The 40 evidence-based recommendations touch on everything from patient selection to study choice, radiation safety, clinical team dynamics, procedural techniques, study interpretations and more. 

Beyond readmission, 32.9% of patients with increased pancreatic necrosis volumes required additional invasive interventions.

The alerts resulted in an overall reduction of CT scans—down to 29.8% from 38.6%—and increased PECARN guideline adherence.

In the June 29 announcement, the ACR revealed CMS said the additional evidence provided to them was “insufficient” to support the reconsideration of their non-coverage decision.

Experts involved in the survey cautioned that the stagnancy of diversification is driving women and minorities away from the field completely, and efforts to change this are missing the mark. 

One of the largest private health insurers in the U.S. has gone from considering hybrid PET/CT for cardiac indications “experimental/investigational” to displaying willingness to pay for the modality. 

The protocol does not come at the expense of deteriorated image quality, according to work published recently in the European Journal of Radiology.

This week Bayer announced the launch of Calantic Digital Solutions, a suite of applications intended to optimize clinical workflows by triaging and prioritizing critical findings, improving disease detection and automating tasks for radiologists.