Radiology

AI has rapidly emerged as a transformative force in various fields, including healthcare. In the realm of medical imaging, AI-powered…

Microwave ablation is an effective treatment modality for T1a and selected T1b renal cell carcinoma (RCC). Independent of the type of…

Leydig cell tumours (LCT) are rare sex-cord gonadal tumours that account for less than 5% of testicular neoplasms. They are often…

Rabies is one of the oldest communicable diseases known to humans and is almost always fatal, with very few cases of survival…

Splenic abnormalities usually present as a focal lesion(s) or diffuse splenomegaly outside the context of trauma. Most splenic lesions are…

Peritoneal tuberculosis (TB) is a form of extrapulmonary TB that primarily affects areas such as the omentum, liver…

My background is in technical medicine, where I learned some programming but also spent several years in the clinic, shadowing doctors…

Whole-body magnetic resonance imaging (WB-MRI) has significantly improved oncological disease management by enabling comprehensive…

Sarcoidosis is a disorder that affects multiple systems with unclear causes and is relatively rare. The defining characteristic of this…

The uncus is a hook-shaped structure located on the most anteromedial aspect of the parahippocampal gyrus, which is part of the medial…

The thing about paediatric radiology is you cover all different systems. You’ll be doing the musculoskeletal system, the gastrointestinal system…

Gadolinium is an invaluable contrast agent in MRI that has various important benefits in radiology. Its unique magnetic properties allow…

Tuberculosis is a well-known endemic disease in India; however, extra-pulmonary tuberculosis in the form of single parotid gland…

I have worked previously in healthcare management consulting, health services research, clinical practice, and healthcare administration…

The global population continues to rise, and by 2050, it is predicted that 2.1 billion people will be aged 60 years and over…

Interstitial lung disease (ILD) is a relatively frequent manifestation of systemic autoimmune rheumatic disorders (SARD)…

Accounting for 1–3% of all gastrointestinal (GI) tumours, the most common mesenchymal tumour of the GI tract, which originates…

There are numerous cardiac imaging modalities which aid in the diagnosis and management of coronary artery disease (CAD)…

A 54-year-old female with a history of suspected IgG4-related sclerosing disease, who had been struggling with multisystem symptoms…

Postpartum haemorrhage (PPH) is a significant cause of maternal morbidity and mortality. PPH affects approximately 2% of all females who…

There is a huge population of perinatal deaths that we don’t see, hear, or talk about…

Maureen Kohi – University of North Carolina (UNC) at Chapel Hill, USA. During medical school, I found myself gravitating towards…

Leprosy, also known as Hansen’s disease, is a chronic granulomatous infection. It is non-fatal and slowly progressive. Its causative…

Medical images have progressed from X-rays on film to digital capture. Sharing images to departments and hospitals remotely from the place…

Through my engineering work, I was particularly interested in signal processing, and signals in computers are really just ones and zeros that you can manipulate mathematically.

Histotripsy is a non-invasive, non-thermal, and non-ionising focused ultrasound (US) treatment method that destroys tissue through mechanical disruption caused by cavitation. Short-duration (<20 μs) high-pressure US pulses cause the rapid expansion and collapse of endogenous gas bubbles in targeted tissue.

COVID-19 is an abruptly progressing and sometimes lethal contagious disease. It is caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), which was first reported in Wuhan, China, at the end of 2019. The World Health Organization (WHO) announced it as a pandemic in March 2020.

Estimation of reliable and reproducible dry weight in patients with end-stage renal disease on haemodialysis (HD) is a clinical challenge to date.

Assessment of the ovarian morphology is one of the most commonly performed ultrasound examinations. Polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS) is a multifactorial, multifaceted, polygenic disorder with varying phenotypes.

Doctors have always liked to believe that what they do benefits their patients. It is, after all, intrinsic to our mission to “first, do no harm.” Over the centuries, however, doctors have not always achieved this goal.

GLOBALLY, hospital-based care has a substantial ecological footprint. In the USA, the health sector generates approximately 10% of the…

Objective: Describe CT and MRI features of the lymphoepithelial cyst (LEC) of the pancreas.Methods: The authors identified 13 cases…

Urinary tract obstruction is a common acute presentation to secondary care. Relief of upper urinary tract obstruction is usually performed in acute cases, or in chronic obstruction where treatment of the causative process is not immediately possible.

Paediatric neuroradiology is one of the most challenging areas in the wide gamut of disciplines that modern radiology encompasses

Cholangiocarcinoma is a malignancy of the intrahepatic or extrahepatic (perihilar or distal) biliary tree, forming less than 2% of all…

Communication between the flexor hallucis longus (FHL) tendon sheath and the ankle joint is well-recognised and is reportedly present in around 17% of individuals.

This review provides a practical update of the role of imaging in every phase throughout the course of ovarian cancer. Read more.

With those words at a 2016 Creative Destruction Lab (CDL) seminar on ‘Machine Learning and the Market for Intelligence’ in Toronto, Canada…

PREDICTING outcome for patients can help to direct management decisions, care and surveillance requirements, and align patients and their…

The increase in the rate of the caesarean section (C-section) worldwide has raised concerns over the associated complications, such as the caesarean scar defect (CSD)…

Stenosing flexor tenosynovitis, often referred to as a trigger finger or trigger digit, is among the most common causes of hand pain in adults and…

Breast cancer is a leading cause of morbidity as well as mortality. It remains a matter of interest for both clinicians and investigators…

Colonic lipomas are nonepithelial benign submucosal tumours, most commonly presenting in adults in their 50s and 60s…

Giant cell arteritis (GCA) is an idiopathic granulomatous vasculitis involving medium and large calibre arteries. It is the most common systemic vasculitis, with a female preponderance, and occurs almost exclusively in those >50 years of age…

Radiomics is a science that investigates a large number of features from medical images using data-characterisation algorithms, with the aim to analyse…

Dr Nicholas Hans Woznitza, Homerton University Hospital, London, UK, gave the opening presentation where he analysed the existing evidence-base, risks, and benefits for the use of AI in radiography and the role ahead for radiographers…

The placenta is a highly vascularised organ with unique structural and metabolic complexities. As the primary conduit of fetal support, the placenta…

Traumatic brain injury (TBI) of varying severity can result in balance and movement disorders, for which the benefits of treatment with physical therapy…