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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Women strongly prefer contrast-enhanced mammography over breast MRI for supplemental screening

The findings were reached using an analytic hierarchy process, which can help physicians review options with patients who have never experienced either exam.

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X-ray-focused AI firm Gleamer raises $29.5M from venture capital firms, radiologists

The Paris, France-based artificial intelligence developer will use the money to expand its product portfolio and headcount. 

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RadNet joins hospital giant HCA and others in coalition to address woeful cancer screening rate

The consortium of cancer care stakeholders recently held a launch event, with others involved including the ACR, Johnson & Johnson, and drug company AstraZeneca. 

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Automated correlation of knee MRI, surgical findings saves radiologists’ time

Cleveland Clinic scientists believe their research findings could have “broad and far reaching” implications for the specialty. 

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FDA approves Bayer’s imaging agent Ultravist for use in contrast-enhanced mammography

The Germany-based corporation said this is the “only contrast agent approved for this indication” in America. 

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Physician-owned hospitals charge less for imaging than their counterparts

The finding comes as lobbying groups urge Congress to repeal an ongoing moratorium on doc hospital ownership

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MRI product developer raises $30M in series A financing, plus more vendor fundraising news

Other imaging-related startup companies recently raising $4.9M or more include Altis Labs, BrainTale, Leadoptik and Hypervision Surgical. 

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More assertive language in cancer screening reports leads to likelier receipt of follow-up care

Patients with Lung-RADS 4A findings who spoke with a clinician by phone were three times more likely to see things through, experts wrote in JAMA Network Open. 

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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.