Case History: 57-year-old male with increasing pain and numbness following CT.
Case History: 57-year-old male presents to the emergency room with increasing pain and numbness in his right upper extremity.He reports he had a cystic lesion in his right kidney found on ultrasound and had a diagnostic follow up study earlier in the day to further characterize.
Can Photon-Counting CT Have an Impact in Diagnosing Congenital Heart Defects in Young Children?
May 29th 2023Photon-counting computed tomography (PCCT) significantly increased the signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) and the contrast-to-noise ratio (CNR) in comparison to dual-source CT (DSCT) at similar radiation dosing, according to a new study of over 100 children with suspected congenital heart defects.
Study Says CT Scan is More Predictive than Genetic Risk Factors for Coronary Heart Disease Risk
May 23rd 2023In what may be the first comparative study of the polygenic risk score and the computed tomography (CT)-derived coronary artery calcium (CAC) score for assessing coronary heart disease (CHD) risk, researchers found that the CAC score was associated with significant improvements in assessing and stratifying risk for the development of CHD in middle-aged to older adults.
The Reading Room: Racial and Ethnic Minorities, Cancer Screenings, and COVID-19
November 3rd 2020In this podcast episode, Dr. Shalom Kalnicki, from Montefiore and Albert Einstein College of Medicine, discusses the disparities minority patients face with cancer screenings and what can be done to increase access during the pandemic.
Are You Prone to Superstitions in Radiology?
May 22nd 2023Whether it’s the proverbial “bad penny” case that crashes PACS or the perception that positive computed tomography angiography (CTA) exams for pulmonary arterial clots come in sets of three, suspicions can emerge here and there in radiology.
What a Transvaginal Ultrasound Study Reveals About Fibroid Prevalence in Minority Women
May 18th 2023African American and Asian-Chinese women have a disproportionately higher prevalence of fibroids, according to newly published transvaginal ultrasound findings in a diverse population of nearly 1,000 women.
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