Diagnostic Imaging

Radiologists use diagnostic imaging to non-invasively look inside the body to help determine the causes of an injury or an illness, and confirm a diagnosis. Providers use many imaging modalities to do so, including CT, MRI, X-ray, Ultrasound, PET and more.

Health groups adapted quickly to reinstate cancer imaging following pandemic-driven free fall

The findings are among the first to show that facilities responded rather well to initial drop-offs in mammography and colorectal cancer screening exams, RAND Corp. researchers reported.

With $1B and advanced imaging, NIH seeks answers to COVID-19’s lingering effects

Up to 30% of the 28 million COVID-19 cases recorded in the U.S. could lead to long-term symptoms, according to a report published recently.

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Nearly 20% of healthy kids have benign bone tumors, radiograph evidence shows

Indiana University School of Medicine researchers evaluated a collection of some 25,000 radiographs gathered from children in infancy to adolescence.

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Women skipping just 1 of their past 2 mammograms face much higher risk of breast cancer death

A team of multinational researchers analyzed exams from upward of half a million women for their findings.

Managing COVID-19 vaccine side effects: Harvard radiologists share their ‘pragmatic’ approach

The method is based on the ACR's BI-RADS Atlas and aims to encourage vaccinations, limit patient anxiety and reduce unnecessary follow-up testing.

Northwestern radiologists find evidence for long-lasting, ‘bizarre’ COVID-19 muscle pain

CT, MRI and ultrasound images show the virus directs the body to attack itself, experts explained in a review published in Skeletal Radiology.

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New COVID-19 side effect: MRI links severe infection to dangerous eye problems

As a result of their findings, researchers with the French Society of Neuroradiology are recommending those with serious infection undergo eye screenings. 

Radiologists must be ‘cognizant’ of image origin, patient location to diagnose fungi diseases

In many regions, such as the Mississippi and Ohio river valleys, people are routinely exposed to spores that may lead to serious injury and even death.

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The nuclear imaging isotope shortage of molybdenum-99 may be over now that the sidelined reactor is restarting. ASNC's president says PET and new SPECT technologies helped cardiac imaging labs better weather the storm.

CMS has more than doubled the CCTA payment rate from $175 to $357.13. The move, expected to have a significant impact on the utilization of cardiac CT, received immediate praise from imaging specialists.

The newly cleared offering, AutoChamber, was designed with opportunistic screening in mind. It can evaluate many different kinds of CT images, including those originally gathered to screen patients for lung cancer. 

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