Part of the disconnect revolves around education, and making sure IR physicians know how their profession is affected by the legislative process.

FFRangio is a noninvasive technology that transforms routine angiogram images into "objective and comprehensive" physiology information.

University of Toronto researchers also believe this practice will decrease costs and enhance patient flow in their emergency department, they explained in Emergency Radiology.

The Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust has become the first of eight NHS trusts in the UK to deploy the imaging IT solution.

“The key for the ultimate adoption of this new procedure will be further refinements of the technology to ensure reliability and safety," University of Virginia Health researchers explained.

The modality also beat out all other tests, including EKG, echocardiograms and clinical exams, at identifying athletes with muscle heart inflammation, experts reported in Circulation.

Most current approaches are complex and don't specifically discuss imaging, researchers explained in an opinion piece published recently in JACR.

As part of the contract, Los Angeles-based ImaginAb will provide Pfizer will its 89Zr CD8 immuno-PET agent, which is used to image CD8 T cells in cancer patients.

The new approach relies on radiomic CT data combined with ultrasound imaging to create a visual guide for doctors, researchers explained in European Radiology.

The approach must be data-driven and rooted in the desire to provide the best possible care for patients, one ACR expert said.