Clinical reporting strategies for PET/CT imaging exams in the oncology setting vary widely, according to results of a worldwide survey of clinicians published in the Journal of Nuclear Medicine. Thirty percent of respondents reported they were unaware reporting guidelines existed.

“This system has made everything much more transparent in that we can see everyone in every area of the hospital and it makes every area much more transparent because we can see what’s happening,” interventional radiologist Ellen Francesconi, MD, told HealthImaging.

HealthImaging spoke with Melissa Jackowski, president of the American Society of Radiologic Technologists (ASRT), about the group’s legislative efforts and how they impact radiology.

Researchers from the Netherlands demonstrated, in a study published Oct. 30 in Radiology, that four-dimensional (4D) flow MRI with automated cardiac valve tracking reduces analysis time and improves reliability of valvular flow quantification compared to manual valve tracking in patients with congenital heart disease.

The Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (SNMMI) issued an alert Wednesday, Oct. 31, warning members of an expected shortage of Mo-99 during the first-half of November, according to a news release.

New clinical decision support system (CDS) mandates are on the horizon with an aim to reign in unnecessary imaging. But how feasible and clinically effective are these systems?

A new class at Penn State College of Medicine in Pennsylvania is helping students identify and prevent systemic causes of misdiagnoses, according to a university news release published Oct. 31.

A hospital IT worker’s Reddit post recently grabbed the attention of the medical imaging community when he discovered a newly installed MRI machine appeared to disable every Apple device in the hospital, according to a report published Oct. 30 by Motherboard.com.

The American Thoracic Society (ATS) and the American Lung Association’s LUNG FORCE initiative have teamed up to create a new website and online toolkit designed to help healthcare institutions implement and operate lung cancer screening programs.

“The appeal of ultra-high-field scanners is clear. The stronger the magnetic field, the greater the signal-to-noise ratio, which means the body can be imaged either at greater resolution, or at the same resolution, but faster,” according to an article published Oct. 31 by Nature.com.