The Journal of the American College of Radiology’s impact factor has increased for the fifth year in a row, reaching 16 percent growth over the course of the last year, according to data from the recently released 2018 Journal Citation Report.

The U.S. House of Representatives has voted to repeal the medical device tax, originally implemented as a piece of President Barack Obama’s Affordable Care Act, by a vote of 283 to 132. Fifty-seven Democrats voted with Republicans to eliminate the 2.3 percent tax. All eyes are now on the Senate to see what may happen next.

A blood test administered within 12 hours of a suspected traumatic brain injury (TBI) could help clinicians identify injuries like hemorrhage and contusion before having to resort to CT imaging, according to the preliminary results of a study published this week in the Lancet Neurology.

Recent advances in cone beam technology mean neurointerventionalists are able to diagnose a patient with large vessel occlusion without a CT scan or trip to the emergency department—possibly reducing time to care by as much as an hour.

A New Jersey-based radiologist has been selected for the CDC’s Advisory Committee on Breast Cancer in Young Women, the American College of Radiology announced this week.

This week, the FDA approved the American College of Radiology (ACR)’s proposed amendment to incorporate information about digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT) into its 2016 Digital Mammography Quality Control Manual, which would give physicians a uniform set of quality control guidelines instead of different manufacturers’ QC requirements.

The WVU Cancer Institute is looking to provide low-dose CT lung cancer screenings for 42 West Virginia counties at no cost with a mobile imaging bus, WV News reported this week.

On Monday, July 23, AHRA President Angelic Bush, MSRS, CRA, RT, kicked off the opening ceremony of the AHRA 2018 Annual Meeting in Orlando with a few words of encouragement about the association’s humble beginnings and its lasting legacy.