Radiology Patient Safety

Recently, the Los Angeles Times published an article entitled “False-positive mammograms take mental toll, study finds.” As a radiologist in Los Angeles. I am , of course concerned  with and sympathetic to the anxiety created when an abnormality is detected on a screening mammogram. I believe there are several important issues not addressed in the [...]

AuntMinnie | Intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) causes fewer bowel and rectal toxicities than 3D conformal radiation therapy, according to study findings to be presented October 3 at the plenary session of the American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) annual meeting in Miami Beach, FL. A preliminary analysis of acute and late toxicity in men receiving [...]

imagingBiz | Patients with shorter life expectancies are at far less risk relative to those with a good prognosis when it comes to radiation dangers from medical imaging, conclude researchers in a new study in Radiology. The results may bring some relief to radiologists who feel that radiation risk has been overemphasized at the expense [...]

AuntMinnie | Does the presence of heavy calcification hinder diagnosis with coronary CT angiography (CCTA)? It surely does, and the more calcium per segment, the greater the inaccuracy, concludes a study in the October issue of Radiology that analyzed data from the recent Coronary Evaluation Using Multidetector Spiral Computed Tomography Angiography Using 64 Detectors (CORE [...]

imagingBiz | Top radiology and policy experts will offer solutions to critical imaging informatics and radiation dose challenges at the First Annual ACR Imaging Informatics Summit and Dose Monitoring Forum, to be held by the American College of Radiology (ACR) on November 3 and November 4 at the Washington Hilton in Washington, D.C. “With future [...]