AJR Podcasts

How can radiologists help shape digital health policy? Krishna Juluru, MD, speaks with host Siddhant Dogra, MD, about his career in informatics, the Presidential Innovation Fellows program, service at the FDA Digital Health Center of Excellence, and partnering across government, academia, and industry to advance safe, effective digital health innovation.

Full article: Late Gadolinium Enhancement on Cardiac MRI in Patients With Takotsubo Syndrome: Insights From the Multicenter EVOLUTION Registry

What is the significance of late gadolinium enhancement in patients with Takotsubo syndrome? Raisa Amiruddin, MBBS, is joined by Scott Bugenhagen MD, PhD, to discuss the recent AJR article by Cau et al. addressing this issue using data from the multicenter EVOLUTION registry.

Roadmaps for pediatric artificial intelligence (AI)! Nabile Safdar, MD, and Alex Towbin, MD, speak with host, Raisa Amiruddin, MBBS, about the sore spots, unsung wins, and potential targets of AI in children's healthcare while highlighting how the specialist's intuition remains the ultimate anchor for automated tools in radiology.

Do you have what it takes to become an impactful legal expert? Dolores Pretorius, MD and Matthew Mariani, JD joins cohosts Lindsey Negrete, MD, and Amy Maduram, MD, to discuss strategies to breaking down a legal case, experience during depositions, and what attorneys seek in an expert witness.

Full article: Predicting the Value of Radiology Artificial Intelligence Applications: Large-Scale Predeployment Evaluation of a Portfolio of Models

What strategies can radiology departments use to determine whether to invest in an AI model? Antonin Andrea Blandino, MD, discusses the article by Larson et al. on a method for the large-scale deployment evaluation of AI model portfolios.

What does it take to build a career that shapes practice? Aya Kamaya, MD, speaks with host Surbhi Raichandani, MD, about developing an ultrasound research identity, leading consensus efforts such as LI-RADS and SRU guidelines, and using the final stretch of training to prepare for sustained academic impact.

Full article: https://www.ajronline.org/doi/10.2214/AJR.25.34334

The PET/CT examinations commonly obtained in patients with cancer provide additional information that can be used for nononcologic prognostication. Radhika Rajeev, MD, discusses the AJR article by Kim et al. exploring the role of visual ordinal coronary calcium scoring on routine FDG PET/CT examinations in predicting perioperative outcomes.

What does it take for physicians to master money? Jeffrey Brown, MD, speaks with host Siddhant Dogra, MD, about founding a physician-focused investment firm, pursuing business and finance training, common financial misconceptions among physicians, and lessons from balancing parallel careers in radiology and wealth management.

Full article: Increasing—Yet Varying—Radiologist Workforce Attrition Across Subspecialties

Could some subspecialties be losing radiologists to workforce attrition more rapidly than others? Pranjal Rai, MD, discusses this article by Christensen et al. exploring workforce attrition patterns among subspecialties.

Full article: Quantitative CT Measurements of Interstitial Lung Disease: Same-Day Variability Between Two Vendors—A Prospective Study

Longitudinal monitoring of interstitial lung disease (ILD) requires insight into the variability of quantitative ILD measurements. Dora Chen, MD, discusses the article by Ahn et al. reporting results of a prospective study in which patients with ILD underwent same-day chest CT examinations using scanners from different vendors.