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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Imaging disrupter Nanox inks $174M deal to distribute 1,000 x-ray scanners

The systems are purported to offer an array of radiology services, but at a fraction of the cost and footprint of traditional technology.

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Startup scores FDA clearance for cheaper, smartphone-based ultrasound system

Emagine Solutions Technology said the device is aimed at early intervention and affordability, with the VistaScan carrying about one-tenth the price tag of traditional systems. 

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Cigna labels most hospital-based CT, MR imaging ‘not medically necessary’

The nation’s fourth largest private payer detailed a small list of exceptions, including if a patient is less than age 10 or has a contrast agent allergy. 

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AI entered the arena, clocked radiology—and the fight is still on

A funny thing happened on the way to the printer with this issue of RBJ. In an email exchange, a radiologist who’d spoken with one of our reporters let me know he had more to say on the combustible subject about which he’d been interviewed. 

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‘We Will Be the Amazon of Radiology’

A midsize private practice blooms where planted.

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RBMA 2020 PaRADigm Keynoter Dr. McGinty Is Bullish on Radiology’s Future

"There’s so much to be excited about going forward," she told Radiology Business Journal Editor Dave Pearson in an exclusive interview. 

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Poor MRI quality highlights radiologists’ need to address language barriers

Exams of patients who require a translator appeared to be of “significantly worse” quality, underlining the need to strengthen communication, according to new research in Abdominal Imaging. 

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Artificial intelligence predicts heart attack risk from cardiac MRI for the first time

University College London researchers harnessed this new tool to quickly analyze cardiovascular magnetic resonance images and determine the risk of other adverse events such as stroke.

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The ACR hopes these changes, including the addition of diagnostic performance feedback, will help reduce the number of patients with incidental nodules lost to follow-up each year.

And it can do so with almost 100% accuracy as a first reader, according to a new large-scale analysis.

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