After obtaining an undergraduate degree, completing four years of medical school, and slogging through a rigorous internship, generations of first year Vanderbilt Radiology Residents have eagerly arrived to begin their training for lifelong careers in Radiology.  Arriving in July of that first year of residency can be a bit overwhelming without prior training in image interpretation or skills in dictation.  However, when countless residents have felt ill-equipped to provide a differential diagnosis or dictate a clear report, one element that universally bonds radiologists is the p

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“During the past few decades, physicists have created marvelous tools to peer inside living people,” says Bennett Landman, PhD, assistant professor of electrical engineer­ing, radiology and radiological sciences, biomedical engineering, computer engineer­ing and computer science. “We are just at the threshold where, as engineers, we can create systems to help unravel these data.”  

“I live for the problems we get to solve,” says Will Grissom, PhD, assistant professor of biomedical engineering, radiology and electrical engineering. The problems Grissom refers to revolve around magnetic resonance imaging – helping clinicians see inside the human body, discovering new ways to target diseases and creating more effective and efficient health care solutions.

A new analysis of published studies found that FDG-PET technology is less accurate in diagnosing lung cancer versus benign disease in regions where infections like histoplasmosis or tuberculosis are common. Misdiagnosis of lung lesions suspicious for cancer could lead to unnecessary tests and surgeries for patients, with additional potential complications and mortality. Histoplasmosis and other fungal diseases are linked to fungi that are often concentrated in bird droppings and are found in soils.

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