• HOME
  • NEWS
  • EXPLORE
    • CAREER
      • Companies
      • Jobs
    • EVENTS
    • iGEM
      • News
      • Team
    • PHOTOS
    • VIDEO
    • WIKI
  • BLOG
  • COMMUNITY
    • FACEBOOK
    • INSTAGRAM
    • TWITTER
Wednesday, August 27, 2025
BIOENGINEER.ORG
No Result
View All Result
  • Login
  • HOME
  • NEWS
  • EXPLORE
    • CAREER
      • Companies
      • Jobs
        • Lecturer
        • PhD Studentship
        • Postdoc
        • Research Assistant
    • EVENTS
    • iGEM
      • News
      • Team
    • PHOTOS
    • VIDEO
    • WIKI
  • BLOG
  • COMMUNITY
    • FACEBOOK
    • INSTAGRAM
    • TWITTER
  • HOME
  • NEWS
  • EXPLORE
    • CAREER
      • Companies
      • Jobs
        • Lecturer
        • PhD Studentship
        • Postdoc
        • Research Assistant
    • EVENTS
    • iGEM
      • News
      • Team
    • PHOTOS
    • VIDEO
    • WIKI
  • BLOG
  • COMMUNITY
    • FACEBOOK
    • INSTAGRAM
    • TWITTER
No Result
View All Result
Bioengineer.org
No Result
View All Result
Home NEWS Science News Health

Body MRI reinterpretations plagued by discrepancies and errors

Bioengineer by Bioengineer
October 16, 2020
in Health
Reading Time: 2 mins read
0
Share on FacebookShare on TwitterShare on LinkedinShare on RedditShare on Telegram

Secondary interpretations of body MR images at tertiary care centers identify high rate of discrepancies, with cognitive error types predominating, suggesting subspecialty interpretations and additional resources are needed

IMAGE

Credit: American Roentgen Ray Society (ARRS), American Journal of Roentgenology (AJR)

Leesburg, VA, October 16, 2020–According to an article in ARRS’ American Journal of Roentgenology (AJR), secondary interpretations of body MRI at tertiary care centers identify a high rate of discrepancies–with primary errors being interpretive in origin–suggesting that subspecialty interpretations should be encouraged, and institutions should provide adequate resources for these interpretations to occur.

“We retrospectively identified 395 secondary MRI reports from January 2015 to December 2018 that were labeled as body MRI examinations at a tertiary care center,” explained lead author Danielle E. Kostrubiak from the University of Vermont Medical Center.

After exclusions for erroneous categorization and no extant outside report, Kostrubiak and colleagues compared the outside reports with the secondary interpretations, categorizing cases as either discrepancy or no discrepancy. Subdividing the discrepancies according to the most likely reason for error via previously published categories, these categories were further divided into perceptive and cognitive errors.

“Of the 357 cases remaining after 38 exclusions,” Kostrubiak et al. wrote, “246 (68.9%; 95% CI, 63.8-73.7%) had at least one discrepancy between the original outside report and the secondary interpretation provided at our institution.”

The most common error type contributing to both overall and primary discrepancy was faulty reasoning (a cognitive error characterized by misidentifying an abnormality), which occurred in 34.3% of the total discrepancies (95% CI, 29.0- 40.0%) and 37.8% of the primary discrepancies.

The most common error type contributing to a second discrepancy was a type of perception error called satisfaction of search, which occurred in 37.0% of the second discrepancies and 15.0% (95% CI 11.2- 19.6%) of the overall discrepancies.

“We are not aware of any studies that have specifically focused on secondary interpretations of body MRI analyzed by type of likely error, and to our knowledge, ours is the largest MRI sample size published to date,” the authors of this AJR article concluded.

Although the innate subjectivity of error classification stands to limit similar studies, Kostrubiak and team acknowledged that related research should become progressively easier to conduct as medical practices adopt more detailed electronic medical records.

“The next step,” they wrote, “would be to explore how these discrepancies may impact patient outcomes and overall cost to the system associated with these radiologic errors.”

###

Founded in 1900, the American Roentgen Ray Society (ARRS) is the first and oldest radiological society in North America, dedicated to the advancement of medicine through the profession of radiology and its allied sciences. An international forum for progress in medical imaging since the discovery of the x-ray, ARRS maintains its mission of improving health through a community committed to advancing knowledge and skills with an annual scientific meeting, monthly publication of the peer-reviewed American Journal of Roentgenology (AJR), quarterly issues of InPractice magazine, AJR Live Webinars and Podcasts, topical symposia, print and online educational materials, as well as awarding scholarships via The Roentgen Fund®.

Media Contact
Logan K. Young
[email protected]

Related Journal Article

http://dx.doi.org/10.2214/AJR.20.22797

Tags: Critical Care/Emergency MedicineDiagnosticsGastroenterologyHealth Care Systems/ServicesInternal MedicineLiverMedicine/HealthPublic HealthPulmonary/Respiratory MedicineUrogenital System
Share12Tweet8Share2ShareShareShare2

Related Posts

Melatonin and URB447: A Dual Defense Against Neonatal Brain Injury

August 27, 2025

Impact of Alopecia Areata on Quality of Life

August 27, 2025

Mid-Term Outcomes of Aortic Valve Repair Post-VAD

August 27, 2025

Microglial Replacement Shows Myeloid β-Hexosaminidase Vital

August 27, 2025
Please login to join discussion

POPULAR NEWS

  • blank

    Breakthrough in Computer Hardware Advances Solves Complex Optimization Challenges

    148 shares
    Share 59 Tweet 37
  • Molecules in Focus: Capturing the Timeless Dance of Particles

    142 shares
    Share 57 Tweet 36
  • New Drug Formulation Transforms Intravenous Treatments into Rapid Injections

    115 shares
    Share 46 Tweet 29
  • Neuropsychiatric Risks Linked to COVID-19 Revealed

    81 shares
    Share 32 Tweet 20

About

We bring you the latest biotechnology news from best research centers and universities around the world. Check our website.

Follow us

Recent News

Melatonin and URB447: A Dual Defense Against Neonatal Brain Injury

Impact of Alopecia Areata on Quality of Life

Chemically Tuning Quantum Spin–Electric Coupling in Magnets

  • Contact Us

Bioengineer.org © Copyright 2023 All Rights Reserved.

Welcome Back!

Login to your account below

Forgotten Password?

Retrieve your password

Please enter your username or email address to reset your password.

Log In
No Result
View All Result
  • Homepages
    • Home Page 1
    • Home Page 2
  • News
  • National
  • Business
  • Health
  • Lifestyle
  • Science

Bioengineer.org © Copyright 2023 All Rights Reserved.