Tests are double-checked biopsy tissues are sent to an outside pathologist, MRIs to another radiologist.
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Dr Michael Jacobs, the radiologist who led the research, said each technique had its advantages.
Its not like an murky MRI where you can just go to another radiologist.
"I've had GE reps apologize to me for selling to cardiologists and orthopedists, " says radiologist Gruen.
But a radiologist can be in India even if the patient is in Indiana.
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Details have also emerged of an acrimonious four-year dispute involving another senior radiologist and Great Ormond Street.
Professor Iain Lyburn, a consultant radiologist from Cheltenham, said the local hospital can offer a much better service.
The inquest found a radiologist failed to highlight the growth of a cancerous tumor on the donor lungs.
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His sister is a radiologist, and a cousin is a doctor, but he is a retired head teacher.
She is married to radiologist Scott Broadwell and lives in Charlotte, North Carolina.
Scaife, along with a radiologist who was helping him, could see the blockage.
Radiologist Suzanne LeBlang is moving a mouse and firing away, feeling a bit like her kids do playing videogames.
An audit was done of the previous work carried out by the radiologist.
An investigation by Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust found the radiologist's actions caused a delay in diagnosing a patient.
If a job requires a highly specific skill set, for example training as a radiologist, that must be insisted on.
The inquiry said the consultant radiologist's techniques were out-dated, and he was not competent in certain areas of his work.
Dr Brennan, and another consultant radiologist, Dr Graham Urquhart, are accused of failing to spot signs of cancer in women.
Dozens of women have been recalled for further breast cancer tests after Blackpool Victoria Hospital radiologist failed to follow proper procedures.
Radiologist David Gruen used to spend millions of dollars to replace his General Electric MRI and CT scanners every three years.
Mr Mankiw's example of the Indian radiologist shows how the internet could help lower costs and raise productivity in health care.
The radiologist was no longer working for the NHS, the trust said.
"We had a patient out kayaking the next day, " says Bradford Wood, an interventional radiologist at the National Institutes of Health Clinical Center.
Dr Julian Kabala, consultant radiologist in Bristol said he felt it was important to have the service close to a major population centre.
The trust said the radiologist was conducting an ultrasound scan and failed to then carry out a biopsy on the patient, contrary to guidelines.
The 18 women were among 355 cases reviewed in an independent study after all of the radiologist's breast cancer screenings in three years were examined.
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"We're moving away for the old model, where a radiologist puts up a scan, lights it up, and tries to figure out what's wrong, " says Marcus.
But what's bad for the radiologist and all the big companies selling him new equipment--General Electric, Siemens and Philips--is good for everyone who foots the bill.
Louis radiologist Barbara Monsees, who heads the American College of Radiology's breast-imaging commission, suggests such women start by talking with their doctor about their overall breast-cancer risk.
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Ian Brandwood, director of human resources for East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust, confirmed that the radiologist had been suspended from duty pending the outcome of internal investigations.
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"We are in the beginning of what will be a huge new field of tumor ablation, " says interventional radiologist Stephen Solomon at the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center.
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