Radiology providers may soon be able to educate patients in the waiting room with the recent launch of Radiology TV, a subscription-based video content service for medical imaging centers.

A new option for training interventional radiologists in noninvasive procedures allows physicians to replicate patients’ blood vessels in a 3D-printed model, researchers announced at the Society of Interventional Radiology’s annual meeting in Los Angeles.

Bracco Diagnostics has filed a complaint with the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) against radiopharmaceutical firm Jubilant DraxImage and two affiliates, citing patent infringement on its rubidium-82 generators.

Just because a patient receives two imaging exams that are exactly the same doesn't guarantee the billing will match. A Florida man had first-hand experience with this—being charged 33 times more for a second CT scan than his first, according to an April 9 article in NPR's "Bill of the Month" series.

RadNet recently expanded its California footprint by acquiring five imaging centers in the Fresno area, making it the leading non-hospital-based outpatient imaging operator in the region, according to an April 6 release.

Radiology staffing shortages are hitting Waikato Hospital in New Zealand. Its workforce problem led a department of health board executive to label the unit as “vulnerable” and has prompted the hospital to look for imaging specialist overseas, according to an April 5 article in Stuff.

In what some are calling the early stages in a trade war between the world’s two largest economies, the U.S. government has announced plans to place tariffs on more than 1,000 products imported from China—including medical imaging equipment.

Stanford pediatric radiologist Heike Daldrup-Link, MD, believes radiology has a diversity problem and is spearheading a long-term approach within the university’s own department and across the entire field.