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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Incidental COVID-19 spotted on breast MR imaging, providing warning to radiologists

U.K. experts recently detailed their concerns in a study set to be published in the September issue of Radiology Case Reports. 

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Diagnostic imaging pay has slid steadily since 2007, with MRI, bone densitometry bearing the brunt

Adjusting for inflation, the drop persisted across nine different modalities, Brown University experts wrote in JACR. 

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Internists harnessing point-of-care ultrasound help drop downstream radiology referrals

That’s according to a new analysis published in the European Journal of Internal Medicine.

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Major practices ink DBT AI deals, Canon’s MRI clearance, ABR’s video series, plus more radiology vendors news

Plus, new CT scanner drapes, Nuance's latest AI Marketplace addition, and several firms raise millions in capital. 

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Deep learning helps radiologists target missed lung cancer diagnoses on chest x-rays

South Korean scientists detailed their new “automatic detection algorithm” in a study published recently in Radiology. 

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Focused abdominal ultrasound a faster, less costly alternative to fluoroscopic upper GI exam

UGI is the standard go-to for malrotation of the intestines during fetal development, but it has several limitations, imaging researchers wrote in JACR. 

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Self-ultrasound for early career radiologists seeking training during the pandemic

Experts with KK Women's and Children's Hospital, in Singapore, recently detailed their experience with such examinations in Academic Radiology. 

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3 tips to help avoid harmful use of anesthesia when MR imaging pediatric patients

Researchers recently conducted a retrospective investigation of some 500 scans, seeking signals of how to limit use of such drugs among patients under 18. 

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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.