The opportunistic screening helps identify patients in need of monitoring and/or intervention without disrupting workflows.

Dana Smetherman, MD, CEO of the American College of Radiology, discusses the policy, which urges for more robust promotion of low-dose CT as a public health tool. 

New research reveals that expanding CT angiography scans of the head and neck to capture the area at least 6 cm below the carina can significantly increase the detection of cardioaortic thrombi.

“Given recent Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services coverage of CTC for CRC screening, this study and its conclusions are more important than ever,” experts write. 

The new device marks a “significant step forward” in American stroke care, the company contends. 

Lucy He, MD, a neurosurgeon with the Alaska Stroke Coalition, explains how the state created an AI-based alert system to streamline the timely imaging diagnosis and transfer of stroke patients across the largest and most rural U.S. state.

Experts believe the model could improve risk stratification and offer patients more personalized screening strategies. 

Imaging will play a prominent role in a new framework recently developed to better diagnose the severity of brain injuries. 

The diagnostic yield of the exam, however, has remained largely unchanged, prompting experts to question whether CT pulmonary angiography is being overused in the ED.

The new recommendations address discordance between the college and other organizations’ prior guidelines on the use of premedication.

Despite this, consensus is lacking on whether radiologists should be required to report on findings that are not relevant to the exam.