Agfa HealthCare previewed its work-in-progress IMPAX Radiation Exposure Monitoring (REM) technology at the 2012 Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) meeting in Chicago.

CHICAGO—During the Nov. 27 annual oration in diagnostic imaging, Richard B. Gunderman, MD, PhD, in a tremendously passionate address, urged his fellow radiologists to learn more about the patient behind the images that they are reading, and also challenged radiologists to share their personal stories as well.

CHICAGO—The pattern of gray matter loss among Alzheimer’s disease (AD) patients is significantly different between men and women, according to a study presented at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA).

CHICAGO—There is a small, but real, potential risk of breast cancer associated with cardiac and chest CT exams, and the risk increases with the number of scans, according to researchers who presented a computational analysis Nov. 27 at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA). However, due to the nature of the analysis, one expert commenter cautioned against generalizing the findings to a real-life patient population.

CHICAGO—RSNA is a chance for those in the radiology community to meet, swap stories and share information about the latest developments in imaging. In that spirit, Health Imaging will be talking to people at the meeting each day and asking them each one question. We’ll share a few responses each day, so be sure to keep an eye out for our newsletter or check the RSNA section of our website.Today’s question: What’s the most exciting technology or practice development happening right now in imaging?

MRI can show changes in the brains of those with post-concussion syndrome (PCS), possibly opening the door to improved PCS detection and treatment, according to a study published in the December issue of <i>Radiology.</i>

Children living in high poverty areas are exposed to higher levels of cumulative radiation, according to a study published in the November issue of the Journal of American College of Radiology. However, as researchers analyzed the relationship between socioeconomic status and radiation exposure, they linked disease burden, rather than poverty, with higher radiation exposure among poor children.

When imaging adult primary care patients with acute cough, clinically relevant incidental findings on chest radiographs are uncommon, according to a study published in the November/December issue of Annals of Family Medicine.