Emergency medicine residents need more stringent, focused instruction in order to be familiarized with appropriateness guidelines for diagnostic imaging selection, according to a study published in the October issue of the American Journal of Roentgenology.

A study of a system of peer review for radiology reports that included structured feedback from referring physicians was able to identify issues that may have gone unnoticed by a peer review among radiologists only, according to the results published in the October issue of the American Journal of Roentgenology.

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Transmission issues, faulty alternators and failed catalytic converters are not the type of diagnoses radiologists are used to making; then again, mechanics aren’t used to putting cars through CT scanners, either.

As their role continues to evolve, on-site hospital radiologists spend a little more than a third of their time on image interpretation, while spending a larger proportion of their workday on noninterpretative tasks, according to a workflow study published in the October issue of the American Journal of Radiology.

The Image Gently campaign, which aims to help providers reduce pediatric radiation dose, has created a checklist for technologists to use when performing digital radiography exams on pediatric patients.

The Medical Imaging & Technology Alliance (MITA) today applauded President Obama, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV), House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH), Energy and Natural Resources Committee Chair Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR), Committee Ranking Member Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), House Natural Resources Committee Chair Representative Richard  “Doc” Hastings (R-WA), former Committee Ranking Member Senator Edward Markey (D-MA) and current Ranking Member Peter DeFazio (D-OR) for working together to sign the Responsible Helium Administration and Stewardship Act into law (H.R. 527) and prevent the premature closure of the Federal Helium Reserve.

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has implemented an emergency action to freeze the assets of Edwin Yoshihiro Fujinaga, of Las Vegas, and his company, MRI International, in connection to a Ponzi scheme designed to defraud thousands of investors.