Department of Diagnostic Radiology Queen's University

07/24/2025

🩺 Dr. Omar Islam (Neuroradiology, Kingston Health Sciences Centre) and Zara Khan (Batchelor of Health Sciences, Queen's University Health Sciences) published an informative case report: "Neuroimaging in Hemiplegic Migraine - Case Report and Literature Review"

✅ Hemiplegic migraine has a characteristic imaging appearance on . Recognition of these findings, knowledge of the pathophysiology, and understanding of the management are important in the diagnosis and treatment of patients presenting with .

https://www.onlinescientificresearch.com/articles/neuroimaging-in-hemiplegic-migraine--case-report-and-literature-review.pdf

07/21/2025

Dr. Ben Kwan (Neuroradiology, Kingston Health Sciences Centre) & Dr. Andrew Chung (Abdominal Imaging, Queen's University Health Sciences) published an interesting paper on "Differentiating between GPT-generated and human-written feedback for radiology residents"

Here is what they found:
✅ Feedback from human experts in radiology is often specific and clinically relevant.
✅ GPT-3.5 cannot match faculty in providing resident feedback of similar quality.
✅ Humans are more accurate at differentiating between actual and synthetic comments.
✅ More LLM advancements are needed to support faculty with feedback generation.

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0363018825000465?via%3Dihub

07/19/2025

🙏 Thank you to Renée and Lawrence O'Farrell for your generous gift to provide the GE HealthCare Definium 656 HD x-ray room at Kingston Health Sciences Centre in memory of Dr. Salomon L. Fransman, former head of the Department of Radiology, Professor Emeritus, Queen's University Health Sciences.

🎁 This gift will have a lasting impact for decades to come. It will directly benefit every patient through access to state-of-the-art X-ray imaging and will serve as a cornerstone for high-quality education and training for radiography students.

07/18/2025

📣 Calling out Fellowship-trained Cardiothoracic Radiologists!

🇨🇦 Come join us in beautiful , at the shores of Lake Ontario at Kingston Health Sciences Centre, Queen's University Health Sciences, historic Queen's University.

🩻 Looking for a 4th Cardiothoracic Radiologist to join our growing team. If you enjoy academia and have a passion for lung & cardiac , , and , please check out the Canadian Association of Radiologists job ad:

Academic Cardiothoracic Radiologist Department of Diagnostic Radiology Faculty of Health Sciences, Queen’s University Full-Time Academic Position WHO SHOULD APPLY? The Department of Diagnostic Radiology within the School of Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences at Queen’s University and its affil...

07/18/2025

📣 Calling out Fellowship-trained Abdominal Imaging Radiologists!

🇨🇦 Come join us in beautiful , at the shores of Lake Ontario at Kingston Health Sciences Centre, Queen's University Health Sciences, historic Queen's University.

🩻 Looking for a 5th Abdominal Imager to join our growing team. If you enjoy academia and have a passion for , , and , please check out the Canadian Association of Radiologists job ad:

Abdominal Imaging Radiologist Department of Diagnostic Radiology Queen’s Health Sciences, Queen’s University Permanent Full-Time Academic Position WHO SHOULD APPLY? The Department of Diagnostic Radiology within the School of Medicine, Queen’s Health Sciences at Queen’s University and its aff...

07/17/2025

🙌 Exciting times ahead at Breast Imaging Kingston (BIK), Kingston Health Sciences Centre, Queen's University Health Sciences.

🚧 Construction for the new Breast MRI is well underway! Rebar framing is being installed on the MRI floor and the area will be framed to allow for concrete pouring to provide both structural support for the heavy MRI equipment and a stable base for radio-frequency (RF) shielding of the new Siemens 1.5 Tesla .

🩺 The new MRI will have a positive impact on Women's Health in our region and will complete the objective of bringing ALL aspects of breast screening and diagnosis under one roof at the state-of-the-art 10,000 sq. foot facility.
🌐 https://kingstonhsc.ca/BreastImagingKingston

🙏 Thank you to 🌷🌷 Rose of Hope 🌷🌷 and all our other donors for making this possible!

07/17/2025

Dr. Andrew Chung (Abdominal Imaging, Kingston Health Sciences Centre, Queen's University Health Sciences) along with Dr. Maera Haider (former radiologist at Queen's University) and 2 radiology residents (Dr. Umaseh Sivanesam, Dr. Laura Wong) published an excellent review article in the European Journal of Radiology:

🩻"Intraluminal causes of mechanical small bowel obstruction: CT findings and diagnostic approach"

Highlights:
✅Intraluminal causes of SBO represent a minority of cases, yet detection of endoluminal material presents unique challenges.
✅Causes can be broadly categorized into: 1) ingested contents, 2) bowel stasis, 3) inflammatory causes, and 4) neoplasms.
✅Overlap exists between the different pathophysiologic processes resulting in SBO.

Very informative and great images!
https://www.ejradiology.com/article/S0720-048X(25)00201-3/fulltext

Small bowel obstruction (SBO) is a common reason for hospitalization, accounting for approximately 20 % of all surgical admissions due to acute abdominal pain [1]. Diagnosis of SBO frequently relies on radiological assessment, focusing on key imaging features such as small bowel dilatation and air-...

07/14/2025

🎉 We congratulate Dr. Andrew Chung (Abdominal Imaging, Queen's University Health Sciences) for his promotion to rank of Associate Professor at Queen's University

🏆 The granting of promotion is a very significant acknowledgement of Andrew's accomplishments and potential and on behalf of everyone in the department and your colleagues and students across the academic institution, we congratulate you on your achievements and your contributions to the University and to Kingston Health Sciences Centre

07/11/2025

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07/11/2025

🌷 Rose of Hope Clinical Chair in Breast Health 🌷

“A clinical chair is a game-changer,” says Sherri McCullough, Rose of Hope Chair. “It helps attract and retain top talent and supports innovation, education and strategic leadership. It’s an incredible step forward for the women of our region.”

You can help the women of the Rose of Hope Golf Tournament raise $1 million to establish the Rose of Hope Clinical Chair in Breast Health at Kingston Health Sciences Centre:

www.uhkf.ca/roseofhope 🎗️

The Clinical Chair’s responsibilities will include enhancing care navigation, expanding screening outreach, improving rapid-access diagnostics, and building bridges with community partners and Queen's University Health Sciences, Queen's University.

27th Annual Rose of Hope Golf Tournament University Hospitals Kingston Foundation

07/10/2025

🌸 Support Rose of Hope Clinical Chair in Breast Health 🌸

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07/10/2025

Dr. Ben Kwan (Neuroradiology, Kingston Health Sciences Centre, Queen's University Health Sciences) and colleagues from University of Toronto:

✅ Published a book chapter (chapter 5): "Imaging"

✅ Abstract:
Head and neck cancer (HNC) usually refers to squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) of the upper aerodigestive tract (UADT) that comprises primarily oral and pharyngeal cancers and laryngeal cancers. Imaging has a multidimensional role in the evaluation of these cancers. Imaging facilitates accurate staging to plan surgical and non-surgical therapeutic options, evaluates treatment response and distinguishes post-treatment changes from disease recurrence. Salivary glands can be involved by both benign and malignant neoplasms and imaging helps in characterisation and staging these tumours. Imaging also helps guide biopsies and fine-needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) in these regions. Nasal cavity and paranasal sinuses can be involved by a wide variety of tumours and imaging helps narrow the diagnosis and provides the accurate extent.

👏 Congratulations Ben!

https://doi.org/10.1201/9781003515227