AAPM Summit Diaries: Invited experts @aapmhq.bsky.social Summit after intense discussions ranked several key themes - small groups were formed & spent the entire afternoon further discussing how & what to do w goal of “Empowering Medicine through Medicine”

AAPM Summit Diaries: It was an honor to welcome all the @aapmhq.bsky.social Summit invitees early morning setting stage for a day long discussions - leading to several themes that was further worked on w discussions among several small group of experts all afternoon

Heart disease is a leading cause of death and disability in the U.S. Cardiac CT for calcium scoring uses special x-ray equipment to produce pictures of the coronary arteries to determine if they are blocked or narrowed by the buildup of plaque. Learn more at https://tinyurl.com/5hhky6m2 #Radsky

“Quickly overwhelmed by relentless pressure to secure competitive grants, publish articles in highprofile journals & advise students...required an endless cycle of writing proposals, leaving me short on time & patience, which added pressure in students...” www.science.org/content/arti...

Excellent overview of radiation protection challenges for deep space travel. As humans return to the Moon, researchers are trying to understand—and thwart—the biological toll of deep-space radiation. www.science.org/content/arti...

IOMP invites you to attend a series of free webinars organized by the IOMP. Look forward to moderating the first of 2026 #IOMP webinar on “Basics of Theranostics” For more information on IOMP Webinars, please visit the IOMP website:https://www.iomp.org/iomp-school-webinars-2026/

Celebrating retirement of Dr Hamper and relocation of @PamelaJohnsonMD from @Hopkins_Rad Bitter sweet - I will miss both the colleagues who were good friends! Nice to see our interim director Dr Hoang (#LoudlyPresent) at the event.

How cold it is you ask? This photo has the answer!

Why Belly Fat Expands With Age & How to Target It? “New research uncovers that aging activates a new type of stem cell that rapidly produces fat cells, explaining why belly fat often expands in middle age” That explains many questions! 😂 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

“Low-field MRI markedly reduces metal-induced artefacts while preserving clinically acceptable scan times & fat suppression performance. Integrating low-field systems could complement 1.5 T and 3 T imaging, especially for patients w metallic implants” www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

“AI-supported mammo screening showed… favorable outcomes compared w std double read, w a non-inferior interval cancer rate, fewer interval cancers w unfavorable characteristics, higher sensitivity & same specificity, while also reducing screen reading workload” @thelancet.com

“Despite persistent infrastructure & workforce gaps, Nuclear Medicine capacity in Africa is expanding. However, uneven distribution of services, limited advanced therapies & resource constraints continue to restrict equitable access” jnm.snmjournals.org/content/67/2...

“Despite persistent infrastructure & workforce gaps, Nuclear Medicine capacity in Africa is expanding. However, uneven distribution of services, limited advanced therapies & resource constraints continue to restrict equitable access” jnm.snmjournals.org/content/67/2...

"Declared artificial intelligence (#AI) use in JAMA Network submissions rose from 1.7% to nearly 6% in 27 months, most frequently for language refinement and more often reported in manuscripts from non–English-speaking countries" @JAMA_current ja.ma/3ZHJWXT

“OpenDose collaboration provides free dosimetry tools & data to the community. OD3D software is research tool that can be used for clinical dosimetry, educate professionals & benchmark available academic or commercial clinical dosimetry software tools” jnm.snmjournals.org/content/67/2...

“Hallucinations in AI generated content can lead to cascading errors, including misdiagnosis, mistreatment, unnecessary interventions, medication errors & ethical or legal concerns” This gives examples, provides way to detect & mitigate hallucinations jnm.snmjournals.org/content/67/2...

Cold yet beautiful: Frozen front yard - solar lights are providing a symmetrical pattens of light dispersal enhanced by frozen snow background!

“Is a standalone economic justification the right lens through which to view every technological advance in radiology including AI?” “Value is context-dependent & evidence base is still nascent” Excellent commentary on economics value of AI in Radiology pubs.rsna.org/doi/10.1148/... @rsnagram

The Streets of Minneapolis. This is our anthem today. Legit made me cry. 🥺💔 Thank you @brucespringsteen.net ✊🏽 You’re truly the Boss. youtu.be/GDaPdpwA4Iw?...

“AI has potential to increase economic value in radiology, but its financial impact is highly context dependent, varying w task complexity, diagnostic performance, payment models & willingness-to-pay thresholds for quality-adjusted life-year gains” pubs.rsna.org/doi/10.1148/... @rsnagram

“Lower dose does not always mean safer imaging” “Focus shouldn’t be on amount of dose but on finding right dose for each patient by taking into account the disease, conditions & demographics of an individual patient” www.rsna.org/news/2026/ja...

Food Diaries: Stuck inside because of snow storm. No worries, “spicy vada + coffee” can be a good antidote!

Tuesday Thoughts: Liked essayist Anne Lamott’s statement: “Everyone is screwed up, broken, clingy and scared, even the people who seem to have it more or less together. They are much more like you than you would believe. So try not to compare your insides to their outsides”

“Radiologist still interprets images & applies clinical judgment. But now AI can help radiologists by automatically extracting quantitative measures from every scan, structuring them into reports, analyzing trends & perhaps flagging significant changes” radiologyai.substack.com/p/why-ai-sho...

With both of us having busy travels, finally Peter & I were able to meet @ministryofbrewing.bsky.social for the first blessings of the new year 2026

Happy Makara Sankranti: Festival celebrating the start of end of winter & start of harvest season symbolizing new hope Also, thanks to my wife - she made ‘Pongal (ಪೊಂಗಲ್)’ & ‘Ellu Bella’ - which I am savoring 😋 Families share ‘Ellu-Bella (ಎಳ್ಳು - ಬೆಲ್ಲ) w others to celebrate

“Taking baby steps to collectively improve three of the most important behaviors — sleep, exercise and nutrition — may not only boost health but also lengthen your life” according to a large population UK study published in @the_lancet_ www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...

Congratulations! “Ghana’s comprehensive #MedPhys program demonstrates a successful model for developing #MedPhys education in resource-limited settings thr strategic international partnerships” “Graduated so far 195 students w 22% from other African countries” www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

“PCCT DS mode enables high temporal resolution w comparable image quality...ideal for pediatric & cardiac CT apps” “however, PCCT DS increased susceptibility to high-pitch–related artifacts warrants greater caution in specific cases & larger subjects” www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Nice infographics about Diverticulitis in @JAMA_current Diverticulitis involves inflammation of outpouchings of the intestinal wall, a condition known as diverticulosis.

Timely reminder: Abstract due date is fast approaching Jan 27th 2026 for the upcoming joint AAPM/COMP conference I Vancouver, BC-Canada @aapmhq.bsky.social

“it is now evident that information intrinsic to image itself, at pixel level (eg, intensity values), can also be exploited by deep learning models, potentially…posing privacy risks” This report discusses this & how to preserve privacy pubs.rsna.org/doi/10.1148/...

Mindfulness Activity: Found an effective ‘mind hack’ - While the mind roam free & often leading to new ideas - few things get done too (checking off the ‘Honey-do list’)!

“Researchers w decades of experience, prestigious awards & countless publications all admitted to moments when they felt they didn’t measure up, that they weren’t really qualified, that they’d somehow tricked the world into believing they were experts” www.science.org/content/arti...

#HappyBirthday to Dr. John H. Lawrence, a physicist and physician known as “The Father of Nuclear Medicine.” His accomplishments include discovering treatments for #Leukemia and pioneering radioactive tracer techniques to study the impact of disease on metabolic processes. #RadiologyInfo #Radsky

“Despite considerable advancements in Fluoroscopy Guided Intervention (FGI) many limitations and uncertainties remain in FGI patient dosimetry” Excellent review article by my colleagues Drs Wunderle & Balter in @aapmHQ Medical Physics journal aapm.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

“Maintaining hope doesn’t mean ignoring hardships or naïvely expecting things to work out. It still takes effort. Now that I am facing my own doubts again, I am creating more opportunities to connect with graduate students, including new office hours” www.science.org/content/arti...

“A simplistic assumption that lower field strength means universally safer imaging is incorrect & may foster false sense of security. Safe deployment of MRI sys below Std Clin Field (1T-3T)strengths requires same rigor in terms of robust safety protocols..." onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

“Goals may lie beyond the horizon, but every small step brings them closer” May the New Year guide your journey! Wishing All My Friends and Colleagues around the World a very Happy New Year!

@rsnagram editorial states: “there are specific tips that can help increase the visibility and impact of your article” pubs.rsna.org/doi/10.1148/...

“Targeted policy levers such as shared procurement of low-cost hardware, regional AI & data hubs, train-the-trainer workforce programs & harmonized regulation—can enable LMIC to deploy AI imaging responsibly, shorten Dx delays & improve patient outcomes” link.springer.com/article/10.1...

When you are assigned to be the “sous chef” by your wife during preparation for holiday feast, found that “On a cold day, hot & spicy ‘pakodas’ 😋goes well w Pinot Noir” - keep you motivated to do all the assigned chores!”

It’s still the shortest day, but night is getting longer. It’s cold (0 C) windy (15 mph) but fun @Ravens game against New England Patriot. Son surprised me by taking me to the game - not used to sitting so close to the goal post Nice memories to add to an eventful year #2025

Thank you @radiologyacr for covering our presence @iaeaorg conference www.acr.org/News-and-Pub...

I like Dec 21st which is ‘Winter Solstice’ for us in the Northern hemisphere. Even though it is the shortest day of the year - day light begins to get longer from tomorrow - within a month one can notice guys not dark when you go or return from work!

Holiday Cheers: “Some talk to you in their free time, and Some free up their time to talk to you!” Recognize the difference!

AAPM Group volunteers must update their Conflict of Interest (COI) by 12/31/2025. Those who do not will lose access to AAPM Groups starting 01/01/2026. Update here: www.aapm.org/memb/profile/conflict.asp

“I wanted to see whether students would accept avatar teachers in classroom & how they respond to this technology,” So researcher created an avatar to teach, found it helpful but they still wanted teachers 🤔- should I do the same next semester? www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Take home message: “AI-CAD identified some breast cancers missed by radiologists but failed to detect others recalled by radiologists. Careful implementation & strategic interpretation of AI-CAD are essential in mammographic screening” pubs.rsna.org/doi/10.1148/...