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Under-reimbursement keeping radiologists from using key imaging modality, docs warn CMS

Radiologists and other physicians recently wrote to Administrator Mehmet Oz, MD, asking for changes related to contrast-enhanced ultrasound.

First in-human trial testing 4D mammography is officially underway

Experts have suggested the emerging technology could be a “pivotal” tool for the future of breast cancer detection.

Chatbots offer patients more appropriate MRI explanations than experts, study shows

Chatbots may be able to accurately explain MRI results to patients in ways that radiologists are not routinely available to do.

Lowest dose gadolinium-based contrast agent to date inches closer to FDA approval

Gadoquatrane is now set to go through the regulatory review process on its trek to earning full FDA approval.

80% of requests for emergency head CT inadequate, single-center study finds

Addressing these inappropriate imaging referrals is necessary to reduce healthcare costs, radiation exposure and pollution, experts write in Insights into Imaging.

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63% of radiologists, other docs surveyed seeing physician applicant shortages

Approximately 42% of those polled aren’t confident progress will be made in the next decade to address the shortfall, Medscape found.

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AI turns mammograms into CVD risk assessments—no outside data required

Thanks to AI, clinicians can use mammograms to do a lot more than identify signs of breast cancer. Researchers explored data from nearly 50,000 patients, presenting their findings in Heart.