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Worrisome Increase in Some Medical Scans During Pregnancy
Use of medical imaging during pregnancy increased significantly in the United States, with nearly a four-fold rise over the last two decades in the number of women undergoing CT scans.
Rahul Desikan, Neuroscientist Who Studied Brain Diseases While Fighting His Own, Dies
It was through a cruel twist of fate that, in February 2017, Dr. Desikan was diagnosed with ALS, one of the very diseases that he studied.
Alzheimer’s Diagnosis, Management Improved by Brain Scans
Amyloid positive PET scan.A first-of-its-kind national study has found that a form of brain imaging that detects Alzheimer’s-related “plaques” significantly influenced clinical management of patients
Gene Therapy Shows Initial Promise for Parkinson’s Disease
A delicate operation that involved placing a gene into the brain was found to reduce the severity of motor symptoms in patients with moderately advanced Parkinson’s disease.
UCSF School of Medicine Ranks in U.S. News Best Graduate Schools’ Top Five for Ten Years Running
UCSF was the only medical school to be ranked in the top five in the nation in both research and primary care, the categories the magazine uses to assess medical education.
Radiation Dose in CT Scans Varies Due to Scanners’ Technical Settings
The amount of radiation that patients are exposed to from CT scans varies widely between institutions and countries, and is largely due to differences in the technical settings of the scanning machines.
Treating Brain Cancer with Radiation May No Longer Imperil Cognition
Using a mouse model, researchers showed that a drug that temporarily suppresses a key component of the brain’s immune system can prevent radiation-associated cognitive decline.
Breast Cancer Follow-Up Imaging Varies Widely, Study Finds
Follow-up imaging for women with non-metastatic breast cancer varies widely across the country, according to a new study led by researchers at UCSF.
Computers Equal Radiologists in Assessing Breast Density and Associated Breast Cancer Risk
Automated breast-density evaluation was just as accurate in predicting women’s risk of breast cancer, found and not found by mammography, as subjective evaluation done by radiologists.
AI is Quicker, More Effective Than Humans in Analyzing Heart Scans
A type of AI known as advanced machine learning can classify essential views from heart ultrasound tests faster, more accurately and with less data than board-certified echocardiographers.
UCSF Excels in U.S. News 2019 Best Graduate Schools Rankings
UCSF’s School of Medicine placed in the top five nationally in this year’s U.S. News & World Report survey of best graduate and professional schools. UCSF’s biomedical science PhD programs were among the top 10, and the School of Nursing was also highly ranked.
Christopher Hess Appointed As New Chair of Radiology
School of Medicine Dean Talmadge E. King, Jr. announced the appointment of Christopher Hess as the new chair of the UCSF Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging.
