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.

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Radiologists could do more to help fight elder abuse—and they want to

In a small yet important study at a large and influential hospital, 19 diagnostic radiologists were able to identify injuries suggestive of elder abuse. Only two of the participants had any prior training in this area, and all said they’d like to receive more.  

fMRI may bring precision medicine to depression care

Clinical depression is persistently widespread yet notoriously individualized. It often forces patients and therapists to use an arduous trial-and-error approach in search of the right antidepressant at the right dose, if any, along with the right type of talk therapy—again, if any. 

Yes, radiologists are real doctors: 5 reasons why

Oftentimes when someone remarks on whether or not radiologists are “real physicians,” that someone ends up being a physician. Never mind that diagnostic radiologists can rightly claim the mantle of being the doctors’ doctor.

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New method of gauging metastatic risk may help ovarian-cancer patients avoid unnecessary chest CTs

Researchers in the U.S. and South Korea have collaborated to create and validate an evidence-based rule that can accurately predict which women with ovarian cancer are not at significant risk for metastases in the chest and abdomen—and thus not really in need of some guideline-recommended CT scans.

Teens more receptive to rewards than adults

Teenagers may be impulsive and more likely to take risks, making them more responsive to rewards, but new research says this behavior helps them transition into adulthood.

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Breast imaging: Leading by example

The radiology subspecialty of breast imaging has its problems, not least the discord it deals with every day over screening scheduling. 

No awe, just shock over CT imaging charges in the Sunshine State

A Florida man who needed a CT scan after taking a spill spilled the beans to a local TV station after he saw the bill. The outstanding sum was close to $18,000.

New ‘polarized nuclear imaging’ technique could provide high-res diagnostics

Physicists at the University of Virginia have developed a new imaging method that combines aspects of both MRI and gamma-ray imaging, a modality that has the potential to create new types of high-resolution medical diagnostics, reported Phys.org.

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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.