Earlier generations of young people were warned that playing video games would turn their brains to mush. New research suggests the exact opposite effect is possible.

The challenge before radiology is clear: boost the value provided by the specialty (and don’t be shy about it). 3D printing offers just one such way of boosting value beyond interpretations.

While it may seem like a match made in heaven, some within radiology have resisted hitching their wagons to the increasingly attractive prospect of 3D printing utilization. But the time has come for radiology to make a commitment and “pop the question” to the rapidly advancing healthcare tool.

The future is (nearly) now when it comes to printing our own replacement body parts, according to research cited in a recent article published online by the Chicago Tribune. 

Using a two-stage classifier to differentiate between malignant or benign mass and non-mass lesions can improve the accuracy of computer-aided diagnosis (CAD) systems and help identify cancer earlier in high-risk patients, according to results of a study published in the March issue of the journal Radiology.

The artificial-intelligence healthcare startup MedyMatch, recently in the news for hiring as its head former Philips Imaging Systems CEO Gene Saragnese, has raised $2 million in seed monies to give neurorads and ED docs “a second—and potentially better—pair of eyes” when diagnosing hemorrhagic strokes.

A clinical fellow in radiology at Cambridge has used CT to peer into the materials and designs behind several ancient Egyptian mummy coffins. 

The second oldest university in the English-speaking world is getting ready to install two of the newest diagnostic imaging machines on the market. Its hope is to change the game in the study of the brain.