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.

Veterinary imaging keeps zoo radiologist hopping

The American Veterinary Medical Association is checking in with the only zoo in the U.S. to employ, fulltime, a board-certified veterinary radiologist.

Fujifilm to Showcase Digital Radiography Innovations at AHRA

Stamford, CT, June 28, 2017 (Booth #221) – FUJIFILM Medical Systems U.S.A., Inc., will present its comprehensive portfolio of digital radiography and mammography solutions designed to optimize workflow and increase the safety and satisfaction of patients at the American Healthcare Radiology Administrators (AHRA) 2017 Annual Meeting.

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Patient questionnaires improve rads’ reads for abdominal pain

Abdominal radiologists make more complete and precise diagnostic reads, and are more confident in their diagnoses, when they’re armed at the reading station with clinical information supplied by patients via questionnaire, according to a study published online June 24 in Abdominal Radiology.

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No measurable gadolinium in children’s brains even after multiple doses

Gadolinium-based contrast agents (GBCAs) in the macrocyclic category have proven safe enough in children to be considered the standard of care across pediatrics whenever contrast-enhanced MR imaging is indicated, according the authors of a European study published online June 21 in Radiology.

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Nimble MRI compares well with established PET-CT in dementia neuroimaging

Practical and noninvasive, MRI with arterial spin labeling may substitute for PET-CT with the radiotracer 18FDG, which requires intravenous injection, for imaging the brains of patients with suspected early-stage dementia.

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Anti-anxiety medications change the brain

Benzodiazepines—the family of popular sedatives that includes Valium, Xanax and such—seem to bring about structural changes in the brain, according to a European study running in the August edition of Psychiatry Neuroimaging.

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Elevated amyloid proves a warning sign of cognitive decline to come

People with elevated amyloid levels in the brain but no signs of cognitive decline are indeed more likely to develop impairment down the road, potentially leading to full-on Alzheimer’s, according to a study published online June 12 in JAMA.

In English autopsy study, heart imaging has 92% accuracy finding cause of death

Pathologists and radiologists at the University of Leicester in the U.K. have shown that postmortem CT with targeted coronary angiography (PMCTA) is capable of replacing most traditional autopsies performed in England and Wales following deaths by natural causes.

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Positron, a New York-based nuclear imaging company, will now provide Upbeat Cardiology Solutions with advanced PET/CT systems and services. 

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.