CT is more sensitive when diagnosing acute cholecystitis than ultrasound but radiologists at the University of Mexico in Albuquerque suggest clinicians continue to rely on ultrasound as the first step of diagnosis.
The American Society of Radiologic Technologists (ASRT) announced Friday, April 27, that the ASRT Foundation and Canon Medical Systems USA are now accepting applications for the 2018 Safety FiRsT grant program, which helps fund projects aimed at giving radiologic technologists a safe work environment.
Clinical history doesn’t seem to have an impact on the maximum Prostate Imaging Recording and Data System (PI-RADS) version 2 score, but the PI-RADS v2 assessment can be viewed as an independent marker of prostate cancer risk, according to a study published in Radiology this April.
Deep learning-based convolutional neural networks (CNNs) can help radiologists select musculoskeletal MRI protocols, according to a study published by the Journal of Digital Imaging.
Picking a med school with a strong radiology curriculum is beneficial for all prospective students—regardless of whether or not their aspirations lie in the specialty, the U.S. News & World Report wrote this week.
Radiologists could improve workflow efficiency—a factor key to improving quality and care in the imaging environment—by prioritizing overarching issues within their practices and focusing on simple solutions, a pair of Boston-based clinicians wrote in the Journal of the American College of Radiology.
Philip Costello, MD, officially became the 118th president of the American Roentgen Ray Society (ARRS) at this week’s ARRS 2018 Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C.
Researchers at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City have received a $740,000 grant to study how the brain responds to ingredients found in marijuana.
The FDA is working to encourage the use of artificial intelligence (AI) technologies in healthcare, according the prepared remarks by the agency’s commissioner, Scott Gottlieb, MD, at Health Datapalooza in Washington, D.C.
The Medical Imaging & Technology Alliance (MITA) has announced the formation of a new partnership with the Focused Ultrasound Foundation. The partnership will focus on raising awareness of focused ultrasound among “policymakers, payers and medical specialty societies.”
