Duration: Two year fellowship programme. Degree certificate awarded by Homi Bhabha National Institute. No. of seats: 1 Eligibility: MD/DNB Radiodiagnosis. Post MD/DNB Senior Resident experience is helpful but not a pre-requisite. Fellowship application process: MCQs followed by Interview. Standard radiology MCQs (100 questions) are asked which can be prepared from any of the radiology MCQ …
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Lung cancer screening saves lives. Period. Proven for the first time in the mammoth 2011 National Lung Cancer Screening Trial, a recent study published earlier this year in NEJM reemphasizes its benefits and also clarifies some grey areas. As radiologists, this is one area where we must work proactively and spread awareness about its life-saving …
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Radiology is a unique branch of medicine, in that radiologists are supposed to keep oneself updated not just with advances in their own field, but also with advances in other clinical branches including superspecialty branches, all of which are growing at a tremendous rate. As such, for a complete understanding of pathology, diagnostics, patient management …
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We started the section 'Beyond the shores' a couple of years ago, to elaborate on the much coveted subspecialty training options available abroad, including US, UK, Canada, and Singapore, and how to successfully apply for them. We also covered various exams like FRCR 1, 2A and 2B, and EDIR, which are needed for some of …
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We started the section ‘Beyond the shores’ focusing on pursuing higher education abroad on the blog over a year and a half ago. Since then, we have covered various options on studying abroad, including the US, UK, Singapore, Canada, and Australia. Besides, we also covered how to prepare for various exams like FRCR and EDiR. …
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The Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) Annual Meeting happens over the weekend and week after Thanksgiving every year at McCormick Place in Chicago. Attended by over 60,000 delegates, this is probably amongst the biggest annual medical conferences in the world across all specialties. This annual mela can be quite overwhelming for those attending it …
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It is not uncommon to come across an incidental benign-appearing or indeterminate lesion on imaging and then wonder what to do next with it. Indeed, there has been an epidemic of thyroid and adrenal nodules which we shouldn't be doing anything about, thanks to their increased pick-up on imaging. We need to balance the need …
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We often come across incidental abdominal aortic ectasia or a splenic artery aneurysm while reporting a CT and wonder what to do about it. The ACR gave useful recommendations for their management in 2013, in a closed-access paper available here. Unlike other white papers, the white paper on vascular findings does not give a lot …
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The ACR gave recommendations on managing incidental pituitary lesions on CT, MRI, or PET/CT in 2018, in a paid-access article which you can refer to here. Correlation with endocrinological investigations is important in deciding further management. If the pituitary lesion is a simple cyst If the pituitary lesion is solid or solid-cystic 1. …
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Adrenal incidentalomas are not an uncommon finding on CT. The ACR gave recommendations on their management in 2017, which can be read in the open-access article here. The first thing that one should realize on reading the recommendations is that only adrenal nodules more than 1 cm in size in the short axis need further …
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