Digital breast tomosynthesis has been shown to provide better visualization of architectural distortion, a subtle mammographic finding, and also identifies some distortions that would not be found at all if screening was performed using digital mammography alone, according to a study published in the July issue of American Journal of Roentgenology.

The American College of Radiology (ACR) issued a statement this week calling on the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and private insurers to cover beneficiaries for breast tomosynthesis.

CT is the workhorse of imaging, but as utilization surged in the new millennium, so did concerns about radiation dose. 

And you thought 7T MRIs were powerful. Gizmodo recently ran a story about the INUMAC (Imaging of Neuro disease Using high-field MR And Contrastophores) project, a $270 million machine that clocks in at 11.75 Tesla.

While Medicare’s mammography costs increased nearly 50 percent in the early 2000s, the number of women screened and detection rates for early-stage disease remained stable.

Missouri governor Jay Nixon signed his state’s breast density notification bill this week, making Missouri the 19th state with a law requiring information on breast density is included with mammography reports given to patients.

Combining contrast-enhanced ultrasonography (US) with unenhanced US can improve the differential diagnosis of small nonpalpable testicular lesions, according to a study published online June 26 in Radiology.

It’s to be expected that more challenging mammography interpretations would decrease resident performance, but research has demonstrated that the types of errors made will vary based on whether a scan is classified as difficult by expert attending physicians or residents themselves.