New ASE guideline outlines training standards for interventional echocardiography

Example of interventional echocardiography TEE imaging superimposed on live fluoro during a transseptal puncture for a MitraClip procedure.

Example of interventional echocardiography TEE imaging superimposed on live fluoro during a transseptal puncture for a MitraClip procedure.

The American Society of Echocardiography (ASE) released a new guideline document that outlines uniform training standards for interventional sonographers guiding structural heart procedures.

New scoring system for 'second look' breast lesions could decrease biopsies by 30% or more

Breast MRI example showing a signal void in right breast (arrow) caused by biopsy on an axial contrast-enhanced in-phase Dixon image. It shows a signal void in right breast (arrow), which corresponded with a MammoMark/CorMark Bread Tie biopsy clip. Image courtesy of AJR.

Breast MRI example showing a signal void in right breast (arrow) caused by biopsy on an axial contrast-enhanced in-phase Dixon image. It shows a signal void in right breast (arrow), which corresponded with a MammoMark/CorMark Bread Tie biopsy clip. Image courtesy of AJR.

A team of experts recently developed the new system to differentiate between malignant and benign "second look" lesions on MRI for women with known breast cancer.

CTs of adults with degenerative changes should be met with high suspicion for spinal cord injury following trauma

spinal cord injury on CT of patient with degenerative spinal changes

Sagittal (a) and axial (b) CT images from the cervical spine show congenital stenosis and central disc protrusion leading to severe narrowing of the central spinal canal at C3–4 level. 

Credit: Clinical Imaging

This is increasingly recognized as a potentially underreported phenomenon, accounting for roughly half of all such injuries in certain populations.