AuntMinnie | Asymptomatic adults with a low Framingham risk score (FRS) and nonsignificant coronary artery disease still face a higher risk of death and adverse events if mild coronary artery plaque is present at coronary CT angiography (CCTA), according to a study from Cedars-Sinai Medical...
DiagnosticImaging | About a decade ago, I was covering a typical callshift at a level-1 trauma center. One of the requisitions for imaging caught my eye. Hastily scrawled in the space for a clinical history was the unilluminating statement: “Patient needs CT.” Although a number of...
AuntMinnie | Concern about radiation dose from medical imaging exams makes it imperative that radiologists proactively find ways to keep dose exposure to a minimum -- and healthcare IT can help, according to Dr. James H. Thrall, who spoke on the topic this week at...
DiagnosticImaging | It is something we all dread: a phone call from a colleague to tell us there was something they found that we did not. It makes your heart race. Most of the time, the clinicians or partners are kind — but not always. Even...
AuntMinnie | How promptly a facility follows up with women who have received an abnormal mammogram is crucial to a screening mammography program's success, according to a new study published online in Radiology. Time to follow-up varies widely between facilities -- indicating there is definitely...