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Catch up on the top radiology content of the past week.

Catch up on the top radiology content of the past week.

In a study involving over 700 participants who had chest CT and brain MRI, those with diabetes and lower vertebral bone mineral density (vBMD) had a nearly five percent faster total accumulation of white matter hyperintensity (WMH) in comparison to those without diabetes.

In a recent interview, Stamatia Destounis, MD, FACR, shared her perspective on recent changes to the BI-RADS system, offering insights on contrast-enhanced mammography, reporting changes for breast MRI and ultrasound, and the importance of auditing for BI-RADS category 3 assessments.

New research suggests that photon-counting CT provides comparable sensitivity to breast MRI for lesion characterization, higher accuracy than MRI for nodal metastasis and lower detection of microcalcifications in comparison to full-field digital mammography.

A deep learning model developed for predicting BI-RADS assessments from dynamic contrast-enhanced (DCE) breast MRI had over a 14 percent lower AUC than radiologist evaluation in external validation testing.

While better imaging may reduce the need for additional diagnostic tests, it may also eliminate the reimbursement that comes with those additional tests.

Newly cleared findings for the adjunctive AI platform a2z-Abdo-Triage include acute appendicitis, renal traumatic injury, ureteral stone and retroperitoneal hematoma.