Laws requiring that women be notified of their mammographic breast density now exist in six states. In California this law took effect on April 1, 2013. From that date forward, whenever a radiologist interprets a mammogram and reports that a woman has dense breasts, the woman must receive a letter from the imaging facility explaining that her breast tissue is dense.
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Computed Tomography (CT)The Radiation Safety and Computed Tomography Virtual Symposium will go live online this week -- May 8th-10th, 2013. The unique event will provide a wealth of information for anyone interested in the topic of patient safety. The curriculum is specifically tailored to different audiences, including physicians, technologists, medical physicists, nurses, medical students, researchers, radiology administrators, and anyone who wants to understand the issues regarding CT radiation dose and strategies to improve the safety and utilization of CT.
An article from NPR’s Shots discusses the oft unanswered question: What exactly does a radiologist do? At a presentation at the 2012 RSNA annual meeting, it was revealed that only about half of the 300 patients surveyed upon receiving a CT scan knew that radiologists are in fact physicians.
The Radiology Outcomes Research Laboratory is pleased to announce the first Virtual Symposium in Radiation Safety to take place May 8- 10, 2013.
UCSF is one of the first hospitals to take part in the Image Share program, an image-exchange service that eliminates the hassle of transferring images in order to get a second opinion, consult a specialist or change hospitals/ doctors
Two physicians in the UCSF Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging were recently granted a Catalyst Award funded by UCSF’s Clinical and Translational Science Institute. The Catalyst Awards provide grants with a focus on development of four areas: therapeutics, diagnostics, devices, and digital health.