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Products from Avenda Health, Imagen Technologies, Ultromics OK’d for use in the US

An AI startup has been cleared to market a platform for precisely mapping prostate cancer with 3D visualization so the tumor can be treated without harm to healthy surrounding prostate tissue.

VIDEO: Impact of the 2023 Medicare cuts on radiology

Ed Gaines, JD, vice president of regulatory affairs and industry liaison, Zotec Partners, discussed the impact of the 2023 Medicare Fee Schedule on radiology at RSNA 2022 in Chicago last week. RSNA and several other medical societies say the cuts are not sustainable.

Little-known hereditary ataxia may gain understanding in the wake of high-profile NFL head traumas

A radiologist with a rare inherited neurological condition is drawing strength from, of all things, the NFL’s concussion protocol.

Virtual reading room remains popular post-pandemic among certain radiologists, referrers

A large academic medical center launched a virtual radiology reading room in 2020 to comply with COVID-related social distancing guidelines. Today the room is still something of a hit.

What do Google and Amazon really want from medical imaging?

Big Tech’s recent expansions into medical imaging have business watchers scrambling to decipher the unspoken stratagems beneath the conspicuous moves.

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Growing contrast concerns accompany rising MRI volumes

More than half of surveyed radiologists worry about MRI contrast availability, yet almost all—99%—wish for contrast agents that would cut current gadolinium concentrations at least in half.

Examples of breast imaging. What does breast imaging look like? What does breast cancer look like? What do radiologists look for on mammograms?

New findings ‘challenge the use of imaging surveillance’ after any mastectomy

Regardless of whether or not they received reconstructive surgery, post-mastectomy patients probably need no follow-up imaging for breast cancer.

ACR spotlights military mentorship program

A robust resource is close at hand for military radiologists looking to “transfer” themselves to civilian practice after their service ends.

Around the web

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.

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.

The all-in-one Omni Legend PET/CT scanner is now being manufactured in a new production facility in Waukesha, Wisconsin.

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