International interventional radiology (IR) societies committed to provide stroke training to interventional radiologists to help expand the number of those trained in endovascular stroke therapies, according to a statement published online Oct. 28 in the Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology.

“To promote judicious use of imaging tests, initiatives to better understand patients’ experiences of these tests are vital,” wrote Monica L. Zigman Suchsland, in a new study published online Oct. 25 in the Journal of the American College of Radiology.

Is neuroimaging being overused on seizure-related visits to the emergency department (ED)? Authors of a study published in Epilepsia believe so.

According to a recent editorial in Academic Radiology by Richard H. Cohan, MD, and Matthew S. Davenport, MD, each from the University of Michigan Hospital, in Ann Arbor the answer is yes. Declining per-case reimbursement has forced hospitals to intensify radiologist workloads to keep revenues from declining.

Chemists from the National University of Singapore (NUS) may have found a way to reduce the cost of x-rays and CT scans by using novel nanocrystals, according to research published in Nature.

Grants to study imaging-based technology have been included in a recently signed law geared toward developing opioid alternatives for pain management. The inclusion was championed by the Medical Imaging & Technology Alliance (MITA) in a recent news release.

The rise of burnout in medicine is well documented, and it is only growing among radiologists, wrote authors of a recent Journal of the American College of Radiology study. The results are particularly concerning in pediatric radiology.

A new proposal released Oct. 18 by the FDA to strengthen cybersecurity protection for medical devices, including medical imaging equipment, will supersede a guidance originally issued in 2014.