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Window Shopping: Breast Cancer on CT with Histologic Correlate
“Liver windows” significantly improve the accuracy of spotting incidental breast cancer on scans.
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Why Abdominal Screening Just Makes Cents
To quote James Carville, “it’s the economy, stupid.” And when it is done correctly, imaging screening can be a financial powerhouse that balances upfront costs against the massive societal and systemic expenses of late-stage disease.
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Avoiding the Lisfranc Trap
Lisfranc injuries are notoriously easy to miss; 20% of cases are overlooked on initial clinical exams. Failure to diagnose these injuries often leads to high morbidity and long-term post-traumatic osteoarthritis.
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Duplicate Collecting Systems Decoded
While bifid ureters are frequent, typically, complete duplications follow a predictable, um, “vowel-forward” rule.
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New Sarcopenia Markers in Head & Neck CT
Assessing frailty is crucial for trauma triage; however, the gold standard psoas muscle isn’t visible if abdominal imaging isn’t performed.
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Optimized fMRI Acquisition—Clinical Checklist
As 2025 ARRS Scholar Luca Pasquini, MD, clarified during ARRS 2026, success depends on real-time quality assurance and the ability to adapt to patient limitations.
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Timing Matters: Early CT in Empyema
Diagnostic delays allow for fibrous septations to form, making treatment harder.
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GLP-1 Body Composition—A Metabolic Win?
New insights would suggest that weight loss from glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists may well be “healthy”—mirroring the body composition changes seen in exercise, rather than pathological wasting.
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PACS Hack: Central Vein Sign (Sans Additional Sequences)
While many protocols suggest adding a T2-FLAIR or specialized SWI sequence, you can often visualize the CVS using existing 3D data and your PACS vendor’s MPR tool.
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CHF Radiography—Beware the Batwings!
Findings correlate directly with increasing hydrostatic pressure—evolving from simple cardiac enlargement to life-threatening alveolar edema.
