In the elusive pursuit of reconciling case volume and having an appropriate number of radiologists, the proverbial windsurfer may fare better than stand-up paddleboarders and daredevil surfers at navigating the waves of the profession.

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The use of a portable dual-energy X-ray detector in the ICU at one community hospital reportedly facilitated a 37.5 percent decrease in chest CT exams in comparison to the previous three months, according to research presented at the American Society of Emergency Radiology (ASER) meeting in Washington, D.C.

While noting the strength of MRI for complete staging of disease and ultrasound’s ability to provide local disease characterization, the authors of a new literature review suggest the two modalities offer comparable results for diagnosing pelvic endometriosis.

Diffusion-weighted MRI provided pooled sensitivity and specificity rates of 82 percent and 81 percent respectively for gauging patient response to concurrent chemoradiotherapy for esophageal cancer, according to new meta-analysis.

Two ultralow-dose photon counting CT protocols yielded satisfactory quality for diagnostic assessment in over 95 percent of patients who had post-transplant lung deformities, according to new research.

Results from a multicenter phase 3 trial showed that the PET/CT imaging agent (89Zr)Zr-girentuximab had an 85.5 percent mean sensitivity rate for the diagnosis of clear cell renal cell carcinoma.

Key opinion leaders examine the role of advanced imaging agents, particularly PSMA PET and other radiotracers, in identifying and defining oligometastatic disease in patients with prostate cancer.

Experts in radiology imaging evaluate the impact and efficacy of PSMA PET in improving early detection methods and refining prostate cancer staging processes.

Developed with breast ultrasound data from nearly 1,200 women, a model with mixed radiomic and autoencoder features had a 90 percent AUC for diagnosing breast cancer, according to new research.

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The imaging agent 18F-FAPI PET/CT demonstrated greater than a 45 percent higher sensitivity rate in comparison to 18F-FDG PET/CT for the detection of axillary and extraaxillary regional lymph node metastases, according to a lesion-based analysis from a recent study.

Facilitating natural contrast delivery through an intrauterine catheter, FemChec can be utilized for ultrasound assessment of fallopian tubes and may provide diagnostic confirmation for an emerging non-surgical option for permanent birth control.

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