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Positron emission tomography (PET) is a nuclear medicine study that creates cross-sectional tomographic (3D) images of the metabolic activity in the patient’s tissues. Cancers can cause abnormalities of blood flow or metabolism before structural changes are visible, and for this reason PET can often detect cancer at an earlier stage than CT or MRI.

Only two things are certain, death and taxes. This article is written with a heavy heart. My brother called me to let me know my 42-year-old niece was told she may not make it through the weekend. I jumped on a plane and flew to their home.

I was watching a movie where the mother says to the young daughter, “You lied to me.” The about 5-year-old replies, “You lied to me too.” The mother then says, “Yes I did, but it was for your own good.”

I was reading an article online about research looking at equity in gender pay. It appears that the gender pay gap has remained stable for the last 20 years. Today, women have an earning average of 82% of what a man makes.

As an imaging leader, you have the unique opportunity to inspire and motivate your team members in new and meaningful ways. One such way to do this is by allowing and encouraging your team members to volunteer their time and skills to help those in need.

I’ve long believed it is impossible to know a situation when you’re in the middle of it. That’s why good leaders surround themselves with smart people. Effective leaders value the insights provided by team members who see things from different perspectives.

Most of the waivers and provisions don’t impact radiology services but there are a few that should be reviewed, as they may impact your organization.

In my effort to explain artificial intelligence (AI), I am struck by how hard it is to explain human intelligence.

For us to use AI effectively we must have it perform a task that we value in human intelligence. How is that task selected?