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    Medical imaging utilization and associated radiation exposure in children with down syndrome - 8 month(s) ago

    Objective To evaluate the frequency of medical imaging or estimated associated radiation exposure in children with Down syndrome. Methods This retrospective cohort study included 4,348,226 children enrolled in six U.S. integrated healthcare systems from 1996–2016, 3,095 of whom were diagnosed with Down syndrome. We calculated imaging rates per 100 person years and associated red bone marrow dose (mGy). Relative rates (RR) of imaging in children with versus without Down syndrome were estimated using overdispersed Poisson regression. Results Compared to other children, children with Down syndrome received imaging using ionizing radiation at 9.5 times (95% confidence interval[CI] = 8.2–10.9) the rate when age <1 year and 2.3 times (95% CI = 2.0–2.5) between ages 1–18 years. Imaging rates by modality in children <1 year with Down syndrome compared with other children were: computed tomography (6.6 vs. 2.0, RR = 3.1[95%CI = 1.8–5.1]), fluoroscopy (37.1 vs. 3.1, RR 11.9[95%CI 9.5–14.8]), ang

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    Analysis of deep optic nerve head structures with spectral domain and swept-source optical coherence tomography - 9 month(s) ago

    Purpose Histological evidence indicates that the earliest structural changes to the optic nerve head (ONH) in glaucoma occur in the lamina cribrosa (LC) and its interface with the sclera. However, clinical imaging of these structures remains challenging. We compared the visibility of deep ONH structures with newer iterations of spectral-domain (SD) and swept-source (SS) optical coherence tomography (OCT). Methods Twelve patients with open-angle glaucoma were imaged with SD-OCT with 24 radial B-scans centred on Bruch’s membrane opening (BMO) and SS-OCT with a horizontal and vertical raster scan pattern containing five lines each, centred on the ONH. Single best-matched horizontal and vertical scans from the two modalities were selected and exported. Three independent observers masked to modality determined if BMO, posterior choroid surface, anterior scleral canal opening and anterior and posterior LC insertions into the sclera were detectable in the matched B-scan images. We determined

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      👁️ Exciting research! 📚 Discover advanced imaging revealing early glaucoma changes. Insights in optic nerve head analysis. #Glaucoma #Research #MedicalImaging Link: https://t.co/Kk6mxHx3yh

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    The Bidding War for Staff, How Do We Weather the Storm? - 9 month(s) ago

    Sitting down with staff during meetings is a great way to improve transparency and bring to light the high cost and number of staff it takes to run a successful imaging department.

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      The biggest question today, how do we retain staff at reasonable wages, and hours for both the staff member and the organization? #radiology #medicalimaging #HealthcareStaffing #StaffingShortage @AtriumHealthWFB https://t.co/8WjwbZX1Ky

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    Developing Cultural Intelligence: Inclusive Leadership - 10 month(s) ago

    “Cultural Intelligence” defines it as, “an outsider’s seemingly natural ability to interpret someone’s unfamiliar and ambiguous gestures the way that person’s compatriots would”

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      Leadership is a courageous position that requires you to identify the one silently crying out in the wilderness of acceptance. #medicalimaging #imaging #artificialintelliegence @NorthwellHealth https://t.co/ARjNnwPSMO

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