Experts have found that radiation dosage can have serious complications for patients with cancer. Cancer patients who receive chest radiation should be evaluated for heart disease before beginning radiation, and every 5-10 years afterward, according to the American Society of Echocardiography (ASE) and the European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging (EACVI) of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC).

Researchers at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tenn., are working on an image-guided process for removing clots after intracerebral hemorrhage. However, rather than rely on an expert surgeon to conduct the challenging procedure, the researchers are leveraging the steady hand of a robot.

The American Society of Nuclear Cardiology (ASNC) has recently released an online education program for physicians and technologists involved in the practice of nuclear cardiology. This program offers continuing education credits and provides valuable quality control procedures and radiation safety information.

Cardiac CT angiography (CTA) has been shown to have high accuracy in detecting cardiac allograft vasculopathy in heart transplant recipients, making it a viable alternative to invasive coronary angiography, according to a study published in the August issue of Radiology.

Infarcts are often invisible on an initial high-resolution diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) scan, but a follow-up based on the National Institute of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) can limit the number of exams and reduce the false-negative rate on follow-up of acute cerebrovascular events, according to a study published online July 11 in Stroke.

Growing aneurysms, monitored using CT angiography, have a 12-fold higher risk of rupture compared with aneurysms without growth, according to a study published online July 2 in Radiology.

A six-month exercise regimen led to reduced visceral abdominal fat volume, decreased hepatic triglyceride content and lower paracardial fat volume among patients with diabetes, according to a study published online June 25 in Radiology.

Triage of patients with acute chest pain may soon become easier, as application of a computer-aided simple triage (CAST) system for automatic stenosis detection can accurately identify patients with significant stenosis, according to a study published online June 2 in Academic Radiology.