Dear AuntMinnie Member,
It’s not surprising that this week’s top story was our announcement of the finalists for the Minnies, AuntMinnie‘s annual event recognizing excellence in radiology. Next week we’ll name the year’s winners, so be sure to check the site regularly.
Our second most-read story covered research that suggests that music can lower anxiety for women undergoing mammography screening, while our third most popular article gave an overview of the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ (CMS) 2026 final rule of the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS) and imaging societies’ responses to it.
In fourth and fifth place were our coverage of research that found that an open-source AI model for analyzing chest x-rays helps identify those at risk of death from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and a study that explored the benefits of a power-save mode on CT systems for reducing energy consumption.
See below for the full list of our top stories of the week:
- Meet the Minnies 2025 finalists
- Music lowers anxiety, pain for women undergoing mammography
- Imaging societies sound off on CMS MPFS final rule for 2026
- AI predicts death risk from COPD
- Study examines benefits of a CT power-save mode
- Degree of net water uptake on CT helps predict EVT treatment efficacy
- LI-RADS CT/MRI version 2024 improves liver cancer recurrence detection
- Radiologists net $824M in industry research payments
- CEM identifies nipple tumor involvement in breast cancer patients
- 5 ways to reduce gadolinium pollution
- Breast imaging reads are shifting from generalists to specialists
- Salvage image-guided thermal ablation treats lung cancer after SBRT
- Podcast: Sherpa doctor recalls career journey starting at Mt. Everest
- Machine learning produces personalized risk estimates for prostate MRI
Kate Madden Yee
Senior Editor
AuntMinnie.com