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PHOTO GALLERY: What does acute COVID-19 and long COVID look like on medical imaging?

This image gallery shows what the various clinical presentations associated with the COVID-19 and long COVID that have been documented during and after coronavirus pandemic.

$iad Ali, MD, DPhil, director of the DeMatteis Cardiovascular Institute and director investigational interventional cardiology, St. Francis Hospital and Heart Center, explains how coronary computed tomography angiography (CCTA) offers a shift in cardiac care and interventional cardiology because of the information it offers on plaque burden and ischemia based on fractional flow reserve CT (FFR-CT). #TCT #YesCCT$

CCTA becoming an essential tool for interventional cardiologists

Ziad Ali, MD, explains how coronary computed tomography angiography is creating a major shift in cardiac care.

AI model could improve early detection of deadly pregnancy complication, new research suggests

Despite the dangers associated with the condition, its presence can often evade detection during pregnancy.

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Mobile imaging company, unlicensed technologist slapped with nearly $100k in fines

The tech allegedly completed thousands of exams without the appropriate licensure over a period of three years.

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AI uses pre-op mammograms to predict post-op cancer recurrence

Experts believe the tool could better inform surveillance strategies in women who have been treated for breast cancer.

CCTA delivers value, even when treating low-risk patients with no history of CAD

Total plaque volume and total plaque burden can help find patients who may be closer to suffering a heart attack than they realize.

Researchers in the U.K. from Newcastle University, University of Leeds, and the University of East Anglia found they could use cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) T2 intracardiac blood pool data to create imaging-derived SvO2 (iSvO2) noninvasively.

MRI scans evaluate heart failure risk—no invasive catheterization required

Advanced imaging may be able to help certain heart patients avoid the risks and discomfort associated with right heart catheterizations.

Practices must address on-call disparities between diagnostic and interventional radiologists, experts charge

Amid work-from-home disparities between interventional and diagnostic rads, researchers recently interviewed hundreds of IRs to learn about the landscape.

Radiologists say hospital physician-practice acquisitions driving up healthcare costs

SIR, AdvaMed, Philips, Abbott and others in the Office-Based Facility Association contend more must be done to reverse these trends and protect private practices.

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Minnesota radiology group will pay $2M to settle class action lawsuit over data breach

The incident occurred in February 2024, with hackers hitting Eden Prairie-based Consulting Radiologists.

MRI findings reveal how spaceflight changes the brain

New data suggest that spending an extended period of time in a zero-gravity environment causes the brain to become somewhat displaced.

Caught in a lie by 2 states, radiologist now at risk of losing medical license

An interventional rad in California is at risk of having his medical license revoked after the state’s medical board discovered he had previously omitted information about his past.

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CCTA becoming an essential tool for interventional cardiologists

Ziad Ali, MD, explains how coronary computed tomography angiography is creating a major shift in cardiac care.