Accuracy of Financial Disclosures by Scientific Presenters/Authors at the ASNR 2024 annual meeting.

Physician-industry financial relationships can drive research and innovation, improving patient care and outcomes, but potentially raise ethical concerns if not disclosed appropriately. This study shows high rates of non-disclosures by authors/presenters at the ASNR 2024 annual meeting, despite strict requirements. 86.

Recent Trends in Academic Vs Non-academic Radiologist Compensation and Clinical Productivity.

Background: Recent radiologist compensation and clinical productivity trends have not been well characterized, especially across academic vs. non-academic practice settings.

Purpose: To assess recent trends in in financial compensation and clinical productivity between academic and non-academic settings in diagnostic (DR) and interventional radiology (IR).

Stroke thrombectomy for large infarcts with limited penumbra: Systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized trials.

Background And Purpose: Recent randomized trials have suggested that endovascular thrombectomy (EVT) is superior to medical management (MM) for stroke patients with large infarcts. However, whether or how perfusion metrics should be used to guide optimal patient selection for treatment is largely unknown.

Materials And Methods: This was a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials reporting the effectiveness of EVT for large infarcts stratified by perfusion mismatch profiles.

IR Physician Compensation at U.S. Medical Schools: Trends and Segments.

Purpose: To assess recent U.S. medical school trends in compensation for academic interventional radiology (IR) faculty and compensation characteristics based on rank, gender, and race/ethnicity.

MR-guided Focused Ultrasound Thalamotomy for Chronic Pain.

MR-guided focused ultrasound (FUS) represents a promising alternative for patients with chronic neuropathic who have failed medical management and other treatment options. Early single-center experience with chronic neuropathic pain and trigeminal neuralgia has demonstrated favorable long-term outcomes. Excellent safety profile with low risk of motor and sensory complications and so far anecdotal permanent neurologic deficits make FUS a powerful tool to treat patients who are otherwise hopeless.

Transcranial Focused Ultrasound: A History of Our Future.

The history of focused ultrasound is a parallel history of neuroradiology, functional neurosurgery, and physics and engineering. Multiple pioneers collaborated as ultrasound transitioned from a wartime technology to a therapeutic one, particularly in using it to ablate the brain to treat movement disorders. Several competing technologies ensured that this "ultrasonic neurosurgery" remained in a lull.

Endovascular thrombectomy versus medical management for patients with large vessel stroke and infective endocarditis.

Background: The safety and efficacy of endovascular thrombectomy (EVT) for large vessel occlusion (LVO) strokes associated with infective endocarditis (IE) compared with medical management (MM) is unclear.

Methods: In this nationwide analysis of hospitalizations in the United States, we assessed the outcomes of EVT versus medical management (MM) for patients with LVO and IE. Primary outcome was routine home discharge with self-care.

Post-Thrombectomy Subarachnoid Hemorrhage: Incidence, Predictors, Clinical Relevance, and Effect Modulators.

Background: Subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) following endovascular thrombectomy (EVT) is a poorly understood phenomenon, and whether it is associated with clinical detriment is unclear.

Methods: This was an explorative analysis of a national database of real-world hospitalizations in the United States. Patients who underwent EVT were included.

Distribution and Disparities of Industry Payments to Neuroradiologists.

Background And Purpose: Physician-industry relationships can be useful for driving innovation and technologic progress, though little is known about the scale or impact of industry involvement in neuroradiology. The purpose of this study was to assess the trends and distributions of industry payments to neuroradiologists.

Materials And Methods: Neuroradiologists were identified using a previously-validated method based on Work Relative Value Units and Neiman Imaging Types of Service classification.

Endovascular thrombectomy versus medical management for acute basilar artery occlusion stroke in the elderly.

Background And Purpose: The efficacy and safety of endovascular thrombectomy (EVT) for elderly basilar artery occlusion (BAO) stroke patients is unclear.

Materials And Methods: This was an explorative retrospective analysis of the 2016-21 National Inpatient Sample in the United States. Elderly BAO stroke patients (80 years or older) with NIH stroke scale of at least 5 were included.

Proportion of industry payment value by category in radiology relative to other specialties.

Background: Industry payments to physicians are common, but it is unknown how the payments in different categories to radiologists compare to other specialties.

Objective: The aim of this study is to assess the proportion of industry payments to physicians in radiology in certain categories relative to other specialties.

Methods: The Open Payments Database was analyzed from January 1, 2017 to December 31, 2021 for industry payments to all allopathic & osteopathic physicians, and classified into distinct clinical specialties.

Optimizing Acute Stroke Segmentation on MRI Using Deep Learning: Self-Configuring Neural Networks Provide High Performance Using Only DWI Sequences.

Segmentation of infarcts is clinically important in ischemic stroke management and prognostication. It is unclear what role the combination of DWI, ADC, and FLAIR MRI sequences provide for deep learning in infarct segmentation. Recent technologies in model self-configuration have promised greater performance and generalizability through automated optimization.

Industry relationships with interventional radiologists: Who are the high payment physicians?

Purpose: To identify characteristics of interventional radiologists receiving more than $100,000 in general industry payments over a 5-year period (2017-2021).

Methods: The Open Payments database was queried to identify interventional radiologists who received more than $100,000 in consulting fees, speaker fees, education, and/or gifts over a 5-year period from 2017 to 2021. The national provider identifier registry, Scopus, and a web-based search were used to identify physician characteristics, such as demographics, research profile, leadership positions, and social media presence.

Endovascular thrombectomy versus medical management for moderate-to-severe anterior cerebral artery occlusion stroke.

Background: There are no established patient selection criteria for endovascular thrombectomy (EVT) for anterior cerebral artery (ACA) stroke.

Methods: This was a retrospective cohort study of the 2016-2020 National Inpatient Sample in the United States. Isolated ACA-occlusion stroke patients with moderate-to-severe stroke symptoms (NIH stroke scale [NIHSS] ≥ 6) were included.

Intersectionality and Faculty Compensation in Academic Radiology in U.S.

Background: The impact of intersectionality on academic radiology physician compensation is not well known.

Purpose: The aim of this study was to assess impact of intersectionality on academic radiology financial compensation, based on rank, gender and race/ethnicity in US medical schools.

Methods: Data were collected from the AAMC Faculty Salary Survey, which collects information for full-time faculty at U.

SOFIA Aspiration System as first-line Technique (SOFAST): a prospective, multicenter study to assess the efficacy and safety of the 6 French SOFIA Flow Plus aspiration catheter for endovascular stroke thrombectomy.

Background: Mechanical thrombectomy (MT) is the standard of care for acute ischemic stroke (AIS) patients with large vessel occlusion (LVO). The SOFAST study collected clinical evidence on the safety and efficacy of the 6 French SOFIA Flow Plus aspiration catheter (SOFIA 6F) when used as first-line treatment.

Methods: This was a prospective, multicenter investigation to assess the safety and efficacy of SOFIA 6F used for first-line aspiration.

Salary Equity in Academic Radiology Relative to Other Clinical Specialties.

Background: Equity in faculty compensation in U.S. academic radiology physicians relative to other specialties is not well known.