On-call trainees are a great resource during off-hours, but must avoid missing key organs during ultrasound exams to prevent unnecessary follow-up CT and MRIs, experts wrote in Academic Radiology.

While a majority of exams were necessary, Michigan Medicine researchers said recommendations could be more clear.

One former patient was assured her scans performed in 2013, 2014, and 2015 were fine, but she was later diagnosed with stage 4 breast cancer.

Those who learned they had elevated amyloid levels did not suffer from more short-term anxiety, depression or suicical thoughts, experts reported in JAMA Neurology.

Researchers used a single SPECT/CT scan performed post-therapy to estimate how much radiation a patient’s tumor and at-risk organs will absorb.

The idea came about after a sonographer at Johns Hopkins wondered if the technology could be used to create a model for a blind mother.

Authors of the five-year Project Valuable Area Life-Saving Exams in Town program say their results should prompt the creation of similar strategies across the U.S.

The hybrid platform proved more accurate at detecting enlarged heart cases than machine learning or a human reader working independently.