Though designed to reduce radiation exposure during CT perfusion, orbit shields can cause more harm than good to neuroradiology patients, Swiss researchers reported this week. The shields, meant to be preventive, could be rendering whole brain scans diagnostically useless.

The American Cancer Society (ACS) updated its recommendations for colorectal cancer screening this week, lowering the age people at average risk should begin screening from 50 to 45. The American College of Radiology (ACR) has issued a statement of its own, highlighting the benefits of virtual colonoscopy, an ACS-approved colorectal cancer screening method.

False-positive breast biopsies cost the U.S. healthcare system approximately $2.18 billion each year, according to a study published in ClinicoEconomics and Outcomes Research.

When it comes to transgender patients, radiologists can be confused due to unfamiliarity with specific preferences or needs, a pair of researchers with the Southern Alberta Institute of Technology in Canada said this month in Radiography. Taking those patients’ unique considerations to heart and educating radiology staff about transgender realities can make a big difference in how the population receives medical care.

When CT is utilized to image a trauma patient, two subspecialty radiologists—neuroradiologists and body radiologists—often interpret the patient’s thoracic and lumbar spine. The two subspecialists don’t always agree on the presence of an unequivocal acute fracture.

Fujifilm Medical Systems U.S.A announced Thursday, May 31, it will be showcasing the its endoscopic imaging solutions, including the company’s new 700 Series Endoscopes, at Digestive Disease Week (DDW) 2018 June 2-5 in Washington, D.C.

Qure.ai, a San Mateo, California-based healthcare startup focused on artificial intelligence (AI), announced that its qXR chest x-ray system has received CE certification.