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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When an ultrasound isn’t enough: Making a case for fetal MRIs

Ultrasounds might be the modality of choice for diagnosing fetal conditions pre-delivery, but expectant mothers might benefit more from an MRI scan, a team of researchers reported in the American Journal of Roentgenology this month.

Neurosurgeon who brought CT, MRI to New York dies at 90

Women’s health magazine offers patient-friendly guide to MRIs

Numerous surveys have shown that patients don’t know a lot about radiology or what radiologists and technologists do. Could articles such as this patient-focused look at MRI examinations from the women’s health magazine SELF be a step toward helping patients learn more about radiology as a whole?

Florida physician arrested after charging patient for high-intensity focused ultrasound, never performing procedure

Ronald Wheeler, MD, a urologist out of Sarasota, Florida, has been arrested for allegedly collecting $46,500 from a patient for high-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) and then never performing the procedure.

University of Calgary researchers develop portable imaging system for visualizing concussions

A team of researchers from the University of Calgary has developed a new portable brain imaging system that can visualize lingering damage caused by concussions.

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Providing value: MRI sites improve efficiency, increase revenue after interpersonal skills training

Training MRI staff members with in interpersonal skills is associated with improved efficiency and increased revenue, according to a new study published in the Journal of the American College of Radiology.

For claustrophobic patients, MRIs can be a worst-case scenario

The close quarters of an MRI machine are unsettling, but for a percentage of the population, gripping claustrophobia makes completing a scan nearly impossible, the Washington Post reported this week.

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How a fidget spinner exposed flaws in x-ray in guiding removal

The case of a teenage girl who presented to a Seattle ER after swallowing a fidget spinner has drawn attention to gaps in the efficacy and accuracy of X-ray imaging, according to a case report published in JAMA Otolaryngology—Head & Neck Surgery.

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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.