A simple seven-point checklist, completed at minimum one day before a scheduled interventional radiology (IR) procedure, could improve workflow and on-time starts in the IR department while maximizing patient satisfaction, an Arkansas-based nurse practitioner reported in the Journal of Radiology Nursing this summer.

Changes to brain tissue due to “heading” a soccer ball are more damaging for female athletes than male counterparts, according to a new study published in Radiology.

The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) announced this week that it is unveiling CT scanners at airports throughout the United States to scan carry-on luggage and improve the detection of “critical explosives and other threat items.”

A novel ultrasound technique known as acoustic radiation force impulse (ARFI) imaging has proved useful in evaluating liver fibrosis, opening the field to a more universal method for measuring tissue repair, according to a Radiology study of 500 hepatitis B patients in Taiwan.

Randomized clinical trials (RCTs) in oncology have been trending more toward failure than success in recent years, according to research out of Ontario, Canada. But behavioral radiation therapy studies are more likely to succeed than those with one or more surgical arms, which fail around 75 percent of the time.

Performing a cost-effectiveness analysis (CEA) is a crucial part of the decision-making process for any imaging provider. The industry lacks consistency when it comes to exactly how CEAs are carried out, however, which can make their conclusions less reliable.

Community-based academic radiologists—hybrid practitioners who focus on both academia and community health—could be key in improving access to specialized care, two University of Texas researchers report in the current edition of the Journal of the American College of Radiology.

A 28-year-old nightclub employee in Singapore has been fined and sentenced to 41 months in prison for impersonating a breast cancer screening service employee to get women to send him photos of themselves.