Conventional PET/CT scanners image the body in sections, typically requiring five to six position changes to acquire images from the head to the thighs.
“Our findings help quantify how these adverse events increase estimated direct medical costs and negatively affect radiology workflow," experts write in JACR.
Interventional radiologist Mairaj Uddin, MD, knew he’d gotten himself into something good when he saw his teammates work through a backlog of 3,000 imaging studies in just three days.