Specialty Radiology
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Featured
Adapting Radiology Operations to the COVID-19 Pandemic
In a significant change to its usual practice, the Mass General Department of Radiology has implemented work-from-home policies, enabling remote coverage through various technological solutions.
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Treating Lung Metastases with Image-Guided Ablation
Image-guided ablation represents an alternative approach for patients who cannot undergo surgery or radiation due to the extent of metastatic disease or comorbidities including limited respiratory function, advanced age or prior radiation therapy.
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Mass General Researcher Leads Effort to Address Cumulative Radiation Exposure
Madan Rehani, PhD, director of Global Outreach for Radiation Protection at Massachusetts General Hospital, studies patients' exposure over time and advocates for means to reduce the exposure.
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PET/MRI Reproducibly Discriminates Between Individuals With and Without Chronic Low Back Pain
Angel Torrado-Carvajal, PhD, and Marco L. Loggia, PhD, of the Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, and colleagues have reproduced and expanded on earlier work showing that a thalamic neuroinflammation signal on PET/MRI distinguishes patients with chronic low back pain from healthy controls.
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Functional Connectivity on Magnetoencephalography May Be a Biomarker of Autism Spectrum Disorder
Using magnetoencephalography, Fahimeh Mamashli, PhD, and Tal Kenet, PhD, of the Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, and colleagues determined that children with autism spectrum disorder show altered functional connectivity in response to inverted faces.
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Review: Imaging of Drug Mules
Radiologists may be called on to examine people suspected of concealing drugs in the GI tract, rectum or vagina. Rhea Malhotra, MD, and Ajay Singh, MD, MBBS, of the Department of Radiology, review approaches for protecting these individuals from complications and preventing the release of contraband into the community.
Radiology contributors
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Brian B. Ghoshhajra, MD, MBA
Service Chief, Cardiovascular Imaging, Department of Radiology, Program Director, Cardiac Imaging Fellowship, Department of Radiology
Recent Article
Screening Emergency Department Patients with Chest Pain Symptoms Using Coronary CT Angiography
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David A. Rosman, MD, MBA
Associate Director, Business Development, Mass General Imaging
Recent Article
IMPACT: A Standardized Tool for Assessment of Pelvic Floor Disorders -
James A. Brink, MD
Radiologist-in-Chief, Massachusetts General Hospital, Juan M. Taveras Professor of Radiology, Harvard Medical School
Recent Article
Estimating Radiology Volume During the First Wave of COVID-19—and the Next
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James H. Thrall, MD
Chairman Emeritus, Department of Radiology
Recent Article
Radiology Leaders on Artificial Intelligence: Get in Front -
Joshua A. Hirsch, MD
Vice Chair, Procedural Service , Service Line Chief, NeuroInterventional Radiology
Recent Article
New Guidelines Address Facet Joint Interventions for Chronic Spinal Pain
Mass General Imaging
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