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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5 tips for keeping radiologic technologists safe on the job during the pandemic

A team of imaging experts from the epicenter of the outbreak detailed their systematic strategy in European Radiology. 

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Emergency physicians offer cash for insights into ultrasound’s COVID-19 role

The American College of Emergency Physicians announced April 14 that its foundation is offering $100,000 for research into COVID care. 

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Normal chest x-ray ‘no guarantee’ a patient is COVID-free, urgent care providers say

In a Journal of Urgent Care Medicine analysis, experts reported that 89% of those confirmed to have the disease displayed normal or mildly abnormal CXRs.

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AI helps radiologists, ED providers quickly locate coronavirus pneumonia from chest x-rays

In one investigation highlighted recently in the Journal of Thoracic Imaging, the algorithm was able to consistently find areas of inflammation and fluid buildup in 10 chest images. 

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Government watchdog says hospitals cutting imaging, using makeshift x-ray rooms to cope with COVID-19

The Office of the Inspector General report is based on phone interviews with 323 hospital leaders across nearly every state. 

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Thoracic radiologists offer 5 tips for when to gather coronavirus chest x-rays, CT scans

The Fleischner Society recently published its consensus statement on the role of imaging in the management and diagnosis of COVID-19 in Radiology. 

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Artificial intelligence pinpoints coronavirus abnormalities from chest x-rays in seconds

Behold.AI said Tuesday that its Red Dot platform takes half a minute to recognize such findings on radiographs. 

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Chest x-ray falls well short of lab testing in pinpointing COVID-19

CXR is sometimes deployed by radiologists to assess patients suspected of having coronavirus when CT is not available, but a new study casts serious doubts on that practice. 

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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.