The team hopes to develop a model that will estimate a patient's risk of major cardiovascular events and predict when such events are most likely to occur.

New research suggests female patients attenuate significantly more contrast media in their vessels and organs compared to men. 

These findings are important from both environmental and operational standpoints, authors of a new Academic Radiology paper point out. 

Deepak Bhatt, MD, director of the Mount Sinai Fuster Heart Hospital and principal investigator of the TRANSFORM trial, explains an emerging technique for cardiac screening: combining coronary CT angiography with artificial intelligence for plaque analysis to create an approach similar to mammography.

Take a virtual tour around the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) meeting to see the sights and new technologies displayed across the vast exhibit hall floors.

Determining stroke onset is critical for management, as there is a small window of time for initiating treatment that can inhibit damage.

In patients with suspected stroke, contrast allergies present a significant dilemma, as contrast-enhanced imaging is often used to guide treatment decisions.

Patients with asymmetries on CEM typically are recalled for additional views, ultrasound and occasionally MRI. But the extra workup might not be necessary.