Utilization of Texture Analysis in Differentiating Benign and Malignant Breast Masses: Comparison of Grayscale Ultrasound, Shear Wave Elastography, and Radiomic Features.

Objective: This study aims to determine which qualitative and quantitative US features are independently associated with malignancy, including those derived from grayscale imaging morphology, shear wave elastography (SWE), and texture analysis.

Methods: This single-center retrospective study was approved by the institutional research ethics board. Consecutive breast US studies performed between January and December 2020 were included.

Impact of pre-operative abdominal MRI on survival for patients with resected pancreatic carcinoma: a population-based study.

Background: This study determined the impact of pre-operative abdominal MRI on all-cause mortality for patients with resected PDAC.

Methods: All adult (≥18 years) PDAC patients who underwent pancreatectomy between January 2011 and December 2022 in Ontario, Canada, were identified for this population-based cohort study (ICD-O-3 codes: C250, C251, C252, C253, C257, C258). Patient demographics, comorbidities, PDAC stage, medical and surgical management, and survival data were sourced from multiple linked provincial administrative databases at ICES.

Evaluation of a BERT Natural Language Processing Model for Automating CT and MRI Triage and Protocol Selection.

To evaluate the accuracy of a Bidirectional Encoder Representations for Transformers (BERT) Natural Language Processing (NLP) model for automating triage and protocol selection of cross-sectional image requisitions. A retrospective study was completed using 222 392 CT and MRI studies from a single Canadian university hospital database (January 2018-September 2022). Three hundred unique protocols (116 CT and 184 MRI) were included.

Investigating Canadian Radiology Residents' Personal Financial Literacy: A Nation-Wide Assessment.

Canadian resident physicians carry large debt to finance their education, which impacts their wellness and their future decision making. The objective of this observational study is to assess the financial literacy of Canadian radiology residents through testing their financial knowledge and examining their current financial status. A survey was designed to assess the financial literacy and current financial status of radiology residents, which was distributed to Canadian radiology residents via Google Forms.