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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Philips sees diagnostic sales slide 3%, including declines in ultrasound, MRI orders

The Amsterdam-based giant pinned the downturn on the postponement of radiology system installations and elective procedures.

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Ultrasound technique offers cheaper alternative to CT for quantifying lung health assessments

The method could also be delivered by nonradiologist personnel with minimal training, noted experts from two North Carolina institutions. 

Harvey Nisenbaum

Distinguished Philadelphia radiologist and ultrasound expert Harvey Nisenbaum dies

His contributions to the specialty were numerous over the past 40-plus years, serving on 140 committees as a member of 15 different professional societies. 

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Radiology leader Johns Hopkins notches $13.5M grant to develop implantable ultrasound imaging devices

Funding comes by way of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency and will be used to create high-resolution US tech to monitor traumatic spinal cord injuries.

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Functional MRI use in Medicare has stagnated after years of growth. What’s holding it back?

A team of experts from Emory University and the Harvey L. Neiman Health Policy Institute analyzed a decade's worth of Medicare data to answer this question. 

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Man vs. Machine: AI matches third-year radiology residents at reading chest x-rays in large study

IBM and others designed an algorithm that can match or even surpass fledgling physicians at reading the most common imaging exam in the ED. 

Making Radiology Reports Easily Readable by Patients Using Portals

Making Radiology Reports Easily Readable by Patients Using Portals

Patients increasingly read their radiology reports through online EHR portals, but the reports are written for referring physicians, not for patients. 

Letting Deep Learning Light the Way to Translational Research and Precision Medicine

Letting Deep Learning Light the Way to Translational Research and Precision Medicine

Quantitative traits obtained from CT scans performed in routine clinical practice have the potential to enhance translational research and genomic discovery when linked to electronic health record (EHR) and genomic data.

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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.