Dear AuntMinnieEurope Member,
When it comes to illicit drug use and addiction, imaging now plays a central role in diagnosing and managing the wide range of serious complications.
In this week's top article, two experienced clinical radiologists from Australia have elaborated on how they approach this area. They've also provided details and images about some of the many cases they've encountered over recent years. Find out more in our CT Community.
The radiology journals' websites tend to go quiet over the holiday period, but an intriguing breast study published by European Journal of Radiology on 3 January caught our eye. The authors presented MRI features of ultrasound-detected BIRADS-3 lesions and compared the findings from both modalities among this patient group. Get the full story in the Women's Imaging Community.
The need to boost scan capacity is particularly urgent in the U.K., where major workforce shortages persist. To address this issue, a team of researchers devised a strategy to enhance the availability of bone scan procedures for prostate cancer patients.
In other news, investigators from Lund University in Sweden have reported that individual biofluid and imaging biomarkers can predict future cognitive decline in Alzheimer patients. Tau PET imaging is showing great promise in this field, according to their analysis. The findings deserve a close look in the Molecular Imaging Community.
Finally, if you missed the release of our list of top 10 articles from 2022, please spare a moment to check it out.
