Week in Review: 'Unavailable' IR physician liability | FDA issues BioZorb warning | Intraarterial PRRT

Dear AuntMinnie Member,

Our most-clicked story this week was coverage of a Law.com report on a Massachusetts imaging provider that could be held liable for not making an IR physician available to an emergency department patient. Click here for the details.

In second place was a story on the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) warning regarding Hologic's BioZorb markers; the company itself issued a recall of the markers on October 24. Third on the most-read list for the week was an article on a study that found that intraarterial peptide receptor radionuclide therapy (PRRT) is safe for meningioma patients, while the fourth outlined the American College of Radiology's (ACR) updates to its appropriateness criteria.

Our fifth most popular article reported on an invitation issued by Elon Musk to submit medical images to xAI's Grok chatbot: "Try submitting x-ray, PET, MRI or other medical images to Grok for analysis," Musk wrote on X (formerly Twitter). "Let us know where Grok gets it right or needs work." So far the results have been underwhelming.

Also this week we covered research that suggests that considering a patient's symptoms as noted on a short pre-MR imaging questionnaire improves radiologists' lumbar spine exam interpretation and diagnosis. In addition, we have a report on the coming resolution of Mo-99 shortages.

See below for the full list of our top stories of the week:

1. Mass. radiology provider may be liable for 'unavailable' IR physician
2. FDA warns public about Hologic's BioZorb markers
3. Intraarterial PRRT safe in patients with meningioma
4. ACR releases updated appropriateness criteria
5. Elon Musk invites submission of medical images to xAI's Grok
6. Considering patient symptoms improves spine MRI diagnosis
7. Kromek posts year-end revenue increase
8. Mo-99 shortages to end week of November 11
9. ChatGPT demonstrates mixed results in assigning BI-RADS categories
10. FCH-PET emerging in patients with hyperparathyroidism
11. Higher white-matter volume linked to mild cognitive impairment
12. Ask cardiac PET patients how much they exercise, study suggests
13. Volume of AI-segmented lesions predicts prostate cancer outcomes

Kate Madden Yee
Senior Editor
AuntMinnie.com