AJR Podcasts

Full article: https://www.ajronline.org/doi/abs/10.2214/AJR.23.29164 Stephany Mazur, MD summarizes findings from a recent article demonstrating no significant increase in image apparent hematoma, palpable hematoma, or need for post-biopsy bleeding-related intervention for patient on anti-thrombotic therapy as compared to those not on therapy. Only breast bruising was seen more frequently in patien...

Full article: https://www.ajronline.org/doi/abs/10.2214/AJR.22.28925   Eymen Ucisik, MD presents a recently published AJR article exploring the possible risk factors for diagnostic errors by attending neuroradiologists in a single large academic center. These findings should be considered when designing workflow-related interventions to reduce imaging interpretation errors.

Full article: https://www.ajronline.org/doi/abs/10.2214/AJR.22.28968   Moral distress may cause burnout. Abdul Khan, MD, discusses a recently published AJR article in which investigators evaluate the prevalence of moral distress and evaluate for causes of moral distress as well as potential solutions for moral distress.

Full article: https://www.ajronline.org/doi/abs/10.2214/AJR.22.28809   In this podcast, Mostafa Alabousi, MD discusses a prospective pilot study by Dr. Covington et al. which assessed the performance of FES PET/CT in comparison to standard-of-care evaluation and FDG PET/CT in individuals with invasive lobular breast carcinoma.

Full article: https://www.ajronline.org/doi/abs/10.2214/AJR.23.28999   Wenhui Zhou, MD, PhD reviews a recent AJR article which described a unique association of unexplained acute distal pancreatitis with subsequent diagnosis of pancreatic cancer. Awareness of this imaging finding may facilitate upfront endoscopic ultrasound sampling for early detection of pancreatic cancer.  

Full article: https://www.ajronline.org/doi/abs/10.2214/AJR.22.28970   Leo Jia, MD discusses a new study that finds the time to resolution after a booster dose supports the current recommendation for follow up of at least 12 weeks for suspected vaccine-related lymphadenopathy. 

Full article: https://www.ajronline.org/doi/full/10.2214/AJR.22.28745   Artificial intelligence tools are already used in the practice of radiology, but there are questions about their accuracy and generalizability. Juliet Alla, MD discusses a study examining the technical adequacy of several body composition AI tools when applied to a set of heterogenous sample of outside imaging studies. Special...

Full article: https://www.ajronline.org/doi/abs/10.2214/AJR.22.28556   Rachana Borkar, MBBS discusses a study that concluded that ACR TIRADS had the highest sensitivity and specificity among six risk stratification systems for thyroid nodules.

Full article: https://www.ajronline.org/doi/abs/10.2214/AJR.22.28396   Mohanned Alnammi, MD discusses a new study evaluating the diagnostic performance of O-RADS US and O-RADS MRI for risk stratification of ovarian and adnexal lesions.

Full article: https://www.ajronline.org/doi/abs/10.2214/AJR.22.28963   Jesi Kim, MD discusses an important article that demonstrates how the improved temporal resolution of dual-source CT scanners can allow coronary CTAs to be performed without strict heartrate control while improving image quality. This finding and discussion is of interest because not administering an oral beta blocker during a...

Full article: https://www.ajronline.org/doi/abs/10.2214/AJR.22.28640   Aruj Chawla, DO discusses a study that brings about a novel method to analyze vascular involvement in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinomas. 

Full article: https://www.ajronline.org/doi/abs/10.2214/AJR.22.28769   Stephany Mazur, MD discusses a new article in AJR that focuses on factors predicting background parenchymal enhancement in contrast-enhanced mammography (CEM). Understanding these factors may help to optimize patient selection and the timing of CEM examinations.

Full article: https://www.ajronline.org/doi/abs/10.2214/AJR.22.28852   Eymen Ucisik, MD discusses a recently published AJR article aiming to explore the potential of the insular ribbon involvement on the initial MRI as a marker of tissue fate by analyzing serial follow up MRI findings and the affected patients' clinical outcomes. It is relevant for the general radiologists and neurologists since i...

Full article: https://www.ajronline.org/doi/10.2214/AJR.22.28587   Angiomyolipoma embolization may be performed with a variety of embolic agents. Abdul Khan, MD, discusses a recently published AJR article in which investigators compare the safety and efficacy of large or symptomatic AML embolization with a combination of LBE and NBCA-lipiodol emulsion vs PVA particles.

Full article: https://www.ajronline.org/doi/10.2214/AJR.22.28470   In this podcast, Mostafa Alabousi, MD discusses a retrospective study by Dr. Seiler et al. which compared the diagnostic performance of supplemental optoacoustic imaging with conventional ultrasound compared to ultrasound alone for differentiating benign versus malignant breast masses. 

Full article: https://www.ajronline.org/doi/abs/10.2214/AJR.22.28321   Leo Jia, MD discusses a recent article assessing the efficacy and safety of CT-guided biopsy of suspicious pelvic and retroperitoneal lymph nodes.

Full article: https://www.ajronline.org/doi/abs/10.2214/AJR.22.28603 Wenhui Zhou, MD, PhD reviews a recent AJR article which compares the efficacy and safety of delayed versus upfront thermal ablation in the treatment of colorectal cancer liver oligometastases. This comparison study shows upfront thermal ablation results in better progression-free-survival compared to delayed ablation, for patient...

Full article: https://www.ajronline.org/doi/abs/10.2214/AJR.22.28515   In this podcast, Shambo Guha Roy, MD discusses an article in which the authors studied the effect of different reconstruction kernels and slice thickness on chest CT image quality performed on photon-counting detector CT used in ultra-high-definition mode.

Full article: https://www.ajronline.org/doi/10.2214/AJR.22.28385 Locoregional therapies for hepatocellular carcinoma perform differently when compared by rates of complete pathologic necrosis of lesions. Juliet Alla, MD discusses a new AJR study that demonstrates improved rates of complete pathologic necrosis for patients with HCC who underwent thermal ablation and TARE therapies, when compared to...

Full article: https://www.ajronline.org/doi/10.2214/AJR.22.28323   Jesi Kim, MD discusses a recent  AJR  article that demonstrates the value of new metrics using dual energy CT to differentiate between an adrenal adenoma and non-adenoma.

Full article: https://www.ajronline.org/doi/10.2214/AJR.22.28231   Rachana Borkar, MBBS discusses a new  AJR  study which is the first to simultaneously compare radiologist's overall impression, ACR TI-RADS, and deep learning algorithm in differentiating benign and malignant thyroid nodules on ultrasound in children and young adults.

Full article: https://www.ajronline.org/doi/10.2214/AJR.22.28319   Aruj Chawla, MD provides an overview and discussion of an  AJR  article that discusses the possibility of using thin-slice reconstructions in a head-to-head comparison with existing reconstruction techniques to compare subjective image quality. Is there a possibility of streamlining workflows and eliminating thick reconstructions a...

Full article: https://www.ajronline.org/doi/10.2214/AJR.22.28320   Stephany Mazur, MD reviews a study on digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT)-guided versus digital mammography (DM)-guided biopsies of calcifications, demonstrating similar pathologic outcomes, with a decreased procedure time and radiation exposure for DBT guidance as compared to DM guidance.

Full article: https://www.ajronline.org/doi/10.2214/AJR.22.28233   Across practices, Eovist is used to differentiate focal nodular hyperplasia (FNH) from hepatic adenoma (HCA). Mohanned Alnammi, MD discusses how further research and new updates in HCA classification system, combined with new data from a recent  AJR  article shows how Eovist uptake occurs in these subtypes (namely B-HCA which has m...

Full article: https://www.ajronline.org/doi/10.2214/AJR.22.28357   Eymen Ucisik, MD discusses an  AJR  article comparing opioid-exposed and unexposed fetuses in terms of 2D biometric measurements of the brain and additional pregnancy-related assessments on fetal MRI.