Diagnostic screening programs help catch cancer, abnormalities or other diseases before they reach an advanced stage, saving lives and healthcare costs. Screening programs include, lung, breast, prostate, and cervical cancer, among many others.
Breast density is most often discussed within the context of cancer risk, but new research suggests that it also could be used as a marker of cardiometabolic health.
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.
Researchers at the Wellcome Trust Centre for Neuroimaging at University College London have leveraged functional MRI (fMRI) to pinpoint the specific areas of the brain that interact to compute the value of choices people are confronted with, as well as their confidence in those choices.
MR spectroscopy may help assess patients with acute ischemic stroke, and may provide additional metabolic information, according to a study published in the December issue of Stroke.
Siemens Healthcare has released syngo.Ultrasound Breast Analysis software, an application for offline review of images, volumes and clips produced with Siemens’ Acuson S2000 Automated Breast Volume Scanner and Acuson S2000 ultrasound system.
Point-of-care ultrasonography may be useful to rule out elbow fracture in pediatric patients, according to a study published online Nov. 12 in Annals of Emergency Medicine.
Toshiba America Medical Systems highlighted its ultrasound technology, spot fluoroscopy, wireless digital radiography (DR) and CT system at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA).
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.
