Radiology

Chapel Hill, N.C.-based UNC Health researchers claim they have developed an MRI model that can make the scans more accurate.

"Opportunistic screening" — defined as when radiologists use a patient's existing medical images for diagnoses beyond what the imaging was originally ordered for — may be the next big trend in radiology.

The Intersocietal Accreditation Commission has updated its MRI accreditation standards and guidelines to reflect changes made after a public comment period. 

After serving on an interim basis since April, Danville, Pa.-based Geisinger officially appointed Scotty Collins, MD, its chair of radiology. 

The Department of Radiology at Nashville, Tenn.-based Vanderbilt University Medical Center and Amsterdam-based Royal Philips found that imaging equipment accounts for more than 50% of the department's greenhouse gas emissions.

OpenAI's GPT-4 large language model showed the highest level of accuracy when tasked with answering diagnostic radiology questions, according to a study published Nov. 20 in the European Journal of Radiology. 

Denver, Colo.-based National Jewish Health had the highest rate of outpatient cardiac imaging before low-risk surgery, according to available CMS data. 

Morristown, N.J.-based ImageCare Radiology, one of the largest privately owned radiology groups in the state, is ending its hospital-based services.

Imaging interpretation by non-physician practitioners in office-based practices increased 9% annually between 2013 and 2022, according to a study published Nov. 20 in the Journal of the American College of Radiology.

Radiologists are more likely to align their diagnostic decisions with AI advice and spend less time on decision making, according to a Radiological Society of North America study.