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New interventional embolotherapy system lands FDA clearance
The bioresorbable agent is made from small irregularly shaped, dry gelatin particles designed for the embolization of hypervascular tumors and blood vessels.
FDA has approved over 1,000 clinical AI applications, with most aimed at radiology
Diagnostic imaging leads the way in AI product approvals by a mile, accounting for more than 70% of all applications on the list.
Experts update AUC for amyloid, tau PET imaging for first time in more than a decade
The new appropriate use criteria define 17 specific clinical scenarios, guiding providers on situations when amyloid or tau imaging are and are not appropriate.
FDA seeking nominations for mammography advisory committee
The National Mammography Quality Assurance Advisory Committee provides guidance and recommendations related to the standards by which facilities are regulated.
The biggest obstacles facing radiology business managers in 2025
RBMA President Peter Moffatt discusses declining reimbursement rates, recruiting challenges and the role of artificial intelligence in transforming the industry.

NEJM: Radiologists face lower malpractice risk than colleagues

Diagnostic radiologists faced slightly fewer malpractice claims per year than did physicians as a whole, according to a study in the Aug. 18 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine. Neurosurgeons had the highest percentage, with 19.1 percent facing a claim annually.

BMJ: Predictive model forecasts survival in those with advanced cancer

A prognostic model designed for use in patients with advanced cancer bested clinicians estimates of survival and performed in an array of patients and circumstances, according to a study published online Aug. 25 in British Medical Journal.

Survey: Disparity in point-of-service collections and back-end recovery

A recent survey of more than 300 financial managers in healthcare found that 70 percent of respondents collected less than 30 percent of their payments at the point of service and almost half collected less than 15 percent of payments prior to service. The survey was designed by the credit bureau TransUnion and distributed to attendees of the Healthcare Financial Management Associations (HFMA) annual conference in June.

Study: Debridement causes coding confusion

In a study surveying ICD-9-CM subcategories, debridement was found to be the subcategory that caused the most confusion among coders, based on a report published in the summer issue of Perspectives in Health Information Management.

ACRO inks deal with health benefit manager

National Imaging Associates (NIA) and the American College of Radiation Oncology (ACRO) have signed a collaborative agreement to establish guidelines in radiation therapy treatment.

Radiology: CT may help identify COPD patients at high risk for flare-ups

Researchers have leveraged quantitative CT to identify two types of structural changes in the lungs of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) associated with frequent exacerbations, according to a study published online July 25 in Radiology. The findings may help identify patients for targeted research and therapy development for individual phenotypes.

JACR: Untangling noncompete clause mysteries

Noncompetition covenants (noncompetes) haunt radiologists throughout their careers, and require meticulous legal advice, posed an article in the July issue of Journal of American College of Radiology. However, confusion need not reign supreme.

JACR: The upside of bureaucracy

As solo physicians become increasingly corralled up by multispecialty practices and larger organizations, medicine faces a growing bureaucratic trend, for patients and physicians. Though the thought of bureaucracy may conjure negative sentiments, radiology can learn and benefit from some important models of bureaucracy, according to the author of an article published in the July issue of the Journal of the American College of Radiology.

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Radiology Business

AI can help radiology standardize image exam data labeling

To fully leverage today's radiology IT systems, standardization is a necessity. Steve Rankin, chief strategy officer for Enlitic, explains how artificial intelligence can help.

Radiology Business

The biggest obstacles facing radiology business managers in 2025

RBMA President Peter Moffatt discusses declining reimbursement rates, recruiting challenges and the role of artificial intelligence in transforming the industry.

Cardiovascular Business

New cardiac prevention paradigm explored in TRANSFORM trial using AI and CCTA

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.