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Swedish team advocates daily QC checks for mammography
Automated daily quality control (QC) implementation can transform mammography safety and efficiency through the early detection of equipment issues, researchers have reported.
August 6, 2025
Daily quality control of mammography equipment with a 40 cm plexiglass block covering the entire detector. Photo courtesy of Tanny Visanuyanont et al and presented at EuroSafe 2025.
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Strategic plan for radiology leads to strong protests in France
A report by two French bodies has led to an angry response from private radiologists, who claim the authors want to "establish a health dictatorship" and support "the death of private medicine."
July 21, 2025
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Ukraine hosts international cardiovascular conference
Further evidence of Ukraine’s ongoing commitment to medical education was provided by the two-day conference “Modern Cardiovascular Interventions: Lviv Forum.” It attracted around 360 onsite attendees and 870 virtual delegates.
June 20, 2025
Attendees from across Ukraine were onsite for the congress. All photos courtesy of Heart Center Lviv and Danylo Halytsky Lviv National Medical University.
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New evidence emerges on U.K. radiology’s workforce crisis
Two major reports published today reveal the huge workforce problems facing the U.K. radiology and oncology sectors and the ever-greater reliance on outsourcing.
June 5, 2025
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MRI proves value in pelvic floor disorders
MR defecography now plays a central role in the preoperative evaluation of patients with pelvic floor dysfunction, award-winning researchers have reported.
May 26, 2025
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Imaging unveils overlooked orbital findings
Award-winning Spanish researchers have spent two years collecting cases of orbital findings. They’ve now summarized their results and shared their experiences.
April 14, 2025
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Radiomics shows value in predicting prostate cancer survival
Analysis indicates many radiomic features have prognostic value in prostate cancer, but they do not always improve the accuracy of survival prediction.
February 13, 2025
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Womens Imaging
Wearable coil for breast MRI can bring major clinical benefits
Supine breast MRI with a lightweight radiofrequency coil vest can provide accurate lesion positioning, Austrian researchers have reported.
February 5, 2025
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Radiology can play central role in humanizing mortality
Radiology is uniquely positioned to have a pivotal role in shaping a more compassionate approach to mortality, according to two leading researchers in postmortem imaging.
January 27, 2025
Postmortem CT with coronary angiography and positive contrast highlights the precise location of myocardial rupture within the left ventricular wall, showcasing the value of contrast-enhanced imaging in providing accurate diagnoses without the need for autopsy.
Womens Imaging
MRI ensures clarity and precision on vulvar pathologies
MRI allows precise evaluation of rare vulvar pathologies, differentiating benign from malignant lesions, and is crucial for tailored clinical approaches.
January 16, 2025
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PET proves clinical value in mapping movement disorders
Brain F-18 DOPA PET imaging is an increasingly valuable tool to study the dopaminergic pathway to differentiate Parkinson's disease from other parkinsonian syndromes.
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PET scans tie fast food to altered blood flow in the heart
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PET proves clinical value in mapping movement disorders
By Philip Ward
Brain F-18 DOPA PET imaging is an increasingly valuable tool to study the dopaminergic pathway to differentiate Parkinson's disease from other parkinsonian syndromes.
August 14, 2025
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PET scans tie fast food to altered blood flow in the heart
By Will Morton
Ultraprocessed foods may acutely affect vascular and brain function, a new study has shown.
August 13, 2025
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Why I’m still so suspicious of AI
By Dr. Chris Hammond
AI systems are remarkable achievements, but there is a way to go before I’ll lift my scepticism of their role as anything other than a tool to be deployed judiciously and alongside other, human, solutions, writes clinical radiologist Dr. Chris Hammond.
August 12, 2025
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Experts issue statement on risks and benefits of CT
By Maryam Payne
Radiologists must address patients' concerns about the risks of CT without alarming them unnecessarily, according to a group of senior European specialists.
August 12, 2025
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French team focuses on accidental and abusive head trauma in infants
By Kate Madden Yee
CT can help clinicians differentiate accidental head trauma from trauma caused by abuse in infants, researchers from Paris have reported.
August 11, 2025
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CLAUD-IT develops guideline for nuclear medicine
By Maryam Payne
CLAUD-IT, the EU's multidisciplinary project launched a year ago, has developed NuCline, a clinical audit guideline for nuclear medicine.
August 11, 2025
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AI helps clinicians identify misplaced endotracheal tubes
By Will Morton
AI assistance can improve the ability of clinicians to identify misplaced endotracheal tubes on chest x-rays, U.K. researchers have reported.
August 8, 2025
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Beware of mimics of female reproductive tract obstruction
By Philip Ward
Building up an understanding of imaging mimics of female reproductive tract obstruction helps to guide anatomic localization and prevent interpretive errors, according to a new analysis.
August 7, 2025
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Swedish team advocates daily QC checks for mammography
By Edna Astbury-Ward, PhD
Automated daily quality control (QC) implementation can transform mammography safety and efficiency through the early detection of equipment issues, researchers have reported.
August 6, 2025
Daily quality control of mammography equipment with a 40 cm plexiglass block covering the entire detector. Photo courtesy of Tanny Visanuyanont et al and presented at EuroSafe 2025.
Fast-tracking of overseas radiologists looms in Australia
By Philip Ward
Radiologists keen to work in Australia may soon find it far easier to do so. Despite vocal domestic opposition, the government is forging ahead with its plan to fast-track overseas applicants for radiology jobs.
August 5, 2025
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French experts reflect on 30 years of CT colonography
By Maryam Payne
CT colonography may play a key future role in radiological staging, according to an article posted on 31 July by Insights into Imaging.
August 5, 2025
Lateral spreading tumors (LSTs). (a–c) Example of LST-non-granular (LST-NG). (a) Sagittal 2D-image with 40–400-HU abdominal window setting indicates a large 5.6-cm lesion with subtle diffuse thickening of the rectal wall (white arrows); the surface is partially covered by a thin layer of orally administered contrast agent. (b) The appearance of the villous mat on the 3D endoscopic view highlights the nodular aspect (white arrows) at the periphery of the lesion. (c) The optical colonoscopy view with the final diagnosis of a carpet villous adenoma with low-grade dysplasia. (d–f) Example of an LST-granular (LST-G) lesion. (d) Sagittal 2D image indicating nodular thickening of the rectum wall with a 10-mm nodule (white arrow). (e) The 3D endoscopic view visualized the irregular LST with a large nodule (white arrow), similar to (f) the endoscopic image obtained the same day after CTC. It confirmed the diagnosis and allowed mucosectomy with a final pathology report of a tubulous lesion with high-grade dysplasia.
In-bore MRI-targeted biopsy effective in prostate cancer
By Will Morton
Concordance between biopsy and surgical grade groups was moderate (60.2%), with a risk of undergrading, researchers reported.
August 4, 2025
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