Every day, radiologists make decisions that can change a patient's life. Recommend a biopsy too often, and patients may undergo unnecessary procedures. Recommend too few, and an aggressive cancer could be missed when early detection offers the greatest chance for successful treatment. Finding that balance is one of the most important challenges in…
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Every day, radiologists make decisions that can change a patient's life. Recommend a biopsy too often, and patients may undergo unnecessary procedures. Recommend too few, and an aggressive cancer...
My day starts early. I start off in a cabinet and get taken out to have liquid poured in me somewhere in the CT department and handed to a patient with a simple instruction:"Please finish this over...
Every department has one. The therapist everyone goes to with questions. The person who remembers why a protocol changed five years ago. The one who can spot a potential setup issue before anyone...
For years, breast arterial calcifications (BAC) have been a familiar finding on screening mammograms. They were noted, recognized as benign from a breast cancer perspective, and often received little...
Most healthcare professionals don't think of themselves as innovators. They're busy caring for patients, managing schedules, troubleshooting workflow issues, and solving problems in real time. The...
As a nurse manager, you've probably heard it before: "We have a new initiative we'd like your team to implement." While every new product or program may have good intentions, many come with...
Radiation therapists know that some of the most important conversations during CT simulation are not always about treatment itself. Patients arrive with questions about timing, side effects, and what...
The entire tone of a room can be changed by a patient who is extremely nervous and presenting for her mammogram. Anxiousness can make positioning more difficult, increase tension during compression,...
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Efficient CT-guided procedures depend on consistency from the very beginning.When localization is accurate from the start, CT teams can reduce unnecessary rescanning, improve procedural efficiency,...
