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News From The International Society of Radiology

August 2024

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Diagnostic Accuracy of an Integrated AI Tool to Estimate Gestational Age From Blind Ultrasound Sweeps

This prospective study enrolled 400 pregnant individuals with due dates confirmed by first-trimester ultrasonography. At follow-up visits randomly assigned throughout gestation, novice clinicians using an AI-enabled device estimated gestational age.

Open Access Education Articles

Extensive Dissemination of Gluteal Biopolymers and Their Complications

A series of cases of women in whom, after an aesthetic procedure of injection of biopolymers in the buttocks, present complications due to the extensive dissemination of these and post-surgical complications secondary to the extraction of the exogenous material.

Minimally Invasive Craniotomies and their Imaging Identification

Efforts to discover increasingly safe, effective and cosmetically satisfactory surgical accesses have allowed the development of various neurosurgical techniques.

Contrast Media in Pregnant and Lactating Patients, from the AJR Special Series on Contrast Media

IV contrast media improve the diagnostic power of radiology examinations. These media include gadolinium-based contrast media and iron-oxide nanoparticles for MRI, iodinated contrast material for CT, microbubbles for ultrasound, and radiopharmaceuticals for nuclear medicine.

Tumor-like Conditions That Mimic Liver Tumors

Non-neoplastic tumor-like conditions of the liver can appear similar to hepatic neoplasms. In many cases, a biopsy is required to confirm the pathology.

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