UCSF Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging

In #OACOpen, @ucsfimaging.bsky.social's Tugce Ulas, Felix Liu, Gabby Joseph, Sharmila Majumdar, Gebbie Hoyer, Thomas Link & Alexandra Gersing link thigh muscle gain to less knee pain progression. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy can hide for years before a young athlete suddenly collapses. @ucsfimaging.bsky.social's Dr. Peder Larson uses hyperpolarized carbon-12 MRI to measure energy metabolism in heart muscle, improving diagnosis & monitoring. Watch how ➡️ bit.ly/47pHLw9

Opportunistic osteoporosis screening has to be paired with clinical follow-up to pay off. @ucsfimaging.bsky.social's Dr. Georg Feuerriegel weighs in for @rsnasky.bsky.social News on a deep learning model that spots low bone density in routine CT. bit.ly/4hBBTEA

Most AI segmentation models treat every case as if their output is definitive. @ucsfimaging.bsky.social's @drdremdphd.bsky.social & colleagues built one that shows where it's unsure, tested on meningiomas. bit.ly/47sqBOf

About 40% of people worldwide have MASLD, yet liver-related harm usually waits until fibrosis develops. In @ajrradiology.bsky.social, @ucsfimaging.bsky.social's Drs. Shin Mei Chan, William Cheng Hong & colleagues review how best to find it in high-risk adults. doi.org/10.2214/AJR....

A PET tracer for gluconate metabolism found in bacteria but not mammalian cells. In @angewandtechemie.bsky.social, @ucsfimaging.bsky.social's Sanghee Lee, Jung Min Kim, Joseph Blecha, Rob Flavell, Michael Ohlinger, Youngho Seo, Dave Wilson & collaborators report [18F]FGA. bit.ly/4xUKfgG

Staying engaged in your profession, how to keep it up & why it matters. That's the focus of this year's Margulis Alumnus Lecture, where Dr. Robert Barr draws on decades in neuroradiology, healthcare leadership & organized medicine. bit.ly/3U6BOkC

Teaching takes practice too. Neuroradiologist Dr. Allen Ye & nurse practitioner Sarah O'Connell each wrapped up a Teach for UCSF certificate this year, in Educator Essentials & Interprofessional Teaching. #UCSFProud meded.ucsf.edu/teach-ucsf-c...

Standardized, high-quality imaging for UCSF patients is the focus of @ucsfimaging.bsky.social's new associate chair. Dr. Rajesh Shah oversees departmental safety policies & leads our Quality & Safety committee. Congratulations, Dr. Shah! bit.ly/3TzFtXZ

Temporal bone & skull base expert Dr. Jan Casselman delivers the upcoming T. Hans Newton Lecture online on October 14, with a two-part talk on 3D CRANI of the extracranial cranial nerves & Phase-CT for neuro and inner ear imaging. radiology.ucsf.edu/events/newto...

Could the brain's unimodal to multimodal hierarchy arise from source-sink signal flow? @ucsfimaging.bsky.social's Drs. Fahimeh Arab, Srikantan Nagarajan, Ashish Raj & collaborators suggest it may. doi.org/10.64898/202...

RFA is established for Morton neuromas but uncommon in the head and neck. In #JVIR, @ucsfimaging.bsky.social's Drs. Pete Lokken, Alexander Lam, & collaborators report an ultrasound-guided ablation for a recurrent postsurgical case. doi.org/10.1016/j.jv...

Refine how you read across modalities. @ucsfimaging.bsky.social on Kauai, Oct 18-23, will cover thoracic, breast, neuro & abdominal imaging with a focus on reducing errors & improving report clarity. Register now: ucsf.cloud-cme.com/course/cours...

High agreement, except on viability. In #EJR, @ucsfimaging.bsky.social's Drs. Omar Hassan, Moein Moradpour, Hailey Choi, Sina Houshmand, Kang Wang, Thomas Hope & collaborators note a need for clearer LR-Radiation-TRA definitions. www.ejradiology.com/article/S072...

In #MagResMed, @ucsfimaging.bsky.social's Drs. Congyu Liao, Yang Yang & collaborators present calibration-free field mapping for whole brain MRF at 3T. Learn more: doi.org/10.1002/mrm....

Dr. Nola Hylton's research @ucsfimaging.bsky.social helped make MRI a tool for breast imaging & improved care for women worldwide. She was elected to @nam.edu in 2024. Read her story ➡️ radiology.ucsf.edu/news/nola-hy... #WIMM #WomenInMedicineMonth

CT-like fracture detail from an ordinary MRI, with no radiation & no second scan. That's what @ucsfimaging.bsky.social's Dr. Alexandra Gersing's team is working on. We're proud to recognize her work this #WomenInMedicineMonth. bit.ly/3PD670b #WIMM

Pulmonary AVMs have been grouped into 3 classic types. New Research from @ucsfimaging.bsky.social's Drs. Miles Conrad, Kimberly Kallianos, Steven Hetts & collaborators make the case for a 4th, telangiectatic PAVMs, identified in 35 of 100 HHT patients on chest CT. bit.ly/4yCBAAb

The habit of looking closely came from portraiture, long before it came from medicine. @ucsfimaging.bsky.social's Dr. Connie Lu brings that eye to breast imaging. Read her story: radiology.ucsf.edu/news/transla... #WIMM #WomenInMedicineMonth

Repeat liver imaging in HHT after an initial negative or nonactionable scan? In 477 patients, clinically significant hepatic AVMs were found in 1.0%. Findings from Torianna Lomax Truong, Drs. Michael Ohliger & Miles Conrad support periodic reassessment. bit.ly/4iujxHU

"There are a lot of procedures for benign prostatic enlargement & a lot of procedures for prostate cancer, but nothing quite like this." Dr. Ryan Kohlbrenner on TULSA, an incision-free treatment now offered at Mission Bay. bit.ly/4hLIDRy #ProstateCancerAwarenessMonth

In a new video, @ucsfimaging.bsky.social's Dr. Pavithra Viswanath shows how a specialized scan can reveal whether a therapy is working against a fast-growing childhood brain tumor, work still in preclinical research. Watch now: www.youtube.com/watch?v=qTye... #WIMM #WomenInMedicineMonth

Add this one to your #NASCI26 schedule ➡️ @ucsfimaging.bsky.social's Dr. Shrav Sridhar presents on pre-operative imaging for double outlet right ventricle, a defect where precise anatomic detail guides the surgical approach.

Join @ucsfimaging.bsky.social's Dr. Kim Kallianos & Indiana University's Dr. Shawn Teague as they co-moderate a #NASCI26 joint session built around the finer points of reading the heart, with thoracic expertise in the mix.

The Face Lectures continue with Head to Head: Face. @ucsfimaging.bsky.social's Dr. @cynxinwu.bsky.social presents alongside @ohsunews.bsky.social's Dr. Bronwyn Hamilton. Close out #ASHNR26 strong.

The brain's hidden veins. The earliest signs of Alzheimer's. An infection you cannot see. Three @ucsfimaging.bsky.social #postdocs, Panos Pardalidis, Tamara Vasilkovska & Sanghee Lee, are making each one visible. Read there stories during #PostdocAppreciationWeek: bit.ly/4ygtsWw

This #WomenInMedicineMonth, meet @ucsfimaging.bsky.social's Dr. Renuka Sriram. She uses a special kind of MRI to see whether a cancer treatment is woring long before a tumor starts to shrink, which helps doctors chance course sooner. bit.ly/4hf9jJ8 #WIMM

Happy #PostdocAppreciationWeek! Meet four of our #postdocs. @ucsfimaging.bsky.social's Daniel Gebrezgiabhier, Pouya Metanat, Jennifer Sentra & Tugce Ulas are advancing imaging for cancer, Alzheimer's & joint health. Learn more about their research: bit.ly/4y8irGA

Primary hyperparathyroidism reads differently in younger patients, & syndromic mutations can be the reason. @ucsfimaging.bsky.social #fellow Ellie Beheshtian shows what those cases look like on imaging in her #ASHNR26 exhibit.

Game of Thrones comes to #ASHNR26! @ucsfimaging.bsky.social's Dr. @cynxinwu.bsky.social joins Drs. Barton Branstetter & Nicholas Koontz for the ASHNR Game Show.

In @rsnasky.bsky.social Radiology, @ucsfimaging.bsky.social's Dr. Jae Ho Sohn & collaborators found that LLMs can generate imaging indications from clinical notes that are more comprehensive and factual than those written by referring clinicians. doi.org/10.1148/radi...

AJCC Version 9 changes how head & neck cancers are staged, & staging drives every treatment decision that follows. @ucsfimaging.bsky.social's Dr. @cmglastonbury.bsky.social breaks it down this morning at #ASHNR26.

TMJ masses that pass for facial masses, superselective intra-arterial chemotherapy for head & neck cancer, & whether a custom GPT can read head & neck CT. @ucsfimaging.bsky.social's Dr. Ali Tejani brings all three questions to #ASHNR26.

Join us this morning at #WAIS2026. During Session 9, @ucsfimaging.bsky.social's Dr. Pallav Kolli will share tips for treatment of instent venous stenosis.

We're back at #ASHNR26 & excited for the week. First up for us, the lower cranial nerves, some of the hardest structures to follow on imaging & the easiest to miss. @ucsfimaging.bsky.social's Dr. Elizabeth George walks through the anatomy this afternoon.

Same-day answers instead of weeks of waiting. In a new @ucsfimaging.bsky.social study, Dr. Maggie Chung uses AI to triage high-risk women for faster breast cancer workups. A fitting spotlight for #WomenInMedicineMonth. Read more about Dr. Chung's research: bit.ly/4vvRUSm #WIMM

This #WIMM, hear from a leader in radiology. @ucsfimaging.bsky.social's Dr. @cmglastonbury.bsky.social used her @arrsradiology.bsky.social president's address to take on what #AI means for the field & why radiologists matter more than ever. Watch her full speech: bit.ly/4rehN7N

Join us for the Imaging Update in Croatia, a five-day review of chest, MSK, gynecologic, peds & neuro imaging across CT, MR, & US. Registration is still open: ucsf.cloud-cme.com/course/cours...

Join us for a five-day update on CT, PET, MRI & ultrasound across the major organ systems, covering new guidelines, common interpretation pitfalls & ways to sharpen differential diagnosis. Register now ➡️ ucsf.cloud-cme.com/course/cours...

New research from Drs. Mona Asghari Ahmadabad, Pouya Metanat, Michael Thomas, Luke Bonham, Andreas Rauschecker, Leo Sugrue, Chris Hess & Kambiz Nael used arterial spin-labeling MRI to measure perfusion at the cortical-CSF interface, finding it reduced in Alzheimer's. bit.ly/3T7DauS

A late-season opportunity for a comprehensive imaging update. Imaging Update in Coratia runs Sept 21-26, covering five subspecialties across CT, MR & US, with registration still open. For more info, visit: ucsf.cloud-cme.com/course/cours...

We're proud to share #postdoc Minhao Zhou has received a 2026 ASBMR Young Investigator Award for his research using time-lapse HR-pQCT imaging to track how cortical bone changes in older men, revealing rapid loss alongside new bone forming in localized spots. Congratulations!

Dr. Tamara Vasilkovska has received a Postdoctoral Independent Research Award from the Sandler Program for Breakthrough Biomedical Research. Her project uses hyperpolarized MRI to watch brain metabolism in real time and catch the early changes of Alzheimer's.

Dr. Anil Bidkar has received a new NIH/NCI R21 grant to advance radiotheranostics for pancreatic cancer, work he will carry out with collaborators at @ucsfimaging.bsky.social & @ucirvine.bsky.social over the next two years. Congratulations, Dr. Bidkar!

Diffusion MRI can hint at whether breast cancer is responding to chemotherapy, but measuring it by hand is subjective. @ucsfimaging.bsky.social's Nu Le, MSc, Dr. Nola Hylton & colleagues built an automated method & showed it can predict response early. doi.org/10.1148/ryca...

Some patients arrive after years of searching for answers to pain no one could explain. @ucsfimaging.bsky.social's Dr. Brittany Harrison listens, takes them seriously & treats the conditions others miss. Read her story: bit.ly/4xAOrmk

A rare spine tumor left one patient's care resting on a hard question. Could a critical artery be safely sacrificed to remove it? @ucsfimaging.bsky.social's Dr. Kazim Narsinh confirmed the answer by angiogram, clearing the way for surgery. bit.ly/4qJ17oO

Pulling quantitative biomarkers from musculoskeletal MRI usually means tracing structures by hand across hundreds of slices. Drs. Gabrielle Hoyer, Sharmila Majumdar, Michelle Tong & Valentina Pedoia built a system to automate it across 5 anatomies. doi.org/10.1038/s417...

The 1p/19q codeletion defines oligodendrogliomas. @ucsfimaging.bsky.social's Dr. Suresh Udutha, Pavithra Viswanath & colleagues show that same deletion creates metabolic weak points a tumor can be attacked through, and a way to image the response. doi.org/10.1093/neuo...

In the largest Parkinson's imaging cohort assembled to date, widespread brain atrophy tracked with advancing disease and poorer cognition. @ucsfimaging.bsky.social's Dr. Duygu Tosun-Turgut & collaborators found the patterns were best explained by structural brain connectivity. bit.ly/4xFt2Z2