The rise of artificial intelligence throughout medicine, including in radiology, gets the literary equivalent of a diagnostic workup in the April 3 issue of The New Yorker.

Researchers from multiple institutions have combined two methods of cancer detection to develop a new method in producing personalized breast cancer treatments. 

SPECT imaging of the brain is used for gathering information on dopamine activity when it comes to monitoring patients with Parkinson’s disease.

Medical researchers and engineers from North Carolina State University have found a new approach that uses ultrasound to measure fluid levels in the lungs.

A study published in the Academic Emergency Medicine (AEM) found variations across children’s hospitals in regards to diagnostic imaging when evaluating patients with appendicitis. These distinctions were due to the variations in hospital-level resources.

Researchers from John Hopkins have found that using a combination of noninvasive CT angiography and stress tests could help to predict which patients are at risk of suffering a heart attack or other adverse cardiovascular event.

Remember the hospital in Western Canada that had to have thousands of medical images reinterpreted because of inconsistencies and discrepancies in one radiologist’s work? That radiologist, who was placed on leave, is a former chief of his department. 

Confirmation of a mesothelioma diagnosis can be difficult—and this alone is only a small portion of the treatment timeline. Physicians use x-rays, MRIs, CT scans and PET scans during the early stages of diagnosis when a patient notices symptoms.