Patients experiencing respiratory distress are not well served by lung ultrasound administered by paramedics and remotely interpreted by emergency physicians, although this could change if training techniques advance along with telemedicine and ultrasound technologies.

There is no salary gap between male and female radiologists working at academic medical institutions in the U.S., according to an analysis by Harvard Medical School researchers published online Sept. 5 in the American Journal of Roentgenology.

Linköping, Sweden and Shelton, CT—September 5, 2017—International medical imaging IT and cybersecurity company Sectra (STO: SECT B) announces that Temple University Health System (TUHS) will install Sectra PACS throughout their multi-hospital system.

According to Ann McKee, MD, chief of neuropathology at VA Boston and director of Boston University’s CTE Center, hockey is falling behind football in posthumous brain donation.

Surgeon-performed ultrasound should be the first imaging technique used to diagnose patients with suspected appendicitis.

Ultrasound is a powerful tool for helping radiologists diagnose pediatric appendicitis, and it doesn’t much matter whether the interpreters are trainees working the night shift or daytime attendings. However, the residents and fellows in the study behind the result didn’t do as well at ruling out the condition when it wasn’t present, prompting the study authors to recommend more intensive training to avoid false positives.

Here’s one indication for which potential MRI overutilization could stand to be curbed: predictive imaging of patients with slipped capital femoral epiphysis (SCFE), the most common hip disorder in adolescent boys (although girls can get it too).

As emergency CT has grown in use, incidental findings in trauma patients have multiplied. No surprise there, but a study conducted at a level-1 trauma center in New York City suggests that documentation of incidental findings may be seriously lacking, with obvious potential implications for follow-up care.