Ultrasound

Complex studies in higher acuity patients are more likely to be interpreted by radiologists than nonradiologists.

Reconciling the technique and technology of ultrasound.

Using the American College of Radiology Thyroid Imaging Reporting and Data System criteria results in fewer biopsies and more accurate recommendations.

Ultrasound images can help clinicians track low-suspicion thyroid nodules following fine-needle aspiration biopsies.

Radiologists in the emergency department can help advocate for patients with opioid-use disorders.

Use of imaging for musculoskeletal extremities has increased significantly over the past 20 years.

Helping ultrasound meet its potential.

Adding automated breast US to regular screening of women with BRCA mutation and cancer detection.

Case History: 55-year-old with pain and swelling in left submandibular region.

FDA approves Philips’ ‘Small Parts’ ultrasound transducer.

Utility of both PI-RADS version 2 and MRI-ultrasound fusion biopsy for diagnosing prostate cancer.

Case History: 24-year-old male with enlarged cervical lymph nodes associated with weight loss and fever.

Case History: 49-year-old female presented with palpable right breast retroareolar mass.

The first choice for imaging adult patients with suspected appendicitis varies according to patient demographics and resource availability.

Ultrasound as an artform.

Using ultrasound as part of the FAST assessment for children with blunt abdominal trauma does not appear to improve quality of care.

Subsequent ultrasounds are more likely to occur when non-radiologists read initial ultrasounds in the emergency department than when radiologists read.

Radiographs can provide anatomic evaluation and appropriate starting point when investigating possible musculoskeletal infection.

Researchers determine quantitative ultrasound could be superior to conventional ultrasound for predicting fat acculturation in the liver.

Breast images performed outside cancer centers may be interpreted differently if reinterpreted at a cancer center.

Clinicians can use ultrasound to detect pediatric appendicitis, but not if the organ has perforated.

There is a higher chance that a follow-up examination will follow when nonradiologists interpret ultrasounds in the ER.

Case History: 35-year-old female presented with pain in the left paraumbilical region for two days, nausea and vomiting.

Appendiceal sonograms may help clinicians tell which patients have uncomplicated versus complicated appendicitis.