Kate Madden Yee[email protected]Medical, Legal, and PracticeIt's official: Pandemic led to more stress and new work practicesThe COVID-19 pandemic has boosted anxiety and stress levels among radiographers and caused significant changes in working methods and workload, a U.K. study has found.July 18, 2021Clinical NewsMRI for prostate cancer screening reduces unnecessary biopsiesSwedish researchers have found that using MRI for prostate cancer screening finds clinically significant cancer and reduces unnecessary biopsies, according to a study published on 9 July in the New England Journal of Medicine.July 18, 2021Clinical NewsSwedish MRI study adds momentum to prostate cancer screeningA group from the Karolinska in Stockholm has reported that using MRI for prostate cancer screening finds clinically significant cancer and reduces unnecessary biopsies. The team published its results on 9 July in the New England Journal of Medicine.July 13, 2021Clinical NewsLet it be: New reflections on the origins and early days of CTCT was first used clinically in Wimbledon, England, in 1971 to identify a brain tumor in a 41-year-old woman. The scanner was made by EMI, a company better known for marketing the music of the Beatles. NEJM has published an essay to mark the modality's 50th anniversary.July 8, 2021Clinical NewsAdvanced CT can help assess outcome in abdominal surgeryA novel Dutch study involving 369 patients with ventral hernias who underwent abdominal wall reconstruction has shown that preoperative CT helps predict the complexity and outcomes of abdominal surgery more accurately than surgeons' judgment.July 7, 2021Artificial IntelligenceDeep learning can help identify carotid calcium on CT scansA research team from the Erasmus Medical Center in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, has found that a deep-learning algorithm performs comparably to human readers when it comes to identifying intracranial carotid artery calcification on noncontrast CT scans.July 4, 2021CTProkop predicts the next frontiers of CT technologyOver the past 30 years, CT technology has rapidly evolved, and it is now mature. So what are its next frontiers? Further automation and better interventional support, according to a presentation by Prof. Dr. Mathias Prokop, PhD, delivered on 13 July at the ECR in Vienna.June 30, 2021Clinical NewsChest CT can help identify incidental and suspicious breast lesionsRadiologists should keep in mind breast cancer when interpreting chest CT scans acquired in women for other indications, according to researchers from the University Hospital Regensburg in Germany. A thorough examination of the breast on routine chest CT exams is crucial, they say.June 20, 2021Clinical NewsDamadian causes a stir with reflections on early days of MRIThe ever-controversial Dr. Raymond Damadian has reiterated his conviction that the development of MRI was a gift from God. He shared his latest thoughts on the early days of the modality in a fireside chat at the recent International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine annual meeting.May 30, 2021Clinical News7T MRI can add value in tricky lower-extremity MSK cases7-tesla MRI isn't easy "out-of-the-box" imaging, but if you use the right protocol, it can be very effective, even for sports imaging, Swiss musculoskeletal (MSK) experts have reported.May 23, 2021Previous PagePage 15 of 42Next PageTop StoriesMolecular ImagingDublin team evaluates radiation dose in PSMA PET/CTReducing average injected dose and uptake time in prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA) PET/CT can lead to improved patient throughput, according to Irish researchers.CTBelgium moves ahead with novel radiology referral schemeCTAssessing CT image quality: Which method is best?CTCT pearls from Ireland’s top orthopedic hospitalMolecular ImagingSPECT/CT identifies prostate cancer patients with poor outcomes