I think you meant to say [beautiful] post treatment livers! They're one of my favourite study types to read although everyone else seems to hate them.
MSK joint studies are definitely higher throughput but those are fun too. We would try and schedule "overnight MSK blitzes" q10min to minimize contrast reaction disruptions for the residents on call which would substantially change the financials I quoted. Ontario still has an add-on code for "3D sequence" if you can believe that so knees/shoulders pay a lot for how little effort they take to read.
> The radiologists struggle to keep up with our output
I noticed during fellowship that US radiologists seem to have lower volumes on average. Canadian radiologists are very overworked in my opinion (90+ CTs in an 8 hour shift, daytime MR seat of 40-50 cases is pretty common) which is largely why I left (also weather).
> I think we need you over here.
If you're in a metro with > 1 million people that's above freezing temperature > 6 months of the year and hiring I'm currently in the job market!
My day job is staffing magnets, and the staffing levels you mention exactly match what I do.
The radiologists struggle to keep up with our output when we do MSK work or horrendous post treatment livers - I think we need you over here.