Home reporting is no bed of roses or panacea for radiology May 30, 2023 -- Home reporting can help to boost radiologists' productivity and avoid fatigue and burnout, but it requires careful planning, considerable thought, and rigorous attention to detail, according to a new 12-page free guide from the U.K. Royal College of Radiologists.Read More
Parizel: We must learn lessons from the great contrast media shortage May 29, 2023 -- A year on from the CT contrast media supply problems that caused severe disruption to medical imaging in many parts of the world, ESR Past President Prof. Paul Parizel, PhD, and his colleagues have presented the findings of their investigation into the crisis.Read More
Delayed use of SPECT/CT can improve prostate cancer detection May 29, 2023 -- Delaying SPECT/CT imaging by 15 hours after radiotracer injection can enable the identification of more tumors in patients with relapsed prostate cancer, a research group from the University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf in Germany has asserted.Read More
What can be done to predict relapse in prostate cancer cases? May 25, 2023 -- A nomogram can help to predict relapse in patients with prostate cancer who undergo prostate specific membrane antigen PET-guided radiotherapy after prostatectomy, according to a novel study from the University of Freiburg in Germany.Read More
German group finds wide variations in radiation exposure May 24, 2023 -- Radiation exposure is generally low among interventional radiologists who perform stroke treatments, yet shows a wide range, underscoring that further work is needed to keep doses as low as possible, a team from Heidelberg University Hospital has reported.Read More
Drunk in charge of a golf buggy: MSK radiologist avoids jail May 23, 2023 -- Musculoskeletal (MSK) radiologist Dr. Tom Entwisle has dodged a jail sentence after driving a golf buggy through the central business district of Adelaide while under the influence of alcohol, according to reports in the Australian media.Read More
Teaching guru gives 10 top tips for younger radiologists May 23, 2023 -- Build strong relationships with clinical colleagues, never compromise on standards, and keep a list of colleagues who will listen and offer sound advice. Those are among the tips from training expert Dr. John Curtis.Read More
CEM on par with breast MRI in lobular breast cancer staging May 22, 2023 -- Contrast-enhanced mammography (CEM) may be a viable alternative to breast MRI for preoperative staging of invasive lobular carcinoma, suggests a Dutch study led by Dr. Marc Lobbes, PhD, from Maastricht University.Read More
World record achieved in Nepal for x-ray at highest altitude May 22, 2023 -- Researchers have earned a new world record by conducting a chest x-ray exam of a patient on Mt. Everest in Nepal at a height of 5,364 meters. The team's leader, Mike Cairnie, has been dubbed "the Indiana Jones of radiology".Read More