It’s unlikely radiography will unseat MRI for routinely distinguishing between acute and chronic compression fractures of the lumbar vertebrae, but certain X-ray findings might, in cases, obviate the need for the pricier imaging option.

In the U.K., two instances of evidently inept work by radiologists are inadvertently spotlighting the value of subspecialized image interpretation in socially sensitive patient cases.

The criminal saga of the X-ray business owner who got caught fleecing CMS of $2 million—while grabbing for another $1.7 million or so—has reached its epilogue.

With 91% sensitivity but only 25% specificity, the tool is worthwhile for clinicians who remain wary of frequent false positives that would send patients with no fractures for unneeded imaging.

A machine learning system has come along that needs no human labeling of data for training yet matches radiologists at classifying diseases on chest X-rays—including some that the model was not specifically taught to detect.

Konica Minolta Healthcare has received FDA’s go-ahead to market a dynamic digital radiography (DDR) system.  

An orthopedic surgeon in California will spend seven years in prison for needlessly X-raying 10 patients hundreds of times over a four-year stretch.

Thanks to public outcry and legislative action in 1968, Black patients have not routinely received higher-dose X-rays than their fair-skinned peers for more than half a century.