The use of fast brain MRI protocols in the outpatient setting may offer “substantial” business benefits to the specialty, Radiology Business reports.
Previous investigations have demonstrated accelerated magnetic resonance imaging’s impact in dropping the time it takes to acquire scans while delivering similar quality, but few have explored the potential operational gains. Massachusetts General Hospital recently set out to investigate this topic, sharing its results in Academic Radiology.
“The real-world implementation of fast brain MRI sequences significantly reduced acquisition times for the most performed brain MRI protocols,” Susie Huang, MD, PhD, a Harvard professor and Massachusetts General radiologist, and colleagues wrote. “The projected benefits to the clinical workflow and patient care are substantial, and include increased imaging volume throughput, improved patient access for valuable MRI resources, increased departmental revenue, and improved patient and healthcare worker safety during the COVID-19 pandemic.” Read more.
