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UCLA Radiology – Newsletter of the Department of Radiological Sciences

Welcome to the Newsletter of the Department of Radiological Sciences. Comments are welcome! Please contact us at RadNewsletter@mednet.ucla.edu.

Autumn 2024 

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Articles Featured:

• Chair's Message(Link downloads document) (Link opens in new window)
• Combined MRI-Angio Suite Will Overcome Imaging Limitations(Link downloads document) (Link opens in new window)
• Breast Imaging Center Studying Use of AI in Same-day Exams(Link downloads document) (Link opens in new window)
• Interventionalists Continue to Expand Use of Percutaneous Biliary Endoscopy(Link downloads document) (Link opens in new window)
• Cryoablation Increasingly Used to Treat Multifocal Lung Cancer(Link downloads document) (Link opens in new window)
• Prostate Tumor Location Atlas can Contribute to More Individualized Targeting of Biopsy Cores(Link downloads document) (Link opens in new window)
• RadiologyLive Brings Together Physically Disparate Radiologists(Link downloads document) (Link opens in new window)
• Department News and Events(Link downloads document) (Link opens in new window)

Summer 2023 

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Articles Featured:

• Chair's Message(Link downloads document) (Link opens in new window)
• Radiofrequency Ablation Shrinks Thyroid Nodules and Relieves Symptoms While Preserving Function(Link downloads document) (Link opens in new window)
• New Immune Analysis Panel for Transgenic Pigs May Advance Cancer IR Immunotherapy(Link downloads document) (Link opens in new window)
• Artery Embolization Offers Novel Approach to Treating Lateral Epicondylitis(Link downloads document) (Link opens in new window)
• Department News and Events(Link downloads document) (Link opens in new window)

Summer 2022 

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Articles Featured:

• Chair's Message(Link downloads document) (Link opens in new window)
• Percutaneous Biliary Endoscopy Provides Access and Visualization to Treat Challenging Conditions(Link downloads document) (Link opens in new window)
• Free-breathing MRI Improves Diagnosis and Monitoring of NAFLD(Link downloads document) (Link opens in new window)
• New MRI Protocol Enables Imaging of Fluid Filled Structures of the Inner Ear(Link downloads document) (Link opens in new window)
• A Novel Artificial Intelligence Technique for Generating Through-plane Super-resolution MRI Images(Link downloads document) (Link opens in new window)
• Department News and Events(Link downloads document) (Link opens in new window)

Winter 2021 

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Articles Featured:

• Chair's Message(Link downloads document) (Link opens in new window)
• MRI Can Improve Prostate Cancer Screening by Adding Individualized Tumor Information(Link downloads document) (Link opens in new window)
• Investigating Robotic Neurointerventions with an Eye Toward Remote Stroke Treatment(Link downloads document) (Link opens in new window)
• Using Artificial Intelligence to Interpret Screening Mammograms(Link downloads document) (Link opens in new window)
• Brenda Izzi Recognized for a Whale of a Career(Link downloads document) (Link opens in new window)
• Photon Counting Detector CT May Offer More Definitive Images in Difficult Cases(Link downloads document) (Link opens in new window)
• Alumni Connections(Link downloads document) (Link opens in new window)

Spring 2021 

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Articles Featured:

• Chair's Message(Link downloads document) (Link opens in new window)
• New Project to Increase Lung Cancer Screening Adherence(Link downloads document) (Link opens in new window)
• COVID's Effect on Screening Mammography and Breast Cancer Detection(Link downloads document) (Link opens in new window)
• COVID's Role in Neurological Disease Remains Uncertain(Link downloads document) (Link opens in new window)
• Recognizing the Advantages of PET/MR(Link downloads document) (Link opens in new window)

Autumn 2020 

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Articles Featured:

• Chair's Message(Link downloads document) (Link opens in new window)
• Department Forming Committee to Address Equity, Diversity and Inclusion(Link downloads document) (Link opens in new window)
• Improving Adherence to Lung Cancer Screening Guidelines(Link downloads document) (Link opens in new window)
• UCLA's Radiology Practice at Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Hospital Offers Rewards that are as Great as its Challenges(Link downloads document) (Link opens in new window)
• Department Highlights(Link downloads document) (Link opens in new window)

Spring 2020 

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Articles Featured:

• Chair's Message(Link downloads document) (Link opens in new window)
• Highly Advanced Imaging Contributes to World Class Brain Tumor Care(Link downloads document) (Link opens in new window)
• Team Approach Improves Targeting of Focused Ultrasound Treatment for Essential Tremor(Link downloads document) (Link opens in new window)
• Close Collaborations Advance Congenital Heart Disease Care(Link downloads document) (Link opens in new window)
• Radiologists Collaborate in Caring for Patients with Liver Disease(Link downloads document) (Link opens in new window)
• Department Highlights(Link downloads document) (Link opens in new window)

Winter 2019 

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Articles Featured:

• Chair's Message(Link downloads document) (Link opens in new window)
• Device Placement Confirmation System Aims to Bring AI into Clinical Setting(Link downloads document) (Link opens in new window)
• Population Data Can Be Applied to Diagnostic Images to Reveal New Information(Link downloads document) (Link opens in new window)
• AI Quantification of Lung Fibrosis Outperforms Visual Extent Analysis of Images(Link downloads document) (Link opens in new window)
• Shedding Light on Neural Networks ... as they Shed Light on Indeterminate Lung Nodules(Link downloads document) (Link opens in new window)
• Artificial Intelligence for Prostate Cancer Radiology and Pathology — and Perhaps the Two Combined(Link downloads document) (Link opens in new window)
• Department Highlights(Link downloads document) (Link opens in new window)
• Alumni Connections(Link downloads document) (Link opens in new window)

Summer 2019 

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Articles Featured:

• Chair's Message(Link downloads document) (Link opens in new window)
• Genicular Artery Embolization Offers Minimally Invasive Treatment for Osteoarthritis of the Knees(Link downloads document) (Link opens in new window)
• Using Artificial Intelligence to Achieve More Timely and Accurate Breast Cancer Diagnosis(Link downloads document) (Link opens in new window)
• Ferumoxytol Contrast Excels in MR Imaging of Congenital Heart Disease(Link downloads document) (Link opens in new window)
• Donor Spotlight(Link downloads document) (Link opens in new window)
• Department Highlights(Link downloads document) (Link opens in new window)

Winter 2018 

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Articles Featured:

• Chair's Message(Link downloads document) (Link opens in new window)
• Making a World of Difference Through Global Health Efforts(Link downloads document) (Link opens in new window)
• Breast Cancer Risk Assessment Advised by Age 30 for Potential Early/Supplemental Screening(Link downloads document) (Link opens in new window)
• Lung Cancer Screening Now Recommended for Certain High-Risk Patients(Link downloads document) (Link opens in new window)
• Musculoskeletal Ultrasound Offers Unique Advantages(Link downloads document) (Link opens in new window)
• Department Highlights(Link downloads document) (Link opens in new window)

Spring 2018 

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Articles Featured:

• Image-Guided Treatments(Link downloads document) (Link opens in new window)
• Two Thermal Ablation Therapies Treat Pain from Bone Metastases(Link downloads document) (Link opens in new window)
• Image-Guided Procedure Effective in Treating Pain Caused by Pudendal Neuralgia(Link downloads document) (Link opens in new window)
• Interventional Radiologists Offer Minimally Invasive Approaches to Venous Diseases(Link downloads document) (Link opens in new window)
• PAE: A Minimally Invasive Alternative for Treatment of Symptomatic Prostate Enlargement(Link downloads document) (Link opens in new window)
• Department News & Highlights(Link downloads document) (Link opens in new window)

Winter 2017 

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Articles Featured:

• Radiology Meets Artificial Intelligence(Link downloads document) (Link opens in new window)
• UCLA Developing Machine Learning to Improve Management of Prostate Cancer(Link downloads document) (Link opens in new window)
• Ablation Therapy an Effective, Minimally Invasive Treatment Option for Many Liver Tumors(Link downloads document) (Link opens in new window)
• IRE Exploits Programmed Cell Death to Target Cancer Cells(Link downloads document) (Link opens in new window)
• CME Courses(Link downloads document) (Link opens in new window)