Given the increasing prevalence of Alzheimer’s disease and a staggering number of people with dementia who are undiagnosed, this author discusses five essential keys for radiologists and their colleagues to facilitate earlier detection, precision care treatment and monitoring to help ensure timely care and intervention.
For patients with small cell lung cancer (SCLC), there was a 40 percent improvement in cognitive failure-free survival (CFFS) with brain MRI alone in comparison to the combination of brain MRI and prophylactic cranial irradiation (PCI), according to research presented at the ASTRO conference.
Constant grumbling from an attending radiologist about the road ahead may be a sign that his or her best teaching years may be in the rear-view mirror.
In a recent interview, Shadpour Demehri, MD, discussed new research examining connections between deep learning assessment of bone mineral density on chest CT, brain MRI data and the potential for enhanced risk stratification in patients with diabetes.