The FDA recently approved an amendment to the 2016 Alternative Standard No. 24 to the “Quality control tests–other modalities” requirement allowing the American College of Radiology (ACR) to fold digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT) into its 2016 Digital Mammography Quality Control Manual.

Brian King, global officer with Marriot International, has seen technology disrupt the hotel industry over the last quarter-century, he wrote in the Journal of the American College of Radiology—and he believes radiologists can learn a few lessons from the shift.

The U.S. House Appropriations Committee may further delay implementation of the 2009 U.S. Preventative Services Task Force (USPSTF) breast cancer screening recommendations another year with draft legislation approved July 12.

Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates joined a handful of wealthy donors, July 17, saying he will pledge more than $30 million over three years to advance research aimed at early Alzheimer’s detection.

An online survey by Medscape found 10 percent of U.S. radiologists have experienced at least one form of sexual harassment from their patients within the past three years—the lowest percentage among 29 other specialties.

Healthcare providers are often tasked with detecting physical abuse of elderly patients and initiating intervention. Emergency radiologists, in particular, may be able to do more in this area, according to an article published online July 15 in the Journal of the American College of Radiology.

The American College of Radiology (ACR) tallied nearly 600 “radiology-relevant” bills that have appeared in state legislatures in the fiscal year which ended June 30, 2018.

Many believe Medicare and private payers frequently deny coverage for secondary imaging interpretations—but a team of East Coast researchers found the opposite in a study analyzing Medicare beneficiaries from 2003 to 2016.