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.
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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.
At the Center of Research Translation for the Study of Osteoarthritis (CORT), we’re using high-resolution quantitative imaging to find links between movement and changes at the tissue level. Those links are very important in helping us find the root causes of musculo-skeletal degeneration, and they may lead to a better quality of life not only for a growing population of older people, but also for sports enthusiasts.
When it comes to men versus women, women are now in the lead… But this isn’t a race that either gender wants to win. For the first time, women who smoke are more likely to die of lung cancer than male smokers.