Imaging News

Joseph Blecha, MS, has spent 18 years at UCSF advancing radiochemistry to improve imaging and treatment of diseases like Alzheimer’s, ALS, and prostate cancer. Inspired during his early chemistry studies, he transitioned from organic chemistry to radiochemistry, now producing short-lived isotopes with UCSF’s cyclotron group.

Xiaoxi Liu, PhD is postdoctoral scholar working to improve MRI sequence design and image reconstruction, with a strong emphasis on hyperpolarized carbon-13 MRI and proton hydrogen MRI. She created an open-source acquisition toolbox for these imaging modalities.

Lori Strachowski, MD, and a committee of The Society of Radiologists in Ultrasound published a lexicon of terms for first trimester ultrasound that standardize the medical language, are mindful of patient emotions and expectations and address the current landscape of early pregnancy care in the USA.

Associate Professor of Clinical Radiology David Naeger and colleagues conducted a survey to learn how radiologists might build better patient relationships. 

When it comes to receiving their imaging results, who do patients want to hear from and what information are they interested in receiving? Determining patient preference was the goal of a recent survey I co-authored.

Here are just a few noteworthy blog posts that highlight some of the most important topics in radiology from the year, including brain research, pediatric radiology and exciting UCSF news!

The days of comparing film screen radiology to computed or digital radiology are coming to an end. Learn why!

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), as a federal law, is not only increasing the number of Americans with health insurance but is also causing significant changes in how physicians are paid.

UCSF Radiology’s Anand Patel, MD, presented UCSF’s 20 month follow-up results from our experience with the RSNA Image Share Network at RSNA 2013.

“Meaningful Use” is a government program which will require the use of electronic medical records by the majority of hospitals and practicing physicians.