Diagnostic screening programs help catch cancer, abnormalities or other diseases before they reach an advanced stage, saving lives and healthcare costs. Screening programs include, lung, breast, prostate, and cervical cancer, among many others.
Generative artificial intelligence models have shown great potential for improving multiple aspects of the radiology field, but a new analysis cautions that they still require significant oversight.
Dana Smetherman, MD, CEO of the American College of Radiology, discusses the policy, which urges for more robust promotion of low-dose CT as a public health tool.
New research adds to the “strong evidence” supporting screening guidelines and highlights the importance of women adhering to clinical recommendations.
Patients with developmental difficulties are more likely to undergo a CT scan—rather than ultrasound—compared to those without cognition issues, researchers reported.
On-call trainees are a great resource during off-hours, but must avoid missing key organs during ultrasound exams to prevent unnecessary follow-up CT and MRIs, experts wrote in Academic Radiology.
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.
Including bone mineral density testing with patients' exams added no extra time and identified those at greater risk for fracture, Danish researchers explained recently.
Radiologists often mistake these bony lesions near the knee as more serious conditions, such as cancer, but researchers say such irregularities are typically benign.