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I’m a neuroradiologist. The article is confused about the stroke workup—the most critical thing is to detect acute hemorrhage, which is much easier, faster, acc
by sxg 2y ago
I’m a neuroradiologist. The article is confused about the stroke workup—the most critical thing is to detect acute hemorrhage, which is much easier, faster, accurate, and cheaper with a CT than an MRI. We already have mobile CT units in deployment.
That’s not to say there isn’t value in mobile MR, but it’s not as the article states.
- amluto 2y agoThere are even a handful of ambulances equipped with CT scanners so that stroke patients can be diagnosed and treated in the ambulance. (By “handful” I mean that, when I toured one, I think there were a grand total of two in California.)
- nxobject 2y agoI imagine it's hard to think about investing in one when LUCAS machines are out there, too.
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- rasmus1610 2y agoCame here to say this
- pedalpete 2y agoI'm curious if you think the premise that "medical imaging is essential". There are a few start-ups here in Sydney that are developing non-imaging technologies for measuring stroke via blood flow, EEG, etc. These devices are tiny and inexpensive (basically EEG headbands). Nuroflux is one (https://nuroflux.com/ https://nuroflux.com/), I forget the name of the other.