“Current reimbursement contributes to inequity because locating new technology in facilities that serve patients with public insurance, Medicare and Medicaid, is not economically sustainable," authors of a new paper in Radiology suggested.

Charles E. Kahn, Jr., MD, MS, editor of the the RSNA  journal Radiology: Artificial Intelligence, and professor and vice chair of radiology at the University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, discusses the need to validate AI algorithms with your own patient population data.  

The research revealed that 7.7% of patients screened for pancreatic cancer had their tumors missed on initial imaging exams but were diagnosed with cancer between three and 18 months later.  

The addition of computer-aided diagnostic generated MRI series could help radiologists identify clinically significant prostate cancer more frequently. 

Many radiologists have indicated they prefer peer learning methods over peer reviews.

Nearly 30% of corresponding authors included in the analysis shared that they had witnessed scientific fraud in their department within the last five years.

These new findings could help providers differentiate and manage CP associated with different levels of motor impairment, authors of the study indicated.

Results of the new work indicate that risks are not exacerbated when imaging is the chosen method of surveillance up until the three-year mark, suggesting that patients can safely forego invasive biopsy for a limited period. 

Stamatia Destounis, MD, FACR, a radiologist and managing partner at Elizabeth Wende Breast Care in Rochester, New York, and chair of the ACR Breast Commission, discusses post-COVID-19 economic issues facing breast imaging centers, including staffing problems from the "Great Resignation" and lower reimbursements. 

Use of the barrier reduced associated insertion costs at one institution by 73% and insertion time by 50%.