| Today's News and Trends | Integrating structured field trips to the imaging department during a four-week radiology clerkship could help expose medical students to the patient-centered, team-based aspects of the specialty, according to a review published this July in Academic Radiology. Integrating structured field trips to the imaging department during a four-week radiology clerkship could help expose medical students to the patient-centered, team-based aspects of the specialty, according to a review published this July in Academic Radiology. | | |
| In Maryland, annual compensation is lower for female radiologists than it is for male counterparts, according to new survey data collected by Merritt Hawkins. In Maryland, annual compensation is lower for female radiologists than it is for male counterparts, according to new survey data collected by Merritt Hawkins. | | |
| Deep learning technology can be used to evaluate MR images of the knee, according to a new study published in Radiology. Deep learning technology can be used to evaluate MR images of the knee, according to a new study published in Radiology. | | |
| Lung cancer mortality rates among women around the world could increase by 40 percent by 2030, according to a new study published in Cancer Research. Breast cancer mortality rates, meanwhile, are expected to decrease by 9 percent. Lung cancer mortality rates among women around the world could increase by 40 percent by 2030, according to a new study published in Cancer Research. Breast cancer mortality rates, meanwhile, are expected to decrease by 9 percent. | | |
| RSNA announced Wednesday, August 1, that it has big plans for educating members about artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) for 2018 and beyond. RSNA announced Wednesday, August 1, that it has big plans for educating members about artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) for 2018 and beyond. | | |
| Research informatics company Flywheel and the Google Cloud Platform have partnered to launch the first node of a cloud-based Columbia University MR Research Center, according to a statement released this week. Research informatics company Flywheel and the Google Cloud Platform have partnered to launch the first node of a cloud-based Columbia University MR Research Center, according to a statement released this week. | | |
| Modulated Imaging, an Irvine, California-based vendor, announced this week that its Clarifi Imaging System has received FDA 510(k) clearance. Modulated Imaging, an Irvine, California-based vendor, announced this week that its Clarifi Imaging System has received FDA 510(k) clearance. | | |
| Hologic announced this week that the company’s chief accounting officer, Karleen Oberton, has been promoted to chief financial officer (CFO). She replaces Bob McMahon, who is leaving Hologic to work as the CFO for Agilent. Hologic announced this week that the company’s chief accounting officer, Karleen Oberton, has been promoted to chief financial officer (CFO). She replaces Bob McMahon, who is leaving Hologic to work as the CFO for Agilent. | | |
| A surgeon attempting to make MRIs more affordable for North Carolina residents filed a lawsuit Monday, July 30, in the state’s Superior Court to overturn a law that’s barring him from purchasing his own MR machine, Vox has reported. A surgeon attempting to make MRIs more affordable for North Carolina residents filed a lawsuit Monday, July 30, in the state’s Superior Court to overturn a law that’s barring him from purchasing his own MR machine, Vox has reported. | | |
| The family of Melanie Smith, a mother of two who died in 2015 at the age of 40, was awarded $3.5 million by a jury this week after an emergency room (ER) physician reportedly failed to diagnose Smith’s stroke in time, leading to her death, the Staunton News Leader has reported. The family of Melanie Smith, a mother of two who died in 2015 at the age of 40, was awarded $3.5 million by a jury this week after an emergency room (ER) physician reportedly failed to diagnose Smith’s stroke in time, leading to her death, the Staunton News Leader has reported. | | |
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