COVID-19

Outside of the loss of human life due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the past two years have greatly affected hospitals, health systems and the way providers deliver care. Healthcare executives are grappling with federal monetary assistance, growing burnout rates, workforce shortages and federal oversight of vaccines and testing. This channel is also designed to update clinicians on new research and guidelines regarding COVID patient treatment strategies and risk assessments.

Do image-guided corticosteroid injections impact COVID risk?

Patients who received an injection had an infection rate of 2.2% at 4-month follow-up. In comparison, the infection rate for the general population in Massachusetts was 7.5% during the same period.

July 5, 2022
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Detailed MRI reveals pulmonary vascular abnormalities in COVID long-haulers

Researchers had 40 participants inhale polarized xenon gas in order to conduct 129Xe MRI exams for the study.

July 1, 2022

RSNA puts out call for additional 'Cutting-Edge Research' abstracts ahead of annual meeting

These abstracts can be submitted to RSNA starting on July 6, 2022. Submissions will be accepted until August 3 at noon CST. 

June 28, 2022
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How do Omicron and Delta compare on chest imaging?

Researchers found that 37% of patients with Omicron had CT scans that were considered normal compared to 15% with Delta. 

June 22, 2022
Medicare money payment physician. The CardioVascular Coalition and Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions have both issued new statements highlighting their issues with the 2024 MPFS proposed rule. 

Have radiologists' salaries kept up with their workloads? New survey offers detailed insight

Unique to radiologists is that their workloads have not yet declined to the pre-pandemic levels seen in 2019 like other specialties have started to witness.

June 17, 2022
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Multimodality imaging turns up serial thromboses following AstraZeneca COVID vaccination

Whole-body imaging reveals clinically undetectable blood clots in patients after their first dose of AstraZeneca's COVID vaccine.

June 14, 2022

NIH grants $3.5 million toward researching COVID's neurological impact

The funds will be allocated specifically toward neuroimaging and cognitive and immunological tests to explore if and how mild and asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infections have a long-lasting impact on neurocognitive function. 

June 8, 2022
COVID-19 vaccines help reduce the serious coronavirus infections and hospitalizations. Multiple studies have shown that the risk from very rare vaccine side effects are far outweighed by the much greater risk of hospitalization and death due to COVID infections.

New research compares COVID pneumonia in vaccinated vs unvaccinated patients

Even when fully vaccinated individuals contract a breakthrough COVID infection, their pneumonia frequency and severity are reduced on imaging. 

June 2, 2022

Around the web

Two advanced algorithms—one for CAC scores and another for segmenting cardiac chamber volumes—outperformed radiologists when assessing low-dose chest CT scans. 

"Gen AI can help tackle repetitive tasks and provide insights into massive datasets, saving valuable time," Thomas Kurian, CEO of Google Cloud, said Tuesday. 

SCAI and four other major healthcare organizations signed a joint letter in support of intravascular ultrasound. 

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