Dear AuntMinnieEurope Member,
What factors contribute to mammography errors and missed breast cancers? Which strategies are available to combat them?
These important questions have been addressed in a new Singapore-led analysis that also contains a comprehensive collection of educational case studies. Check out this week’s top story, and please forward the link to any colleagues who may be interested.
To boost the consistency of CT reporting, a respected group of Australian researchers is examining the implementation of a structured and standardized approach to creating reports using predefined templates. Find out more about the SCANPatient clinical trial in our special report.
If you missed Dr. Paul McCoubrie’s new column earlier this week, I’d recommend you read it now. In his thought-provoking discussion of the problem of the low incidence scan, he addresses the example of CT aortography.
In other news, a coroner has reported that delayed access to CT may have contributed to the death of a patient in the U.K. To reduce the risk of this happening again, he has highlighted a series of improvements that can be made within the radiology department.
When it comes to health technology assessments, the Dutch are among the best in the world. Researchers from Zwolle have evaluated the performance of an AI algorithm designed to assist in cervical spine fracture detection.
Philip Ward
Editor in Chief
AuntMinnieEurope.com