Radiologists use diagnostic imaging to non-invasively look inside the body to help determine the causes of an injury or an illness, and confirm a diagnosis. Providers use many imaging modalities to do so, including CT, MRI, X-ray, Ultrasound, PET and more.
Chest CT is routinely performed for things like lung cancer screening, coronary calcium assessment and pulmonary nodule surveillance, but the modality also can be used to extract additional information.
By highlighting subtle abnormalities that could otherwise be overlooked, an algorithm could potentially serve as an additional safety net when radiographic findings are indeterminate.
Researchers at University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) have developed a new method of using MRI technology to scan the placenta during a women's pregnancy.
Medical research can gain traction in the mainstream media when findings make for catchy headlines. Last week, The New England Journal of Medicine reported hormonal contraception use can increase a woman’s risk of breast cancer. (Radiology Business tackled the subject.)
Three new studies published in Cancer, the journal of the American Cancer Society, delivered mix news to black Americans. The good? Five-year survival rates for colon, breast and ovarian cancers have been improved—from 54.7 percent for 2001-2003 to 56.6 percent for 2004-2009.
Abdominal radiographs have been used to diagnose functional constipation in children and adolescents, despite a lack of evidence showing reliability. Researchers from the Boston Children’s Hospital examined how gastroenterologists use the images in diagnosing young patients.
Contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) imaging is safe, efficient and highly specific for confirming location and placement of central venous catheter tips in adult patients, according to a medical literature meta-analysis running in the December edition of the Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine.
Point-of-care ultrasound has shown notable prowess as an adjuvant tool for aiding both diagnosis and treatment of intra-abdominal hypertension (IAH), a common complication in critically ill patients, according to a study published online Nov. 28 in Anaesthesiology Intensive Therapy.
Exercise and improvement in eating habits, as two recommendations from a physician, could improve the overall health of most patients. Weight loss is associated with plenty of benefits. But MRI evidence presented at RSNA 2017 shows how an individual sheds extra pounds can impact the progression of knee osteoarthritis.
Radiology researchers at Children’s National Health System in Washington, D.C., have shown that infrared thermal testing is better than the human touch at finding wear spots and other defects in protective lead aprons.
