MRI in Multicenter Study
April 25th 2025An artificial intelligence algorithm for dynamic contrast-enhanced breast MRI offered a 93.9 percent AUC for breast cancer detection, and a 92.3 percent sensitivity in BI-RADS 3 cases, according to new research presented at the Society for Breast Imaging (SBI) conference.
The Reading Room Podcast: Current Perspectives on the Updated Appropriate Use Criteria for Brain PET
March 18th 2025In a new podcast, Satoshi Minoshima, M.D., Ph.D., and James Williams, Ph.D., share their insights on the recently updated appropriate use criteria for amyloid PET and tau PET in patients with mild cognitive impairment.
Can Abbreviated Breast MRI Have an Impact in Assessing Post-Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy Response?
April 24th 2025New research presented at the Society for Breast Imaging (SBI) conference suggests that abbreviated MRI is comparable to full MRI in assessing pathologic complete response to neoadjuvant chemotherapy for breast cancer.
Clarius Mobile Health Unveils Anterior Knee Feature for Handheld Ultrasound
April 23rd 2025The T-Mode Anterior Knee feature reportedly offers a combination of automated segmentation and real-time conversion of grayscale ultrasound images into color-coded visuals that bolster understanding for novice ultrasound users.
