As the trade war between the U.S. and China continues, the medical technology industry is bracing for heavy impact from China's $5 billion in tariffs on imported U.S. goods—including medical imaging devices and technology, according to an article published Sept. 24 by Forbes.

BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee announced it will expand Medicare coverage for cardiac PET, according to the Society for Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (SNMMI). The change will take effect later this year.

MRI scans produce mounds of unused data. Now, researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have created a new method of utilizing that information to determine how many and where cells have been lost due to injury or disease.

Researchers from the Mayo Clinic found that visual aids designed for parents of children with minor head trauma may improve communication with physicians, specifically to discuss the risks and benefits associated with CT imaging compared to active monitoring of symptoms, according to research published online Sept. 21 in JAMA Network Open.

Results from the BIONYX Trial found the Resolute Onyx stent provided better x-ray visibility compared to Orsiro, an established cobalt-chromium strut stent, according to findings presented Monday, Sept. 24, at the Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT) symposium in San Diego.

The process of episodic memory—the ability to combine memories to solve problems—may be enabled by the brain’s capacity to store, activate and connect specific memories in the hippocampus, according to new theoretical research published online Sept. 19 in Neuron.

Some studies have found the average American adult reads at an eighth-grade level, wrote authors in a recent American Journal of Roentgenology study, but online healthcare education materials have been created without considering this.

Only one-fifth of case reports containing medical images mention a radiologist as the co-author. Those reports were also lower in quality, according to research published online Sept. 20 in the Journal of the American College of Radiology.

Researchers—led by Rahul Deo, MD, PhD, of the division of cardiovascular medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston—have developed the first pipeline for automated echocardiogram interpretation, according to an article published Sept. 21 by Cardiovascular Business (CVB).

The American Society of Radiologic Technologists (ASRT) recently released a whitepaper outlining best practices for MR technologists to improve patient care.