The Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) is launching a new artificial intelligence (AI) certificate course, focusing on emergency imaging. Following the successful rollouts of the RSNA Imaging AI Foundational Certificate in 2022 and the Advanced Certificate in 2023, the RSNA Emergency Imaging AI Certificate course is the third certificate course developed by RSNA.
The Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) has launched the “RSNA 2023 Abdominal Trauma Detection AI Challenge” to explore whether artificial intelligence (AI) can be used to aid in the detection and classification of traumatic abdominal injuries.
The Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) announced today that its leading medical imaging research journal, Radiology, maintains the largest impact factor in its category. In addition, RSNA’s subspecialty journals, Radiology: Artificial Intelligence, Radiology: Cardiothoracic Imaging and Radiology: Imaging Cancer have achieved impact factors for the first time, and RadioGraphics continues to excel, according to the newly released 2023 update to the Clarivate Analytics Journal Citation Reports.
Radiology, the flagship journal of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA), and the leading journal in the field of medical imaging, will feature special centennial content this year in connection with the publication’s 100th anniversary.
Among the Medicare population from 2005 to 2020, Black women had less access to new mammography technology compared with white women, even when getting their mammograms at the same institution, according to a study of over 4 million claims.
The Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) Research and Education (R&E) Foundation Board of Trustees has announced that they have approved over $4 million in radiology research and education grants this year, achieving a funding rate of 42% of grant applications. Since the R&E Foundation’s inception in 1984, it has awarded over $70 million in grant funding.
The Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) has announced “Building Connections Across the Americas: Addressing Access to Radiology”—a new program to cultivate global partnerships and improve health equity, access, safety and patient care in South, Central and North America.
The Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) announced today that Radiology, the Society’s flagship peer-reviewed journal, sharply increased its impact factor in 2021, according to the newly released 2022 update to the Clarivate Analytics Journal Citation Reports. Impact factor measures the relevance and influence of academic journals based on citation data.
Recent disruptions in a pharmaceutical supply chain have impacted the global availability of GE Healthcare Omnipaque™ iohexol iodinated contrast media (ICM) for radiologic examinations. A new Special Report published in the journal Radiology provides consensus recommendations for dealing with the shortage of ICM in the near term and discusses long-term issues and potential solutions to supply chain problems.
As artificial intelligence (AI) applications are integrated into clinical practice, the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) has created a comprehensive program for radiologists to learn how to incorporate AI into the radiology workflow. The RSNA Imaging AI Certificate program is the first-ever, radiology-specific imaging AI program with a case-based curriculum that blends learning with practical application. The six-module program launches today.
The Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) has announced that Hospital Metropolitano in Quito, Ecuador, will be the host location of a new Global Learning Center (GLC). This is the first GLC site in South America.
Researchers using MRI have found significant abnormalities in the eyes of some people with severe COVID-19, according to a study published in the journal Radiology.
In response to the critical shortage of nasopharyngeal (NP) swabs early in the COVID-19 pandemic, the Department of Radiology at University of South Florida (USF) Health in Tampa set out to design, validate and create NP swabs using a point-of-care 3D printer. Results of the first clinical trial of 3D-printed NP swabs for COVID-19 testing are being presented at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA).
Private radiology practices have been especially hard hit by the COVID-19 pandemic, and the steps they take to mitigate the impact of the pandemic on their practice will shape the future of radiology, according to a special report from the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) COVID-19 Task Force, published today in the journal Radiology.
In recent weeks, a multisystem hyperinflammatory condition has emerged in children in association with prior exposure or infection to SARS-CoV-2.
Patients with COVID-19 can have bowel abnormalities, including ischemia, according to a new study published today in the journal Radiology.
Today, the journal Radiology published the policies and recommendations of a panel of experts on radiology preparedness during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) public health crisis.
Researchers studying the brain found that women taking oral contraceptives, commonly known as birth control pills, had significantly smaller hypothalamus volume, compared to women not taking the pill, according to a new study presented today at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA).
CHICAGO - MRI scans show that repetitive blows to the head result in brain changes among youth football players, according to a new study being presented today at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA).
A relatively new form of brain imaging, called functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), provides visual proof that acupuncture alleviates pain, according to a study at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey presented at the RSNA annual meeting in Chicago.
A study at Harvard Medical School found using relaxation techniques reduced costs for three procedures (angiography, angioplasty and kidney drainage) an average of $130 per procedure, scientists reported at the RSNA annual meeting in Chicago.
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is now being used as a follow-up to provide more information about fetal abnormalities suspected in ultrasound exams, according to studies at the University of California San Francisco and Harvard Medical School presented at the RSNA annual meeting in Chicago.
With the advances in modern imaging, including computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), conjoined or Siamese twins stand a better chance than ever of being separated safely today. A study at Great Ormond Street Hospital, London, which has one of the larger world experiences in separating these twins, reports on 8 pairs of twins at the RSNA annual meeting in Chicago.
Young girls who wish to become ballerinas should take heed: arthritic ankles are a common condition of professional dancers, according to a University of Toronto study presented at the RSNA annual meeting in Chicago. The problem might be somewhat alleviated if girls waited until they were older to go "on pointe," and if serious dancers rested more.
Children with sickle cell disease may benefit from being tested with a powerful, high-quality ultrasound to see if they have a common condition that puts them at risk for stroke, according to a study at the University of Mississippi Medical Center reported at the RSNA annual meeting in Chicago.
Bumpy mountain biking rides can lead to benign scrotal tumors, infections, swelling and pain in men, according to a study at University Hospital Innsbruck, Austria presented at the RSNA annual meeting in Chicago.
Transplanting liver cells that have been frozen and kept for later use may keep patients alive as they await a new organ, and holds promise as a replacement for liver transplant, suggests preliminary research at the Medical College of Virginia and the University of Nebraska reported at the RSNA annual meeting in Chicago.
Using CT, cancers can be caught when they are the size of a grain of rice, and should improve five-year survival rates to 80 percent, according to the study at Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York presented at the RSNA annual meeting in Chicago.
A special test called magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS) for the first time detects brain damage in soldiers who complain of symptoms of Gulf War Syndrome, according to a University of Texas study. The study found levels of a specific brain chemical were significantly lower in Gulf War veterans than in healthy veterans.
Scuba divers with a common heart condition called a patent foramen ovale (PFO) -- found in 1 in 4 people -- are more likely to have scarring of the brain and to get decompression sickness, ranging from rashes to paralysis to the bends, according to a study at the University of Heidelberg Medical School, Germany presented at the RSNA annual meeting in Chicago.
In 70 percent of people who have heart attacks, the problem is caused by a soft plaque that ruptures easily and can now be seen with magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Preliminary research at Mt. Sinai School of Medicine, New York, shows a new type of MRI can actually visualize the walls of the coronary arteries to help determine if the plaque is soft or a more stable, and therefore, less risky type, they reported at the RSNA annual meeting in Chicago.
A child who complains of an aching back shouldn't be ignored. About a third of the time, there's a serious reason, whether due to an injury, infection or tumor, according to a study at the Kentucky Medical Center reported at the RSNA annual meeting in Chicago.
A study at Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, found that of men having three-dimensional conformal radiation therapy (3DCRT), 60 percent said they had no urinary incontinence, they reported at the RSNA annual meeting in Chicago.
New research flies in the face of conventional medical wisdom that older women with breast cancer should not bother to undergo radiation or chemotherapy because they are more likely to die of another condition, such as heart attack or stroke, before the cancer kills them, according to a study at Naval Medical Center of San Diego and Tripler Army Medical Center, Honolulu presented at the RSNA annual meeting in Chicago.
With more than 28 million Americans at high risk for osteoporosis, radiology researchers today warned that most women receive bone density tests too late to give them the best chance to prevent the disabling disease, according to research presented at the 84th annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA).
Tens of thousands of people who suffer from the leading cause of legal blindness may benefit from radiation therapy to stabilize the deterioration of their vision, according to research presented at the 84th annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA).
A promising new therapy combining high tech imaging and lasers may enable doctors to destroy cancerous breast tumors without surgery, according to research presented at the 84th Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA).
Preliminary evidence from a National Institutes of Health-funded study suggests smokers and former smokers age 60 and older may benefit from a national computed tomography (CT) screening program for lung cancer, according to research presented at the 84th annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA).
Prostate cancer patients are benefitting from a new radiation therapy technique that decreases side effects and may lead to higher cure rates, according to research presented at the 84th annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA).
A new study released in the September issue of the monthly scientific journal, Radiology, indicates that the use of ultrasound (US) guided core biopsy of nonpalpable breast lesions rather than surgical biopsy could result in a substantial (approximately $60,000,000) annual savings in the costs of diagnosis of breast cancer.
A new scoring method to measure the buildup of arterial plaque could give doctors a reliable new tool to monitor the progression of heart disease, according to a study published in the September issue of Radiology.
Serious musicians may do well to consult a radiologist before they purchase their next violin, according to a computed tomography (CT) study of 14 solo-quality stringed instruments, including rare Stradivarius violins and other acknowledged masterpieces.
Today's larger, lighter television sets can pose a serious risk to young children who may be crushed or otherwise seriously injured when they pull the TVs off their stands, according to two studies presented here today during the 83rd Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA).
A noninvasive radiosurgical technique may ultimately replace surgery for many patients with Parkinson's disease and other movement disorders whose symptoms cannot be controlled by medicine, according to results of a preliminary study presented here today during the 83rd Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA).
New research presented today argues for more widespread use of a technology, studies come on the heels of an announcement by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services that it is accelerating its review of uses for this technology, which is known as PET, or positron emission tomography.
Researchers reported today that a new cancer treatment called proton beam therapy significantly increased the long-term control of some cancers compared to conventional radiation therapy, and that plans for larger trials sponsored by the National Cancer Institute (NCI) are being developed.
An important radiological study shows for the first time that the new protease inhibitor drugs for AIDS not only can halt the progression of brain disease caused by the HIV virus as seen on brain scans, but in some cases may reverse it.
The cause of wrist pain some golfers experience that is not diagnosed with x-rays may well be due to stress fractures, according to researchers who are finding the tiny breaks with magnetic resonance (MR) imaging. Their study on the cause of "golfer's wrist" is being presented here today during the 83rd Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA).
The misdiagnosis of heart attack and other life-threatening conditions in emergency rooms can be dramatically decreased and millions in health care dollars saved by performing prompt radiologic imaging of patients with chest pain before they are admitted to the hospital. Information on the topic was presented here today during the 83rd Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA).
The use of magnetic resonance (MR) imaging to diagnose the cause of unexplained headaches can be cost-effective for society -- even when the MR findings are negative, according to information presented here today during the 83rd Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA).
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