Vaccination rates likely had a role in reducing disease severity during Omicron, a new paper published in Radiology suggests.

Social vulnerability index scores account for factors like socioeconomic status, household composition, disability, minority status, language, housing type and transportation.

The statement was written to fill gaps in recommendations from prior consensus statements and guidelines in regards to the use of CCT in cardio-oncology, including use of calcium scoring and ruling out coronary disease when cardiac function is impaired.

When exam volumes increase, so too does the risk of diagnostic errors in interpretations, many of which can be clinically significant.

Residents who were given access to the AI-based decision support system reported feeling that the tool was useful in multiple clinical scenarios, and its use was overwhelmingly supported by those who provided feedback. 

Experts found that compared to the average effective doses of organs, breast doses were higher, representing increased risks of breast cancer for women. 

Experts involved in the study suggested that the protocol could open doors leading to greater utilization of MRI in the future. 

Researchers found that cancer risk in premenopausal women with fatty breasts at initial imaging nearly doubled if an increase in density was observed during their second and third mammograms.

New survey data completed by 200 respondents reveal that 45% of x-ray managers have never received proper training on management practices from their organizations.

The ambitious project seeks to exponentially increase new data within the U.K. Biobank, a prominent large-scale biomedical database and research resource.