Medical Imaging

Physicians utilize medical imaging to see inside the body to diagnose and treat patients. This includes computed tomography (CT), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), X-ray, ultrasound, fluoroscopy, angiography,  and the nuclear imaging modalities of PET and SPECT. 

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Real-world fast brain MRI in outpatient setting offers ‘substantial’ business benefits

An outpatient center could potentially add 10 more slots for a scanner in 1 day, producing $1.8 million in additional revenue, experts wrote in Academic Radiology. 

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Key factors associated with appendicitis misses on ultrasound and 1 possible fix

A multi-categorical approach to reporting US for suspected appendicitis conveys more precise estimates, according to a new study. 

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MRI and genetic testing may help curb overtreatment of prostate cancer

Yale School of Medicine experts analyzed tens of thousands of commercial claims for their analysis, published in JAMA Network Open. 

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First-of-its-kind study proves cardiac MRI ‘powerful’ for assessing suspected heart tumors

Scientists believe these findings will help shape future guidelines, appropriateness documents and health policies on this topic. 

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FDA removes ‘unnecessary hurdle’ impeding use of ultrasound imaging agent

The federal agency is peeling away precautions that impact enhanced imaging of the heart, GE Healthcare announced Tuesday.  

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Population trends in CT of the abdomen and pelvis could help predict future COVID-19 outbreaks

The rate of abnormal lung-base findings on abdominopelvic imaging at NYU has correlated with citywide positive testing rates for the disease, according to a new analysis.

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FDA clears first major upgrade to CT technology in nearly a decade

The new imaging devices utilize a fast-emerging technology known as photon counting and can enhance everything from diagnostic decision making to treatment planning.

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AI tool increases radiologists’ accuracy at spotting breast cancer on ultrasound scans by 37%

The system also helped reduce the number of biopsies and false positives, NYU Langone experts detailed recently in Nature Communications. 

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Health Imaging
Nearly $800,000 settlement offered to family of man who died during MRI exam

The patient, who was being cared for in the ICU, was not accompanied or monitored by nursing staff during his exam, despite being sedated.

Cardiovascular Business
Global shortage of nuclear imaging isotopes may be over

The nuclear imaging isotope shortage of molybdenum-99 may be over now that the sidelined reactor is restarting. ASNC's president says PET and new SPECT technologies helped cardiac imaging labs better weather the storm.

Cardiovascular Business
‘A huge win’: CMS significantly increases Medicare payments for cardiac CT

CMS has more than doubled the CCTA payment rate from $175 to $357.13. The move, expected to have a significant impact on the utilization of cardiac CT, received immediate praise from imaging specialists.