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After adjusting for traditional vascular risk factors, radiologists encourage aggressive monitoring of COVID-19 patients for blood flow changes to the brain.

Newly created peptide antagonist outperforms standard agonist imaging agent in head-to-head comparison.

Database intended to be the largest open database of COVID-19-related imaging worldwide.

Diagnostic Imaging Weekly Scan: June 26, 2020

Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children appearing in pediatric patients with COVID-19 infection and exposure.

Patients who test negative with RT-PCR show lower levels of pulmonary consolidation on chest CT, indicating earlier disease.

Radiologists using RSNA classification system largely agree on image assessments.

Scans show greater amyloid accumulation in the brains of older adults who get less than six hours sleep nightly.

Cryoablation offers patients with early-stage kidney cancer comparable results to surgery.

UTE-MRI can be a valuable alternative in situations where repeated radiation exposure is of concern.

Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers see “untapped potential” for artificial intelligence tools.

When added to exercise electrocardiography, CTA can improve five-year risk prediction.

The modality is an effective, reliable alternative to chest CT or chest X-ray in this vulnerable population.

A five-tiered approach to cross-sectional interventional procedures can help radiologists determine which patients to treat first, minimizing likelihood of viral transmission.

Researchers from Mount Sinai examine and assess the imaging modalities used to evaluate patients positive for the virus.

Diagnostic Imaging's Weekly Scan: May 29, 2020

Research shows 77 percent of children who are confirmed positive for the virus have no findings via chest CT.

Patient isolation bag could not only reduce risk of viral transmission, but could also streamline CT workflow.

Radiology department staff have the ability – and responsibility – to calm patient anxieties about imaging studies and the virus during the pandemic, says one radiology supervisor.

Software supports CT and X-ray chest imaging.

Half of patients hospitalized who have neurological findings for acute stroke could die.

Research reveals lung findings not typically associated with viral pneumonia.

Model could help detect the virus, isolate patients, and prevent disease spread.

Results show COVID-19-positive patients with BMI greater than 30 are at significantly higher PE risk.

Diagnostic Imaging's Weekly Scan: May 15, 2020