The results also suggest synthetic mammography will be used alongside 3D mammo, or DBT, more frequently in the coming years, radiologists explained in Clinical Imaging.
Weill Cornell Medicine's Marc Schiffman, MD, and a colleague came up with the idea after finding that video chats were too depressing for families and time-consuming for nurses.
NHS insitutions were already in need of imaging modalities and faculty prior to the pandemic, and now more than 600,000 people are waiting for deferred exams.
Some have taken drastic measures to counter the trend, requiring unpaid leave, eliminating bonuses and cutting compensation to keep nurses and techs aboard, experts wrote in Radiology.
There is growing evidence that, in addition to attacking patients’ lungs, the coronavirus also targets the central nervous system, with new research adding weight to this hypothesis.