Radiology

John Tampas, MD, a former chair of the radiology department, died Dec. 6 at age 95, The National Herald reported.

Although a record number of medical students are pursuing radiology, a bottleneck is preventing  many from becoming radiologists, the Radiological Society of North America said in a Dec. 5 article on its website.

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.