Week in Review: Radiology’s hidden safety risks | Paying for AI mammography? | New ‘Invisible Force’ episode

Safety risks in radiology are a hot discussion topic, but there are several hidden risks that may not be addressed, according to research covered in our top story of the week. A team from the University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School in Worcester reported on “recurring harm patterns and vulnerable populations” via a system-based analysis of radiology patient safety events. Click here for the full details.

Second on the week’s list was an article on how accuracy and advertising may influence women’s willingness to pay for AI mammography, and our third most-clicked story was Episode 7 of the Invisible Force podcast, titled “Mystery surrounds quench button in fatal MRI accident.”

Readers also showed interest in a five-year plan launched by an international consortium to improve theranostics outcomes. The initiative, called the Precision Dosimetry Imaging Biomarker (PDIB) project, aims to pave the way for personalized radiopharmaceutical therapy. And take a look at a story featuring insights from Mahmed Mossa-Basha, MD, chair of radiology at the University of Alabama, regarding how departments can reduce CT contrast dose — even if they don’t have a photon-counting CT (PCCT) system.

Finally, Science and Medicine Group and AuntMinnie.com are collaborating with AI-driven revenue cycle management firm XiFin on a radiology research survey that will explore operational, administrative, and financial challenges facing radiology groups across roles and organizational types. Please participate! Access the survey here.

Check out the list below for the week’s top articles:

1. Study reveals radiology’s hidden safety risks
2. Accuracy, ads influence women’s willingness to pay for AI mammography
3. Podcast: Mystery surrounds quench button in fatal MRI accident
4. Consortium launches 5-year plan to improve theranostics outcomes
5. No PCCT? Radiology departments can still reduce contrast dose
6. Rad assistants can save practices hundreds of non-interpretive task hours
7. AI estimates children’s bone density on chest x-rays
8. New method decouples Alzheimer’s disease pathology at PET
9. MR fingerprinting technique characterizes prostate lesions
10. A hair-raising MRI safety concern: Weft extensions with metallic beads
11. PET links brain metabolism to survival in lung cancer patients
12. Incoming SBI president previews annual symposium
13. Women’s Imaging MinnieCast, Episode 6 – What to know about BI-RADS v2025
14. VR glasses soothe patients undergoing TRUS-guided prostate biopsy

Kate Madden Yee
Senior Editor
AuntMinnie.com