Radiology (all articles)
Observational Study Suggests Breast Cancer Screening May be Beneficial for High-Risk Men
18 Sep, 2019 | 01:16h | UTCCommentaries: Screening mammography could benefit men at high risk of breast cancer – Radiological Society of North America (free) AND Mammographic Screening for Breast Cancer of Potential Benefit in High-Risk Men – NEJM Journal Watch (free)
Chest Radiograph Signs Suggestive of Pericardial Disease
13 Sep, 2019 | 08:14h | UTCChest Radiograph Signs Suggestive of Pericardial Disease – American College of Cardiology (free)
Recommendations for Invasive Procedures in Patients with Diseases of the Liver and Biliary Tract
12 Sep, 2019 | 07:58h | UTC
Review: Overview of Epidermoid Cyst
10 Sep, 2019 | 01:03h | UTCOverview of epidermoid cyst – European Journal of Radiology Open (free)
Preliminary Report: Pulmonary Illness Related to E-Cigarette Use
9 Sep, 2019 | 00:12h | UTCEditorial: Vaping-Induced Lung Injury (free)
Related: Imaging of Vaping-Associated Lung Disease – New England Journal of Medicine (free) AND Pulmonary Lipid-Laden Macrophages and Vaping – New England Journal of Medicine (free) AND Severe Pulmonary Disease Associated with Electronic-Cigarette–Product Use — Interim Guidance – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (free)
Commentaries: CDC Says Number Of Possible Cases Of Vaping-Related Lung Illness Has Doubled – NPR (free) AND Cases of Vaping-Related Lung Illness Surge, Health Officials Say – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free) AND Pneumonia cases linked to vaping are still rising. And federal officials don’t know what’s causing them – STAT (free)
Expert Consensus Recommendations for the Suspicion and Diagnosis of Transthyretin Cardiac Amyloidosis
8 Sep, 2019 | 23:58h | UTCRelated: Cardiac Amyloidosis: Updates in Imaging (several reviews on the subject)
Consensus: CT and MR Imaging Prior to Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation
8 Sep, 2019 | 23:55h | UTC
Population-based Cohort Study: Exposure to Diagnostic Low-Dose Ionizing Radiation Associated with Increased Risk for Many Types of Cancers
5 Sep, 2019 | 08:27h | UTC
Thoracic Ultrasonography: A Narrative Review
27 Aug, 2019 | 01:52h | UTCThoracic ultrasonography: a narrative review – Intensive Care Medicine (free)
Related: Thoracic Ultrasound: What Non-radiologists Need to Know – Current Pulmonology Reports (free) AND Emergency Thoracic US: The Essentials – RadioGraphics (free) AND Incremental value of thoracic ultrasound in intensive care units: Indications, uses, and applications – World Journal of Radiology (free) AND Ultrasound of the Pleurae and Lungs – Ultrasound in Medicine & Biology (free) AND Lung ultrasound: routine practice for the next generation of internists – The Netherlands Journal of Medicine (free PDF)
Cardiac Amyloidosis: Updates in Imaging
27 Aug, 2019 | 00:21h | UTCCardiac Amyloidosis: Updates in Imaging – Current Cardiology Reports (free)
Related Reviews: AL (Light-Chain) Cardiac Amyloidosis: A Review of Diagnosis and Therapy – Journal of the American College of Cardiology (free) Contemporary Imaging Diagnosis of Cardiac Amyloidosis – Journal of Cardiovascular Imaging (free) AND Progress in diagnosing and managing cardiac amyloidosis – Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine (free) AND Role of cardiovascular imaging for the diagnosis and prognosis of cardiac amyloidosis – openheart (free) AND Recent advances in diagnosis and treatment of cardiac amyloidosis – Journal of Cardiology (free) AND Cardiac Amyloidosis: An Update on Pathophysiology, Diagnosis, and Treatment – Trends in Cardiovascular Medicine (free)
Noninvasive Imaging to Assess Atherosclerotic Plaque Composition and Disease Activity: Coronary and Carotid Applications
25 Aug, 2019 | 13:44h | UTC
Review: Diagnostic Value of Alternative Techniques to Gadolinium-based Contrast Agents in MR Neuroimaging
25 Aug, 2019 | 13:32h | UTC
Review: The Use of MRI and PET Imaging Studies for Prostate Cancer Management
18 Aug, 2019 | 21:11h | UTC
Review: Imaging of Pulmonary Hypertension
15 Aug, 2019 | 07:58h | UTCImaging of Pulmonary Hypertension: Pictorial Essay – Chest (free for a limited period)
Related Guidelines: Therapy for Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension in Adults 2018: Update of the CHEST Guideline and Expert Panel Report (free) AND 2015 ESC/ERS Guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of pulmonary hypertension (free) AND Pediatric Pulmonary Hypertension: Guidelines From the American Heart Association and American Thoracic Society (free) AND 2018 TSOC guideline focused update on diagnosis and treatment of pulmonary arterial hypertension – Journal of the Formosan Medical Association (free)
The Entire Human Brain in ‘Unprecedented’ Detail, Thanks to Powerful MRI
14 Aug, 2019 | 08:26h | UTCThe entire human brain in ‘unprecedented’ detail, thanks to powerful MRI – STAT (free)
Multispecialty Consensus: Imaging in Suspected Renal Colic
9 Aug, 2019 | 08:14h | UTC
Meta-Analysis: MRI plus Targeted Biopsy vs. Systematic Biopsy Alone for the Diagnosis of Prostate Cancer
8 Aug, 2019 | 08:13h | UTCCommentaries: The Evolving Paradigm of Prostate Cancer Screening – JAMA Network Open (free) AND MRIs Improve Targeting of Biopsies for Prostate Cancer Diagnosis – MedicalResearch.com (free)
Related Cochrane Review: MRI Pathway vs. Systematic Biopsy for Detecting Prostate Cancer (free)
“Prebiopsy magnetic resonance imaging combined with targeted biopsy is associated with improved detection of clinically significant prostate cancer and reduced numbers of biopsy cores per procedure, while potentially avoiding unnecessary biopsies.”
Diagnostic Imaging in Pregnant Patients With Suspected Appendicitis
8 Aug, 2019 | 08:04h | UTCDiagnostic Imaging in Pregnant Patients With Suspected Appendicitis – JAMA (free for a limited period)
Association of Coronary Artery Calcium With Long-term, Cause-Specific Mortality Among Young Adults
2 Aug, 2019 | 01:34h | UTCCommentary: Coronary Artery Calcium and Long-Term, Cause-Specific Mortality in Young Adults – American College of Cardiology (free)
Meta-Analysis: Transvaginal Sonography vs. MRI for the Diagnosis of Rectosigmoid Endometriosis
2 Aug, 2019 | 00:15h | UTCCommentary: Transvaginal ultrasound and MRI achieve similar accuracy for diagnosing lower bowel endometriosis – NIHR Signal (free)
Studies: Whole-body MRI is Effective for Staging Lung and Colorectal Cancer
29 Jul, 2019 | 20:46h | UTCSee also: Whole-body MRI scans are as accurate as standard imaging pathways for lung cancer staging – NIHR Signal (free)
Original Studies: Whole body MRI for Colorectal and Lung Cancer Staging (free studies and commentaries)
Study: Deep Natural Language Processing Can Extract Clinically Relevant Oncologic Endpoints from Radiology Reports
29 Jul, 2019 | 20:04h | UTCAssessment of Deep Natural Language Processing in Ascertaining Oncologic Outcomes From Radiology Reports – JAMA Oncology (free for a limited period)
Commentaries: The Tipping Point for Deep Learning in Oncology – JAMA Oncology (free for a limited period) AND Deep Natural Language Processing of Oncology Radiology Reports – The ASCO Post (free)
Related Commentary on Twitter
Deep natural language processing can extract clinically-relevant oncologic endpoints from radiology reports https://t.co/yQGQR0ZMe4
— JAMA Oncology (@JAMAOnc) July 26, 2019
Review: Updated WHO Nomenclature of Head and Neck Lesions and Associated Imaging Findings
25 Jul, 2019 | 01:21h | UTC
Meta-Analysis: Diagnostic Performance of PET or PET/CT Using 18F-FDG Labeled White Blood Cells in Infectious Diseases
23 Jul, 2019 | 01:22h | UTC
Study: Short MRI Protocols Have High Diagnostic Performance for Prostate Cancer Detection
23 Jul, 2019 | 01:18h | UTCCommentary: Fast MRI Protocol Accurately Identifies Prostate Cancer at Lower Cost – Medscape/Reuters (free)