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With the RSNA annual meeting shifting to a virtual format due to the ongoing pandemic, it’s certain to be different this year. That doesn’t mean there won’t be plenty to see (and do), however. Before we head off to our socially distanced Thanksgiving celebrations, please take a few minutes to look over our preview of the upcoming conference. You may find something that piques your interest.
What are you expecting from virtual RSNA this year? Let us know on Twitter and/or Facebook.
And Happy Thanksgiving, from everyone at Radiology Today. Stay safe.
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RSNA 2020 on Your Computer or Tablet
By Aine Cryts
Radiologists, technologists, executives, and vendors will participate in RSNA 2020 as an all-virtual event. The annual conference takes place from Sunday, November 29 to Friday, December 4 on an internet-enabled computer or tablet near you. Boasting more than 350 hours of educational refresher courses, science sessions, and educational exhibits, the conference also features Cases of the Day and more than 190 on-demand sessions.
Human Insight/Visionary Medicine is the theme of the 106th Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting. James P. Borgstede, MD, president of the RSNA Board of Directors, will help kick off the conference with a session on Sunday, “One World, One Radiology Community — A Vision for Tomorrow.”
Sunday also features an opening session lecture, “The Power of Radiology to Drive Collective Action and Transform Global Health.” Presenting this lecture is Kristen DeStigter, MD, FACR, cofounder of Imaging the World and chair of radiology at the Larner College of Medicine at the University of Vermont. Imaging the World, a nonprofit organization, integrates low-cost ultrasound programs into remote health care facilities that lack radiologists, other skilled personnel, and imaging equipment. DeStigter has worked for a decade to bring sustainable, high-quality, affordable ultrasound capabilities to clinical services in rural Uganda. The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has supported her work through grant awards.
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A New Starting Point
As health care providers worldwide work to reestablish a firm operational footing, AHRA has rolled out the Imaging Innovation Council, a collaborative that addresses gaps and opportunities within the imaging community. Read more »
Don’t (Need to) Hold Your Breath
Thanks in part to heightened awareness and improved technology, liver MRI screening has moved closer to the forefront of the imager’s repertoire. Read more »
Model Behavior
Researchers believe AI analysis of chest CT is a valuable tool for clinical management of COVID-19. Read more »
Multilayered Response
The anonymization of patient images for research purposes is a multifactorial process. Read more » |
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UK Lab Publishes DIY High-Resolution smFRET Blueprints
Personnel from the Craggs Lab at the United Kingdom’s University of Sheffield have published instructions for building a low-cost version of a single-molecule Förster Resonance Energy Transfer microscope. The open-source project, they say, will give remote facilities a leg up in the fight against COVID, at one-tenth the usual cost.
Spectral Imaging Clarifies Effect of Biodiversity on Ecosystems
Utilizing spectral images taken from an airplane, researchers from the University of Minnesota announce that they have quantified how biodiversity loss impacts forest ecosystems. The research, which interprets sunlight reflected off the surface of the forest canopy, is published in Nature Ecology & Evolution.
Deep-Space Imaging Yields Insight Into Eruptions on Distant Moon
A team led by Stanford University researchers analyzing the inner workings of a moon orbiting Jupiter has reportedly modeled a cryovolcanic eruption. The results, published in Geophysical Research Letters, have implications in understanding the prospects of life elsewhere in our solar system, according to the researchers.
In Situ Protein Analysis Expands Biomedical Frontiers
The UK’s University of Nottingham announces that its 3D OrbiSIMS system offers unprecedented mass spectral molecular analysis of hard and soft matter as well as living cells. Its in situ imaging and depth profiling capabilities have already yielded one novel antibacterial biomedical application, per an article in Nature Communications. |
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“The crews weren’t kitten around and with a little coaxing, the rest is hiss-tory.”
— Australia’s Fire and Rescue NSW Station 062 Bankstown, via a Facebook post from November 9, describing a near-catastrophic occasion when thermal imaging was used to rescue a kitten trapped between the walls of a residence in Sydney, Australia |
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