August 31, 2022 -- The following is the list of candidates for the 2022 edition of the Minnies, AuntMinnie.com's campaign to recognize the best and brightest in medical imaging. This year's campaign includes over 200 candidates in 14 categories, ranging from Most Influential Radiology Researcher to Best Educational Mobile App.
The semifinalist list was compiled based on nominations from members of AuntMinnie.com. Winners will be selected by our expert panel in two rounds of voting. The finalists will be announced in late September, with the final winners announced in October.
Most Influential Radiology Researcher Dr. Aashim Bhatia, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Dr. Jeffrey Chang, Greensboro Radiology Simon Cherry, PhD, University of California, Davis Dr. Hugh Curtin, Harvard Medical School Dr. Dania Daye, PhD, Massachusetts General Hospital Dr. Adam Flanders, Thomas Jefferson University Dr. Cree Gaskin, University of Virginia Health System Krzysztof Geras, PhD, New York University Maryellen Giger, PhD, University of Chicago Dr. Robert Gilkeson, Case Western Reserve University Dr. Amit Gupta, University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center Dr. Kate Hanneman, University of Toronto Danny Hughes, PhD, Georgia Institute of Technology Dr. Andrei Iagaru, Stanford University Dr. Diego Jaramillo, Columbia University Dr. Phillip Kuo, PhD, University of Arizona Dr. Kirti Magudia, PhD, Duke University Dr. Randy Miles, Denver Health Dr. Ivan Pedrosa, PhD, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center Dr. Martin Pomper, PhD, Johns Hopkins University Dr. Claude Sirlin, University of California, San Diego
Most Effective Radiology Educator Dr. Ryan Avery, Northwestern University Dr. Rachel Brem, George Washington University Hospital Dr. Peter Chang, University of California, Irvine Dr. Kal Clark, University of Texas San Antonio Dr. Jocelyn Chertoff, Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center Dr. Sonia Gupta, Radiology Associates of Florida Dr. Elizabeth Hawk, PhD, Stanford University Dr. Tabassum Kennedy, University of Wisconsin Dr. Carolyn Meltzer, University of Southern California Dr. Christine Menias, Mayo Clinic Arizona Dr. Theresa McLoud, Massachusetts General Hospital Dr. Vincent Mellnick, Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology Dr. Neil Rofsky, UT Southwestern Medical Center Dr. Mary Scanlon, University of Pennsylvania Dr. Jessica Stewart, University of California, Los Angeles Dr. Stefan Tigges, Emory University Dr. Emma Webb, University of California, San Francisco Dr. Ben White, Baylor University Medical Center Dr. Carina Yang, University of Chicago Dr. Judy Yee, Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Most Effective Radiologic Sciences Educator Meena Amlani, EdD, British Columbia Institute of Technology Catherine Bloor, Cuyahoga Community College Michael Cannavo, Image Management Consultants Daniel DeMaio, University of Hartford Maureen Firth, Passaic County Community College Brad Johnson, GateWay Community College Chalonda Jones-Thomas, Thomas Institute of Health Professions Louise Miller, Mammography Educators Lior Molvin, Duke University Kristi Moore, PhD, University of Mississippi Medical Center Quentin Moore, PhD, Mercy College of Ohio Lauren Noble, EdD, University of North Carolina
Most Effective Radiology Administrator/Manager Maxwell Baptiste, NYU Langone Health Ernesto Berumen, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center Ron Collister, University Hospitals of Cleveland Michelle Dossa, PhD, University Hospitals Elyria Medical Center Camille Endres, University of Washington Stacey England, University of Utah Hospital Gina Greenwood, University of Wisconsin Ricu Lantaya, University of Maryland Medical Center Andrew Menard, JD, Brigham and Women's Hospital Katherine Pizer, University of Chicago Serage Rahima, University of Southern California Patricia Richards, Mayo Clinic Tisha Stewart, Gateway Diagnostic Imaging Dan Wassilchalk, University of Virginia Sandria Wong, University of California, San Francisco
Best Radiologist Training Program Baylor University, Waco, TX Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH Columbia University, New York City Cornell University, New York City Dartmouth-Hitchcock Health, Lebanon, NH Duke University, Durham, NC Emory University, Atlanta, GA Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, St. Louis, MO Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN Mayo Clinic, Scottsdale, AZ Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC New York University, New York City NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Radiology, New York City Northwestern University, Chicago, IL Stanford University, Stanford, CA Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA University of Texas Health Science Center Houston, Houston, TX University of Texas San Antonio, San Antonio, TX University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA University of Washington, Seattle, WA University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC Weill Cornell Medicine, New York City Yale University, New Haven, CT
Best Radiologic Sciences Program Albert Einstein Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA Arkansas State University, Jonesboro, AR Ball State University, Muncie, IN Bellevue College, Bellevue, WA Duke University, Durham, NC Emory University, Atlanta, GA Kent State University, Salem, OH Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD Johnston Community College, Smithfield, NC Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC Northwestern State University, Natchitoches, LA Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA University of Mississippi, Jackson, MS University of Hartford, West Hartford, CT University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Las Vegas, NV University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC University of South Alabama, Mobile, AL University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI University of Texas Southwestern, Dallas, TX Weber State University, Ogden, UT
Most Significant News Event in Radiology Approval of Lu-177 PSMA-617 (Pluvicto) for prostate cancer theranostics COVID-19 pandemic and its effect on radiology First photon-counting CT scanner gets clearance for the U.S. market GE to spin off healthcare division into separate company Growth of artificial intelligence and machine learning in radiology RSNA returns as in-person conference in 2021 Shortage of iodinated contrast media develops due to supply-chain disruptions Shortage in radiologic technologist staff
Biggest Threat to Radiology Burnout of physicians Commoditization of radiology services Corporate takeovers of independent radiology practices COVID-19 pandemic and its effect on radiology volumes Decline in Medicare and third-party reimbursement rates Encroachment of advanced practice staff on radiologist tasks Increased use of medical imaging by physicians in other specialties (turf battles) Liquid biopsy diagnostic tests for cancer Overutilization of medical imaging Predatory academic journals Shortage of iodinated contrast media Use of artificial intelligence to interpret medical images
Hottest Clinical Procedure 7-tesla MRI 3D printing of internal anatomical structures CT lung cancer screening Dark-field x-ray Digital breast tomosynthesis Dual-energy CT PET/MRI PET with gallium-68 PSMA-11 radiopharmaceutical PET for Alzheimer's disease Photon-counting CT Portable MRI Total-body PET/CT Ultrasound elastography
Scientific Paper of the Year 18F-FDG PET/CT and novel molecular imaging for directing immunotherapy in cancer. Hughes D et al, Radiology, June 28, 2022. To learn more about this paper, click here.
Best New Radiology Device (click on the links below to learn more about each device) Aura 10 PET/CT specimen imaging, Xeos Definium 656 HD x-ray system, GE Healthcare EMVision portable brain scanner, EMVision FDR Cross portable fluoroscopy/digital radiography system, Fujifilm Healthcare Americas Imagio breast imaging optoacoustic ultrasound system, Seno Medical Instruments IzoView breast CT scanner, Izotropic Magnifico Open MRI scanner, Esaote mKDR Xpress mobile x-ray, Konica Minolta Healthcare Americas MobileDaRt Evolution MX8 Version V mobile x-ray system, Shimadzu Medical Systems MR 7700 3-tesla MRI scanner, Philips MRI Room Alert System, Sound Imaging Naeotom Alpha photon-counting CT scanner, Siemens Healthineers OmniTom Elite mobile CT scanner with photon-counting detectors, Samsung NeuroLogica Radialis small-footprint PET system, Radialis Rover mobile x-ray system, Micro-X SoftVue 3D whole-breast ultrasound tomography system, Delphinus Medical Technologies SpectralDR digital radiography detector, KA Imaging Tron mobile CT/fluoroscopy system, Xoran Valory digital radiography system, Agfa HealthCare Vantage Fortian MRI scanner, Canon Medical Systems Vivix-S F series digital radiography panel, Vieworks X1 radiation therapy system, RefleXion Medical
Best New Radiology Software (click on the links below to learn more about each software application) Agamon Coordinate Platform, Agamon AI OS operating system, Aidoc AI Technology for AD Progression Prediction MRI software, Fujifilm Auto Scan Assist MRI software, Canon Medical Systems BioTrace IO ablation therapy guidance software, TechsoMed BrainScan.AI software, BrainScan.ai BU-CAD breast ultrasound CAD software, TaiHao Medical Carbon Space user interface, Siemens Healthineers ClariPulmo AI-powered 3D reporting software, ClariPi Continuity follow-up tracking software, Rad AI Curie|Endex DICOM standardization software, Enlitic Education Portal teaching software, Sectra Enterprise CXR software, Annalise.ai Extracellular Volume Fraction with CT (ECVct) software, Ziosoft Flywheel Exchange data-sharing software, Flywheel IB Clinic - Container edition, ImagingBiometrics Intuition version 4.6 advanced visualization software, TeraRecon Koios DS ultrasound AI software, Koios Medical Liver ASSIST Virtual Parenchyma, GE Healthcare Muscle Assessment Score (MAsS) Scan software, AMRA Medical Preterm AI software, Ultrasound AI qXR-BT software for guiding breathing tube placement on x-ray, Qure.ai Radloop incidental findings software, Radloop Report Reader patient education software, PocketHealth ScanLabMR MRI simulation software, ScanLabMR Search Lung CT software, Contextflow SieVRt virtual reality (VR) radiology software, Luxsonic Smart Noise Cancellation (SNC) dose-reduction capability, Carestream Health SmartSpeed MRI acceleration software, Philips Strategically Acquired Gradient Echo (STAGE) MRI image processing software, SpinTech MRI Stratus Imaging PACS software, Change Healthcare Visage 7 Video Reports reporting software, Visage Imaging Viz SDH AI-based software for subdural hemorrhage (SDH), Viz.ai Volpara Analytics v3.0 software, Volpara Health
Best New Radiology Vendor 16 Bit. Learn more about this company by clicking here. Agamon. Learn more about this company by clicking here. Annalise.ai. Learn more about this company by clicking here. Avatar Medical. Learn more about this company by clicking here. Centerline Biomedical. Learn more about this company by clicking here. ClariPi. Learn more about this company by clicking here. EMVision. Learn more about this company by clicking here. Ferrum Health. Learn more about this company by clicking here. Human Bytes. Learn more about this company by clicking here. InformAI. Learn more about this company by clicking here. Intradys. Learn more about this company by clicking here. Luxsonic. Learn more about this company by clicking here. Radialis. Learn more about this company by clicking here. StreamlineMD. Learn more about this company by clicking here. Synapsica. Learn more about this company by clicking here.
Best Educational Mobile App CTisus iQuiz, Dr. Elliot Fishman (iOS) EducationXR, Heizenrader (iOS, Android) Horos Mobile, iCat Solutions (iOS) IMAIOS e-Anatomy, IMAIOS (iOS, Android) iRadTech, Ballinger and Bruckner (iOS, Android) MagnetVision, Dr. Emanuel Kanal (iOS) MSK Radiology 4 U, Philip Abraham (iOS, Android) Radiology Core: Physics Plus, Ca Nguyen (iOS, Android) RadDiscord, a server on Discord, Dr. Grace Zhu (iOS, Android) (note: these links are for the Discord app) Radiology Assistant 2.0, BestApps (iOS) Radiology Measurements, Xaktis (iOS, Android) Radiology Rounds, Neuroglia Health (iOS, Android) RITE Advantage, RITE Advantage (Android)