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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Cheaper imaging-guided alternative used far less frequently than hysterectomy for postpartum bleeding

Women who had their uterus removed via this method paid $18,000 more in hospital charges when compared to uterine artery embolization, rads found.

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Guerbet touts performance of new lower dose gadolinium contrast agent for MRI

A total of 560 patients were included in the Phase 3 clinical study of Gadopiclenol, and the firm hopes to seek U.S. regulatory approval in the near future. 

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Mobile stroke units improve patient outcomes, reduce risk of disability

Researchers tracked data from more than 1,000 patients who received care from 2014 to 2020. 

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Hospital scores court win over pregnant ultrasound technologist who refused to get vaccinated

NYU Langone recently opted to make inoculations mandatory, with one vascular tech seeking an exemption that later led to her termination. 

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Hospital cuts costs and outpatient MRI wait times using sophisticated mathematical models

Dartmouth Engineering and Lahey Hospital believe this is the first study to explore optimal outpatient exam scheduling using flexibilities seen on the inpatient side. 

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For first time, radiologists find correlation between COVID-19 brain MRI and lung CT imaging

With this guidance, clinicians can potentially predict how severely a patient might experience neurological symptoms from the novel coronavirus by looking at chest scans.

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MR imaging-first prostate cancer screening program could prevent 1 in 6 deaths

London scientists built a predictive model to estimate number of lives saved and found promising results, they explained recently in JAMA. 

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USPSTF updates lung cancer screening guidance, with millions more now qualified for exams

About 14.5 million U.S. adults will be eligible for low-dose CT but some physicians say many vulnerable patients will still face barriers to screening.

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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.