Pieces of Interest from COMP for the week of July 1 – Olympic Imaging Squad Gets Set for Summer Games/First MRI Exam – July 3, 1977/Radiation Protection for Patients: ChatGPT Compared to Radiology Institutional Websites

  • A team of 32 radiologists and 36 radiographers are limbering up to work at the summer Olympics, which begins on 25 July. They are likely to perform more than 1800 scans on injured athletes.
  • On July 3, 1977, the first magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) exam on a live human patient was performed.
  • Today patients increasingly seek information online, with AI tools like ChatGPT playing a major role, a study was done to evaluate whether ChatGPT provides accurate and comprehensive information about radiation protection compared to institutional websites.