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A team of scientists from UCSF Imaging and the UCSF Center for Intelligent Imaging (ci2) recently tested the hypothesis that AI techniques can improve knee MRI diagnosis. Their work was recently online in Radiology: Artificial Intelligence. Great work led by Dr. Bruno Astuto and team - Io Flament, Nikan Namiri, Drs. Rutwik Shah, Upasana Bharadwaj, Thomas Link, Matthew Bucknor, Valentina Pedoia and Sharmila Majumdar. https://bit.ly/3sJU28V

Dr. Wen Li was recently awarded a 5-year National Institutes of Health (NIH) R01 grant as co-principal investigator with Drs. Laura van t' Veer & Mark Magbanua in UCSF Laboratory Medicine to combine circulating tumor DNA and MRI for assessing breast cancer response to treatment (R01CA255442). Congratulations!

Dr. Olga Tymofiyeva and her colleagues embarked on the quest of trying to understand of the brain mechanisms that underlie potential smartphone dependence in adolescence.

Happy Holidays from all of us at UCSF Imaging!

The FRONTIERS OF BIOMEDICAL SCIENCE weekly Zoom seminar series is put on by the Vanderbilt University Institute of Imaging Science. Each week, they've invited speakers from 14 leading imaging centers, including Dr. Valentina Pedoia, UCSF Imaging and UCSF Center for Intelligent Imaging (ci2) faculty. https://bit.ly/3qAmbgL

A new study by scientists at the UCSF Dolby Center for Mood Disorders found that personalized neuromodulation can selectively improve symptoms of severe, treatment resistant depression. Great work by Drs. Katherine Scangos, Ghassan Makhoul, Leo Sugrue (UCSF Imaging), Edward Chang and Andrew Krystal. Next up is PRESIDIO a major clinical trial.

The purpose of this article, recently published in the American Journal of Roentgenology, was to determine the frequency and outcomes of new suspicious findings on breast MRI after initiation of neoadjuvant therapy. Great work by the UCSF Imaging Breast Imaging Clinical Section Drs. Donna Eckstein, Elissa Price, Jessica Hayward, Bonnie Joe and Amie Lee.

"It was the year of COVID-19. Of racial reckonings. Of political unrest and transition. Amid these historic events, UCSF adapted, endured and excelled." Indeed, 2020 was an unusual, unprecedented year! Scroll through some of these highlights from UCSF (including a few from UCSF Imaging) https://bit.ly/38vRgL8

As part of Medscape's celebration of their 25th anniversary this year they recognized 25 young physicians who are rising stars in medicine including Dr. Bhavya Rehani. Join us in congratulating her!

As 2020 draws to a close, we decided to launch a gratitude campaign to share some amazing stories from our teams about problem-solving, generosity, camaraderie and even light-hearted fun. #UCSFRadGrateful https://bit.ly/3mHrAR9

The 17th Annual Imaging Research Symposium was held virtually for the first time this year. It's a great event to highlight the breadth and depth of innovative research being done in the department. The event was a great success beginning with opening remarks from Drs. Christopher Hess (department chair) and Sharmila Majumdar (vice chair of research) leading into podium presentations, post sessions and awards.

This is the largest study to date of CNS imaging manifestations of SARS-CoV-2 infection in children. Dr. Camilla Lindan (first author) and Dr. Yi Li were part of this important work.

UCSF has maintained its Top 15 place among the world's top universities according to U.S. News and World Report's Best Global Universities 2021 rankings. We're also #UCSFProud to announce that radiology, nuclear medicine and molecular imaging ranks in the Top 20 among specialties.

Since AI has the potential to impact and improve patient care, many radiology departments are now starting to consider purchasing AI systems. A trio of imaging informatics experts including UCSF Imaging Drs. Marc Kohli and John Mongan looked at everything radiology departments need to consider before purchasing AI. They went on to outline a stepwise process for evaluating AI tool purchases along with putting together an AI purchasing checklist.

Join us in congratulating Drs. Dorothy Shum and Priyanka Jha, UCSF Imaging faculty members, on their nomination and induction as fellows of the Society of Radiologists in Ultrasound (SRU).

"New radiology content was largely disseminated via non-radiology news sources; radiologists should therefore ensure their research and viewpoints are presented in these outlets," said UCSF Imaging's Dr. Mark Sugi and Drs. Kamran Munawar and Vinay Prabhu from NYU Radiology. They used Google Alerts, a content change detection and notification service, to prospectively analyze new radiology-related content appearing on the internet. Their findings were recently published in Current Problems in Diagnostic Radiology.

Early on during COVID-19, many people put off routine medical appointments, including annual mammography screenings. During Breast Cancer Awareness Month (#BCAM), UCSF Imaging is here to remind you that safety measures are in place, making it safe to get a mammogram as long as you are not feeling sick or have COVID-19 symptoms. Breast cancer screening helps detect cancer at its earliest stage, when the disease is potentially more treatable and curable.

On Thursday, November 5, Andrew J. Lockhart Memorial Prize winners Dr. Matthew Bucknor (UCSF Imaging) and Dr. Pejman Ghanouni (Stanford Radiology) will share their research in the field of focused ultrasound. Register here for this Focused Ultrasound Foundation webinar --> https://bit.ly/2GP8hqb

Here's a quick look "Behind the Scenes" of our team recording virtual presentations for this year's Bay Area Science Festival! We've been participating in this event since 2013, and we find it rewarding to answer questions from both parents and children related to "What is radiology?" Due to COVID-19 and social distancing protocols, we were happy to find a way to connect virtually with Bay Area residents. Check back with us soon for recordings of our two presentations: - Brain Oscillations with Dr. Sri Nagarajan - How PET/CT Detects Cancer with Erika Padilla-Morales CNMT, NMTCB(CT)

Dr. Jeremy Gordon joined the faculty at the start of the 2020-21 academic year. He brought his graduate work on advanced hyperpolarized carbon-13 methods to UCSF. He was lead author on a study from UCSF Imaging, UC Berkeley-UCSF Graduate Program in Bioengineering and UCSF Cardiology that worked to improve tradeoffs between a fixed spatial resolution and signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) for hyperpolarized 13 C MRI.

Like most events in 2020, the 17th Annual Imaging Research Symposium was held virtually for the first time last week. This year, posters were divided by topic into six virtual poster sessions featuring a three-minute presentation from each poster presenter and the opportunity for audience questions directed to each poster presenter. Great work by all, and congratulations to this year's award winners (one per category).

Research has shown that better cancer survival outcomes derive from improvements in prevention, screening, treatment and follow-up care. This also includes improving access to care. The goal of adding cancer services to the wide range of specialties offered at the Berkeley Outpatient Center is to offer advanced care for patients in a single, close-to-home location. Breast imaging efforts at the Berkeley Outpatient Center are led by Dr. Kimberly Ray who rejoined our faculty earlier this year.

Join UCSF Imaging in congratulating Le Wen Chiu, a third-year MD candidate in the UCSF School of Medicine, Best Podium Presentation Awardee at the 17th Annual Imaging Research Symposium. She is mentored by Dr. Robert Flavell, chief of Molecular Imaging and Therapeutics at UCSF Imaging. In this presentation Le Wen Chiu discussed how prostate-specific membrane antigen uptake is present in both benign and malignant bone lesions, leading to false-positive findings on 68Ga-PSMA-11 PET. With consideration of the simultaneous CT and MR images, PSMA-RADS rating, SUVmax, and SUVmax ratio of lesion to blood pool can help differentiate benign from malignant lesions on 68Ga-PSMA-11 PET.

The prevalence of neurological symptoms in SARS-CoV-2 infection has been one of the big unknowns to emerge from this pandemic. Under the guidance of Dr. Leo Sugrue, UCSF Imaging faculty, first author Dr. Simon Pan conceptualized and led a project which reviewed current literature on neuroradiological findings in SARS-CoV-2 patients to identify patterns and trends. Drs. William Chen and Joe Darryl Baal were also authors.

We've participated in the Bay Area Science Festival since 2013, and we are proud to continue this tradition virtually in 2020! This year, we are making two presentations on Wednesday, October 21. 1 Brain Oscillations with Dr. Sri Nagarajan from 12 pm - 12:30 pm 2 How PET/CT Detects Cancer with Erika Padilla-Morales CNMT, NMTCB(CT) from 1 pm 1:30 pm... Learn more about the presentations, get a full schedule of events and registration information https://bit.ly/2IzKOK1