July 2022

For prostate cancer diagnostics, 7T MRI has next to nothing on ultrasound tomography
Family-med POCUS is growing strong, but problems aren’t solving themselves
$30K up for grabs in new AI challenge from RSNA
This week’s top industry news bites: Installations, investments, contracts, partnerships …
Noteworthy FDA approvals of the week: Ceiling-mounted CT angiography, AI for brain-adjacent bleeds
Watchdog urges hospitals to determinedly strive for ‘excellence in diagnosis,’ suggests 29 ways to proceed
International, 271-point consensus reached on teaching ultrasound to undergrads
Should patients and referrers worry that radiologists have ‘normal blindness’ just like everyone else?
VIDEO: CMS’s proposed PFS for 2023—a real and present threat to radiology’s capacity to contribute?
Cooper University Health Care Selects Sectra’s Subscription Model for Enterprise Imaging
Silicon Valley POCUS supplier buys Canadian AI ultrasound simplifier
Social media for radiology residency: The surface is well-scratched, but there’s room and reason to delve deeper
Most patients want access to medical imaging records, but majority aren’t getting it: Small survey
5 ways to financially thrive in the face of chronic little pay cuts
FDA clears AI assessor of stricken dense brain tissue
Imaging industry news bites of the week
Seeds of solidarity? UK radiologists face probable pay cuts too
Radiology, meet ‘3D-based superconducting radiofrequency computers’
Technologist ‘learning opportunities’ vastly outnumber imaging ‘do-overs’ across almost 1 million exams
Building Radiology Practice Productivity: Growing, Scaling, Cloud-enabling
New PET imager cleared for U.S. sales
Generic CT contrast supplier pledges ‘immediate relief’ from shortage
5 reasons radiologists should feel confident about learning—and teaching—AI
Radiologist starting salaries up 13.5% over last year
Where money is tight, screening mammography is conditionally cost-effective compared with other proactive options
True or false? ‘AI does not influence radiologists’ performance’
Imaging-based COVID study finds blood clots twice as likely with infection vs. vaccination
Canon grows footprint with acquisition of regional distributor
Startup OEM expands pediatric use cases for portable MRI
Lumbar surgery AI planner, tracker gets regulatory green light
3D mammography may shake ‘routine’ out of architectural distortion surgery
Maturing partnership between OEM and AI shop yielding MRI advances
Association exec: Proposed PFS stands to do ‘incalculable damage to the medical profession’
‘AJR’ enjoys substantial increase in impact factor
7 points of light for new radiologists weighing subspecialist vs. generalist paths
FDA gives nod to MRI acceleration software equipped with AI
Functional MRI clarifies effects of vaping vs. smoking inside the lungs
Ultrasound novices quickly master ‘volume sweep’ breast imaging
ACR’s reading of 5 planks in proposed 2023 MPFS
Mobile X-ray Leaps into the Future with New Innovations from Konica Minolta Healthcare
CT contrast shortage seen as amplification, continuation of deep-set dynamics
Scholarly POCUS judges impressed by handheld models from GE, Philips, EchoNous
Lightweight, short-stature MR scanner cleared
Another mammography team in hot water over image quality
POCUS access: Urban oases, rural deserts
MRI confirmed as gold standard for pre-biopsy detection of prostate cancer—but that’s ‘not the end of the story’
Low back imaging: All-in-one MR makes strong showing vs. added CT
Radiology operation loses standing to provide mammography services
IDE granted for clinical research of MRI-guided focused ultrasound
RSNA flagship journal soars in influence; Lancet bumps NEJM on strength of pandemic publishing
Philips picks partner for multispecialty management of lung cancer
Big private payer reverses course on cardiac PET/CT coverage