June 2022

A narrow miss for AI trained to find pacemakers on X-rays for MRI safety ()
Siemens exec: Ultrasound biz freshly prepped for success ()
CE mark granted for AI-based MSK interpretation aid ()
Scholars unpack the ‘Toyota Way’ to depict the radiology ideal ()
Niagara Health System in Canada chooses enterprise-wide imaging solution from Sectra to improve patient care ()
FDA grants IDE clearance for next-phase trial of ‘Flash’ radiation therapy ()
Image interpretation vs. workflow interruption: Quantified, analyzed, strategized ()
Global ultrasound ‘bubble community’ rallies around Ukrainian children in need of imaging ()
Radiologists develop AI to flag artifacts on CT pulmonary angiography ()
Radiology contributes less than thought to the national healthcare spend ()
Work no less burdensome for 70% of 276 radiologists using AI ()
‘Vast and diverse’ repository of image data goes open-access for healthcare AI researchers ()
Seeds planted for a needs-based, radiology-specific AI curriculum ()
2 imaging AI vendors teaming up to present 1 point of sale ()
Homegrown POCUS education for IM residents demonstrated, deemed successful ()
VIDEO: Radiology takeaways from the 2022 AMA meeting ()
Court hits technologist with monetary remedies, permanent injunction ()
70% of ‘mini-stroke’ patients imaged incompletely, risking full-on stroke ()
Established imaging AI developer reaches $250M funding mark ()
Shortened POCUS curriculum leaves residents long on confidence, short on skills ()
VIDEO: AMA will ask Congress to change mandate on appropriate use criteria clinical decision support ()
3D hologram system for guiding precision surgery gets FDA nod ()
Ultrasound ‘grand challenge’ launches to promote global POCUS proficiency ()
~1 hour a day per radiologist: Time saved by workflow-integrated AI for chest CT ()
Radiologist pay, productivity jostled by pandemic recovery, CMS coding changes ()
Quantitative imaging guidance arrives for OEMs from FDA ()
5 reasons the time is not right for mandating limits on radiologists’ workload, duty or speed ()
Major med-tech player to tap Mayo data for research advancement, product development ()
FDA clears 3D print application for head/face and ortho structures ()
Refined decision aid proves fruitful for patients with kidney masses ()
4 pressing ‘unknowns’ about sex, gender differences in stroke care, outcomes: American Heart/Stroke Associations ()
Many clinicians flouting X-ray-first guidelines for ankle imaging ()
Siemens debuts new, cleared SPECT/CT model ()
AI reads of neck ultrasounds could displace thyroid biopsies ()
TikTok for radiology: Don’t knock it till you’ve truly tried it ()
Homerton Healthcare in the UK chooses enterprise imaging as a cloud service from Sectra to ensure patients benefit from latest technology ()
Ultrasound-embeddable AI sharp at diagnosing clogged carotid arteries ()
AMA maps out 5-point ‘road to recovery’ for frazzled physicians ()
How COVID-19 made some radiologists newly nimble with workload management ()
Personal, medical info on 2 million radiology patients may be in hands of cybercriminals ()
Pandemic’s hardest hit breast-care segment: Screening mammography ()
Technologist salary survey shows raises across all practice areas ()
Homegrown business curriculum teaches new rads how to ‘think like an MBA’ ()
Private-practice coalition adds another rad group ()
Advanced MSK imaging trio—CT, MR, ultrasound—justified for certain trauma patients upon incident and over time ()
Image-based data commons enjoying fast growth thanks to RSNA, ACR, other contributing orgs ()
‘You Only Look Once’ helps detect, classify lesions on deceptively normal screening mammograms ()
Radiologists best AI at diagnosing COVID on chest X-rays ()
How will 18% population growth led by the aging show up in U.S. radiology utilization? ()
VIDEO: What to look for in radiology workflow orchestration software ()
Potential $1.5B effort kicks off to study low-dose radiation risks ()
Radiologists differ from other specialists as expert legal witnesses—here’s how ()
VIDEO: How to Prevent Radiologist Burnout ()
Image-guided spinal surgery system cleared ()
Skyrocketing rates of head CT in the ED: Don’t look at advanced practice providers ()
GE, Philips, Siemens pass academic test on low-dose DECT ()
VIDEO: Approaches to intelligent radiologist worklist orchestration ()