A radiologist in New Zealand has been told to apologize to a patient’s family for missing a lower back lesion back in 2013. The patient was properly diagnosed but died months later after a difficult recovery from spinal stabilization surgery.

Breast cancer screenings can help save lives, but some detection methods are painful—mammograms squeeze the breast between two rigid plates. That might put some women off screening—and it might not even be necessary, according to a statement from Sweden’s Lund University. 

The JACR Firing Line Podcast takes on the inflated world of the "hospital chargemaster" this week, welcoming Seth Stein, MD, a radiology resident at Cornell Medical Center. 

In 1994, Johns Hopkins University’s Ruth Faden led a White House investigation into “widespread radiation experiments” on human test subjects. The following year, Faden and the Advisory Committee on Human Radiation Experiments (ACHRE) issued a report on the subject. This week, the Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics hosted a day-long symposium in honor of the report’s impact.

Radiologists contribute to medicine in very specific ways. Imaging directly impacts patient outcomes, such as decreased mortality across a population that undergoes cancer screening. It can also reduce overall costs, for example, by demonstrating that an expensive surgery is not necessary. These factors combine to form imaging’s third impact: It can reduce the length of an episode of care. However, current metrics are not designed with these unique facets of radiology in mind.   

Jubilant Pharma announced U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval for a rubidium-82 generator used to deliver patient doses of rubidium for imaging procedures. Named RUBY-FILL, the device is geared towards PET myocardial perfusion imaging and is expected to be available befor the end of the year.

Radiology groups must develop a thorough succession plan to ensure a smooth transition from one leader to the next, according to a recent analysis published in the Journal of the American College of Radiology.

Football star Tom Brady has been busy during his four-game suspension—vacationing in Italy, attending University of Michigan football games and filming a commercial at a Boston-area imaging center.