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HSC Medicine, Dentistry and Healthcare Sciences Current Awareness Bulletins: Radiology and Clinical Imaging

Radiology and Clinical Imaging current awareness bulletin

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December 2025

Application of two-dimensional shear wave elastography in evaluating liver reserve function in patients with liver cancer

Artificial intelligence (AI) technologies to aid opportunistic detection of vertebral fragility fractures: early value assessment (new NICE guidance HTE34)

Artificial intelligence-enhanced multispectral imaging for burn wound assessment: insights from a multi-centre UK evaluation

Comparison of the diagnostic performance of Ovarian Adnexal Reporting Data System (O-RADS) with IOTA Simple Rules and ADNEX model for classifying adnexal masses: a head-to-head meta-analysis

CT of complex ventral hernias: a guide to reporting

Effective management of incidental findings in lung cancer screening: the role of the screening review meeting

Endometrial osseous metaplasia: a retrospective analysis and systematic review

Exploring the limit of image resolution for human expert classification of vascular ultrasound images in giant cell arteritis and healthy subjects: the GCA-US-AI project

Factors affecting diagnostic imaging decision-making in the emergency department during day and night shifts

Factors and outcomes of inappropriate thyroid ultrasonography

Home monitoring of ascites using portable ultrasound and telehealth technology: a pilot study

Hypertension: a cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging update

Image integrity issues create new headache for subarachnoid hemorrhage research

Intraoperative contrast-enhanced ultrasonography in pediatric surgeries: a review of techniques, applications, and outcomes

Medical imaging and pediatric and adolescent hematologic cancer risk

Outcomes of POCUS-guided peripheral intravenous access in difficult venous access patients

Point-of-care ultrasound for intussusception

Propofol for sedation during colonoscopy (updated Cochrane intervention review)

Recent advances in neuroimaging of Alzheimer's disease and related dementias

Reducing unnecessary imaging in ankle and foot trauma

Ultrasound elastography in prostate diseases: current status and future directions—a review

Ultrasound-guided nasojejunal tube placement: a simplified approach for improved clinical efficiency

Ultrasound-guided paracentesis (NEJM video guide)

Sources

Alzheimer’s & Dementia: The Journal of the Alzheimer’s Association (Sep); Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases (Sep); BMJ, The (Sep); Burns (Nov); Clinical Radiology (Oct-Nov); Emergency Medicine Journal (Aug-Sep); JAMA Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery (Sep); Journal of Clinical Ultrasound (Sep-Dec); NEJM (Sep-Oct); The Transmitter website (Oct)

October 2025

Associations and diagnostic accuracy of ultrasound features in knee osteoarthritis: cross-sectional results from a large community-based cohort

Deep learning based colorectal cancer detection in medical images: a comprehensive analysis of datasets, methods, and future directions

Diagnostic and clinical value of ultrasound combined with MMP9 in acute pancreatitis

The diagnostic performance of dual-energy CT in detecting chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Evaluating ChatGPT's performance across radiology subspecialties: a meta-analysis of board-style examination accuracy and variability

Global radiology: building equitable and effective partnerships with low and middle-income countries

How close can we look into the fetus by new applications of three-dimensional ultrasound: the fetal eye

Improving the accuracy of emergency department clinicians in detecting SARS-COV-2 on chest X-rays using a bespoke virtual training platform

Interventional pain treatment in radiology: an overview of practical approaches

Local trainee assessment: insights from a UK national survey of radiology training programme directors

Magnetic resonance (MR) and computed tomography (CT) imaging of temporal lobe encephalocele–associated epilepsy: a pictorial review

Mammography screening outcomes for women screened by standard versus high resolution digital breast tomosynthesis

Multilevel spinal lesions beyond metastases

Novel investigational modalities for clinical breast imaging: a narrative review

Performance of open-source and proprietary large language models in generating patient-friendly radiology chest CT reports

The perils of Double-J stent placement: what radiologists must know

Prognostic value of adding magnetic resonance imaging to computed tomography in acute ischemic stroke

Unconventional echocardiographic techniques for LVOT VTI measurement in critical care settings

Why ultrasound is the missing piece of the puzzle in the imaging and management pathway of acute ankle injuries

Sources

Arthritis & Rheumatology (Aug); BMC Medical Education (Aug); Clinical Imaging (Sep-in progress); Clinical Radiology (Aug-Sep); Journal of Clinical Ultrasound (Jul-Aug)

August 2025

4D Flow MRI derived aortic pulse wave velocity and wall shear stress in COVID-19

Accuracy of transvaginal ultrasonography for staging of cervical cancer patients: a meta-analysis

Application of calcaneal ultrasonography for long-term fracture risk assessment in diabetic osteopathy

Comparison of supplemental breast cancer imaging techniques—interim results from the BRAID randomised controlled trial

Decoding Erdheim–Chester disease: a pictorial essay of the radiologic and pathologic findings, and its main differential diagnoses

Differences in chest imaging between Omicron and non–Omicron coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Differential practice of peer review and peer feedback between National Health Service (NHS) imaging departments and teleradiology companies; how big is the gap?

Dr. Etta Pisano: pioneering radiologist and advocate for women's health

Imaging features and preoperative diagnostic insights of esophageal schwannomas as a rare type

Impact of artificial intelligence assisted lesion detection on radiologists' interpretation at multiparametric prostate MRI

Influence of clinical context on emergency medicine residents' interpretation of gallbladder ultrasound images: a pilot analysis

Local anaesthetics in interventional radiology: a primer for radiologists on applications and management of complications

Long-term mortality from imaging-diagnosed pulmonary embolism in women and men

Multimodality imaging findings in secondary dysmenorrhea

Radiomics across modalities: a comprehensive review of neurodegenerative diseases

Radiomics for lung cancer diagnosis, management, and future prospects

Review and reflections on live AI mammographic screen reading in a large UK NHS breast screening unit

A review of explainable AI techniques and their evaluation in mammography for breast cancer screening

Reviewing superficial bone lesions: what the radiologist needs to know

Ultrasound guidance versus anatomical landmarks for neuraxial anaesthesia in adults (new Cochrane intervention review)

Sources

BMC Infectious Diseases (Apr); Clinical Endocrinology (Jul); Clinical Imaging (Jun-Aug); Clinical Radiology (Jun-Jul); Cochrane Library (May-Jun); Journal of Clinical Ultrasound (Jun); Lancet, The (May)

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