Eighteen months ago the Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (SNMMI) developed a task force to monitor and provide guidance to the imaging community with respect to COVID-19 infections manifesting in various imaging modalities, primarily FDG PET/CT or PET/MR. With the most recent variant, omicron, an unusual imaging pattern has been observed in the […]
In the June issue of ACR’s Quality and Safety eNews, it was announced the ACR MRI Accreditation Program (MRAP) has developed a medium-sized phantom. ACR’s senior advisor for medical physics also shared important details about the medium phantom with the medical physics community in the March-April issue of the AAPM Newsletter (see page 25). The […]
Did you know the American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM) has developed a full program to assist your team in transitioning to the discontinuation of routine shielding of patient gonads? When you decide the time is right, visit the AAPM CARES site for a full set of resources including training modules (with credit available) […]
Information Notice 2021-02: Recent Issues Associated with Monitoring Occupational Exposure to Radiation From Licensed and Unlicensed Radiation Sources was released on August 4, 2021. This IN describes recurring findings from NRC inspections where licensees were only monitoring dosimetry reports for high exposures. Several instances were observed where users were not wearing their badges correctly, or […]
The American College of Radiology will soon release ACRedit Plus, an updated accreditation database with a user-friendly interface and enhanced features making imaging accreditation more streamlined. This new process will be available for all imaging modalities except radiation oncology. Learn more about the changes from the ACR here: Keep ‘er Movin’
March 30, 2021 FDG-avid reactive lymphadenopathy on PET/CT has been reported in patients following COVID-19 vaccinations.1 Reactive lymphadenopathy has been reported in up to 16% of the patients following COVID-19 vaccination with the mRNA (Pfizer/BioNTech, Moderna) vaccines; this side effect has not been reported to date with the AdV vector vaccine (Janssen/Johnson & Johnson).2-5 Some […]
On behalf of the Medical Imaging & Technology Alliance (MITA*) Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) equipment manufacturers MPC is posting this message to assist in getting the word out. Please feel free to translate into local languages as necessary. The COVID19 pandemic impacts the way diagnostic imaging examinations are performed. Particularly, patients may need to wear […]
Hello out there! We at MPC hope you all are doing well while navigating this new environment. This public meeting announcement came across our desk this morning so we thought we would share with our readers. The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) will be holding a public meeting to discuss how NRC medical licensees can request […]
Yesterday the ACR posted this guidance for protection of health care workers and patients in this very precarious time…. https://www.acr.org/Advocacy-and-Economics/Advocacy-News/Advocacy-News-Issues/In-the-April-4-2020-Issue/ACR-Information-on-Field-Radiology-Care-During-the-COVID-19-Pandemic
In this new COVID-19 world we are encountering daily recommendations to promote social distancing, infection prevention and minimization of virus spread. Some headlines crossing our desk recently include the following: ACR Recommends suspension of nuclear medicine ventilation scans ( https://www.acr.org/Advocacy-and-Economics/ACR-Position-Statements/COVID19-Nuclear-Medicine-Ventilation-Scans Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging also recommends proceeding with caution when performing ventilation/perfusion […]
