Dear AuntMinnieEurope Member,
The use of pediatric CT in the Spanish region of Catalonia has risen over the past 23 years, according to a new article we're featuring in our CT Community.
The good news is that the rate of scanned patients per 1,000 individuals grew only slightly over the study period -- perhaps a sign that CT is not being overused in children. Learn more by clicking here.
If the name Kitty Clark isn't familiar to you (or even if it is), you should visit our Digital X-Ray Community to read Dr. Adrian Thomas' latest radiology history column on the life of Kathleen Clara "Kitty" Clark. An early pioneer of radiography education, she played a major role in the publishing of books that became reference standards for radiography positioning and exposure. Click here to learn more about her fascinating story.
A new study out of Australia indicates that MRI can be used to assess patients with endometriosis at any time, even during menstruation. The researchers found no statistically significant difference in the appearance of pelvic MR images regardless of when they were acquired. Get the rest of the details in our Women's Imaging Community by clicking here.
In our Advanced Visualization Community, researchers from Belarus have developed computer-aided detection (CAD) software they believe can predict drug resistance in patients with tuberculosis. Find out how it works by clicking here. Before you leave the community, click here to learn about how researchers from China and the U.S. developed a CAD algorithm to detect bladder cancer on 3D MRI.
And finally, learn how a U.K. team used MRI scans to investigate anatomical changes in the brains of boys who grew up facing adversity.
