An optical imaging technique developed at Columbia University could predict neoadjuvant chemotherapy outcomes in breast cancer patients as early as two weeks after beginning treatment, researchers reported this week in Radiology.

As long as you’re aware of what radiologists do, you only need to have been an imaging patient a time or two to appreciate how much value the specialty adds to U.S. healthcare. Personally, of course, I know what rads do because of my work. But I also have plenty of firsthand experience to draw from. Thinking back, I count four MRIs, two CTs, one diagnostic ultrasound and a dozen or so x-rays. At least.

Radiologists are often keen to avoid direct communication with primary providers, but referring clinicians actually prefer stronger connections, according to a study of 407 medical residents published in Academic Radiology.

When should radiology replace its resident-based overnight model with 24-hour attending coverage? Perhaps never.

Gadolinium could be doing a lot more for cerebrovascular patients than previously thought. According to a group of researchers at the National Institutes for Health, the chemical agent could highlight not just abnormalities in routine brain MRIs, but identify the severity of incident stroke.

Allergic-like reactions to receiving both nonionic iodinated contrast medium (ICM) and gadolinium-based contrast medium (GBCM) are extremely rare, according to a new study published in the American Journal of Roentgenology. When such reactions did occur, they “presented as a mild acute reaction without significant clinical consequences.”

False-positive stereotactic vacuum-assisted breast biopsies (SVABs) do not negatively affect a patient’s future screening mammography adherence, according to a new study publishing by the Journal of the American College of Radiology.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today approved imaging technology that will enable the domestic production of radioisotope Technetium-99 (Tc-99m), FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb, MD, has announced. The new tech will be known as the RadioGenix System.