Timothy Spence

Medical, Legal, and Practice
Austrian lawyer offers 3 tips for curbing 'litigosis'
As medical malpractice cases rise across Europe, radiologists can reduce the risk of lawsuits by being vigilant in documenting their diagnoses and information given to patients, advises Dr. Markus Ludvik, a Vienna-based specialist medical lawyer.
March 31, 2015
2014 12 29 14 22 40 231 Gavel 200
Previous Page
Page 2 of 2
Top Stories
Brain Abstract
CT
CT, MRI reveal hidden brain changes linked to increased fall risk
The changes can be indications of cerebrovascular disease, which is associated with future stroke, dementia, and higher mortality rates.
Screen Brain Spine Digital
Artificial Intelligence
Report: Leadership proves central to integration of radiology AI
Image courtesy of the Canadian Association of Radiologists Journal.
Artificial Intelligence
How accurate are AI-generated depictions of radiologists?
Justice Scales Fire 1
Medicolegal issues
Hospital doctor gets struck off for serious misconduct
Australian Flag
Organized Radiology Issues
Entire interventional radiology team resigns at Sydney hospital
More in Home
New advice issued on cardiac CT for prosthetic heart valves
By Maryam Payne
European and North American experts have published consensus guidance on the use of cardiac CT for prosthetic heart valve assessment.
June 20, 2025
Heart Pulmonary Trunk 400
Ukraine hosts international cardiovascular conference
By Edna Astbury-Ward, PhD
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.
McCoubrie on the mangling of medical English
By Dr. Paul McCoubrie
Radiologists should employ simplicity of phrase, avoid arcane jargon, and ensure reports are not Joycean, writes Dr. Paul McCoubrie.
June 19, 2025
Paul Mc Coubrie Summer 2024 Thumbnail 680174d0c0629
Swedish team shows clinical potential of tau PET scans
By Will Morton
Tau PET brain scans can help to identify the risk of clinical progression of Alzheimer’s disease in both the preclinical and symptomatic stages.
June 18, 2025
3 D Rendered Pet Machine 400
Hospital colleagues pay tribute to Prateek Joshi
By Philip Ward
Dr. Prateek Joshi, the radiologist who died in the Air India plane crash that killed at least 279 people, was cherished by everyone and has left a profound void, his hospital colleagues say.
June 17, 2025
During his four years working in the U.K., Dr. Prateek Joshi developed a love of walking in the Peak District in central England and eating fish and chips. Photo courtesy of UHDB.
CT advances in colorectal cancer survival
By Maryam Payne
Volumetric analysis can give more information than single-slice analysis about body composition, which is associated with survival in patients with colorectal cancer.
June 17, 2025
Examples of CT volumetric and single-slice images produced by Data Analysis Facilitation Suite (DAFS) v3.9 software are displayed.
Essen team tackles imaging deidentification tasks
By Maryam Payne
German researchers have developed an open-source AI tool that can help boost patient privacy by speeding up the deidentification of medical imaging data.
June 16, 2025
Computer Ai Human Face
Radiologist and family among Air India crash victims
By Philip Ward
A radiologist, his pathologist wife, and their three children have been named among the 240-plus victims of the Air India plane crash, according to a report posted by BBC News on 13 June.
June 13, 2025
The selfie of the family taken onboard the Air India flight before take-off.
PET/CT supports use of infliximab for cardiac sarcoidosis
By Will Morton
FDG-PET/CT imaging has provided new evidence that infliximab is an effective medication for treating cardiac sarcoidosis, a U.K. study has found.
June 11, 2025
Cs Pet Ct y2 A Pd6 Q Oa O Thumbnail
Tribunal suspends AI researcher for a year due to misconduct
By Philip Ward
A U.K. tribunal has suspended an AI researcher from Google Health for inappropriately messaging a 13-year-old patient while he was a medical student at Bristol Royal Hospital for Children.
June 10, 2025
Bristol Royal Hospital For Children Thumbnail
Liver cirrhosis: Team Hamburg presents latest findings
By Maryam Payne
Liver cirrhosis results in cardiac changes that are more extensive than previously thought, a German study has found.
June 10, 2025
Fig1 2025 06 09
Men appear more vulnerable to dynamic carotid plaque
By Liz Carey
Serial MR scans show different components within carotid atherosclerotic plaque may increase the risk of intraplaque hemorrhage, Dutch researchers have found.
June 9, 2025
101148 Radiol242248mr l Is R7 Zjg4w
Previous Page
Page 2 of 51
Next Page