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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By visualizing metabolism, researchers hope to improve heart disease diagnosis

Hyperpolarized MRI may help identify metabolism problems—which can be an early signal of a heart condition—in real time.

Ultra-high-res MRI Reveals Migraine Brain Changes

7T MRI scans provide a high-res look at how migraines affect the brain

In a new analysis, scheduled to be presented at RSNA 2022 in Chicago, researchers have identified enlarged perivascular spaces in the brains of migraine patients. This may be suggestive of waste clearance issues in the central nervous system.

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Experts ID imaging biomarkers in kids with ADHD

The study's authors explained how MRI results can be used to help identify children with ADHD—and how these findings could be used in the AI algorithms of tomorrow. The team will be presenting its findings at RSNA 2022 in Chicago. 

Caught early, lung cancer has 80% overall survivability at 20 years—100% for some tumor types—yet few individuals avail themselves of LDCT screening

New findings to be presented at RSNA confirm that lung cancer is highly curable as long as it’s diagnosed early, as is often the case with low-dose CT screenings.

Canadian radiologists push federal lawmakers to deal with ‘devastating impact’ of long waits for medical imaging

Radiologists from across Canada descended on Parliament Hill in Ottawa earlier this month to voice pressing concerns on behalf of medical-imaging patients and professionals.

Bruce Haffty, MD, president of Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) Board of Directors, chair of radiation oncology, associate vice chancellor for cancer programs at Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey and system director of radiation oncology at RWJBarnabas Health, discusses the president’s address "Diagnostic Imaging: Value From the Lens of the Patient," with Radiology Business. Haffty will present his opening session at RSNA 2022 at 4 p.m., Nov. 27, 2022, in the Arie Crown theater.  

VIDEO: RSNA President Bruce Haffty previews the big conference in Chicago

Haffty offered his perspective on the conference as a whole and previewed his presidential address, which is scheduled for early Sunday evening.

Former patient of bungling breast radiologist: ‘He got a slap on the wrist, I got a slap in the face’

A state medical board is coming under fire for failing to revoke the license of a radiologist who allegedly missed 24 breast cancers over three years.

VIDEO: Meet the radiologist who’s in the hunt for NFL Fan of the Year

Breast-imaging specialist Amy Patel, MD, has already been named Fan No. 1 by her hometown Kansas City Chiefs. Now she’s up against national championship finalists from the NFL’s 31 other teams.

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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.