Sustainable reduction of phone-call interruptions by 35% in a medical imaging department using an automatic voicemail and custom call redirection system.

Background: Have you ever been in the trenches of a complicated study only to be interrupted by a not-so urgent phone-call? We were, repeatedly- unfortunately.

Purpose: To increase productivity of radiologists by quantifying the main source of interruptions (phone-calls) to the workflow of radiologists, and too assess the implemented solution.

Materials And Methods: To filter calls to the radiology consultant on duty, we introduced an automatic voicemail and custom call redirection system.

The split apparent diffusion coefficient sign: A novel magnetic resonance imaging biomarker for cortical pathology with possible implications in autoimmune encephalitis.

Introduction: MRI is the imaging modality of choice for assessing patients with encephalopathy. In this context, we discuss a novel biomarker, the "split ADC sign," where the cerebral cortex demonstrates restricted diffusion (high DWI signal and low ADC) and the underlying white matter demonstrates facilitated diffusion (high or low DWI signal and high ADC). We hypothesize that this sign can be used as a biomarker to suggest either acute encephalitis onset or to raise the possibility of an autoimmune etiology.

Comparison of clinically available dynamic susceptibility contrast post processing software to differentiate progression from pseudoprogression in post-treatment high grade glioma.

Introduction: The purpose of this retrospective study was to compare two, widely available software packages for calculation of Dynamic Susceptibility Contrast (DSC) perfusion MRI normalized relative Cerebral Blood Volume (rCBV) values to differentiate tumor progression from pseudoprogression in treated high-grade glioma patients.

Material And Methods: rCBV maps processed by Siemens Syngo.via (Siemens Healthineers) and Olea Sphere (Olea Medical) software packages were co-registered to contrast-enhanced T1 (T1-CE).