If validated further, the algorithm could be used to flag urgent scans in radiology workflows, especially in resource-strapped regions.

“It is of timely importance that lawmakers and regulatory officials implement policies that address the current crisis and mitigate future public health consequences arising from the pandemic,” Patrick Hope, executive director of MITA, said Thursday.

Volunteers of an online survey prefer structured chest radiograph reports with less jargony language, and radiologists should take note, experts said in the Journal of the American College of Radiology.

Mount Sinai researchers found that those with overall higher chest x-ray scores were 6.2 times more likely to require hospitalization.

With further testing and validation, Hyungjin Kim, with Seoul’s National University College of Medicine and colleagues believe radiologists may one day use the tool to individualize treatment and achieve better outcomes.

The figure is nearly 2% higher compared to last year's report from Medscape, but some experts believe the recent global pandemic may change the trend.

A majority of research has been focused on subspecialists, but generalists are key to facilitating patient access to a number of radiology subspecialities.

A novel radiotracer and synaptic imaging revealed "widespread" losses throughout the brain, Yale University researchers reported Wednesday.

Lung ultrasound can help reduce exposure to staff and patients, and offers important clinical advantages over chest radiography and computed tomography.

"Using this new tool may uncover the characteristics of different types of clots that were previously unrecognized by humans," researchers wrote in the journal eLife.