Densitometer goes mobile

While seemingly extraneous imaging requests may lead to annoyance and frustration, there are some common contributing factors that may be at the root of these requests.

In the third episode of a three-part podcast, Anand Narayan, M.D., Ph.D., and Amy Patel, M.D., discuss the challenges of expanded breast cancer screening amid a backdrop of radiologist shortages and ever-increasing volume on radiology worklists.

Higher visceral adipose tissue reportedly accounted for 77 percent of the association between Alzheimer’s disease and high body mass index (BMI), according to new research presented at the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) conference.

In the second episode of a three-part podcast, Anand Narayan, M.D., Ph.D., and Amy Patel, M.D., discuss recent studies published by the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) that suggested moving to more of a risk-adapted model for mammography screening.

Higher repetitive head impacts in adult soccer players were associated with lower fractional anisotrophy and a higher orientation dispersion index in the frontal lobe, orbitofrontal cortex, and the parietal lobe, according to diffusion MRI findings to be presented at the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) conference.

The new mammography system reportedly offers features that promote workflow efficiency as well as patient comfort.