U.S. healthcare is now a solid week into the CT contrast shortage of ’22, and common themes are emerging in adaptations at local hospitals and imaging centers.

The exterior illuminations are only one part of the ALA’s annual “Turquoise Takeover” initiative. Also look for turquoise accents across social media, including in the apparel choices of enthusiasts posting selfies.

An international panel of experts recently developed and validated a reporting assessment scoring system that analyzes the location and extent of prostate cancer recurrence. 

The new equipment, which initially will be used to treat prostate and neuroendocrine tumors, is expected to be operational in July.

In some cases hospital staff kept no watch over outside-looking-in connections between manufacturers and scanners.

Computer scientists, rheumatologists and immunologists have pooled skill sets to develop a neural network that can distinguish between rheumatoid and psoriatic arthritis while also recognizing healthy joints with no arthritis at all.

Though it remains unclear whether these patterns are a result of pain and trauma or if they indicate that a person is more susceptible to symptoms, authors noted that these objective measures could help personalize treatment plans.

Outside of the correlation between measurements obtained using both modalities, the researchers also identified Hounsfield unit thresholds that could reliably rule out osteoporosis.