Screening

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.

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Lit review: Altitude provides no protection against concussion. Case closed?

Contrary to popular perception, Denver Broncos players have no less chance of getting concussions on their mile-high home field than when they play in Miami, Los Angeles or any other field that’s not at elevated altitude.

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Imaging shows TB’s staying power, confirms need for better strategies

Lesions left in the lungs by tuberculosis can outlast antibiotics and long withstand the body’s own immune system, a new PET/CT-based study has shown. 

Brain MRI identifies dementia patients who have vascular impairment rather than Alzheimer’s disease

Researchers at the University of Nottingham in England have shown that brain MRI can be used to differentiate vascular cognitive disorder from Alzheimer’s and other forms of dementia.

MRI uncovers brain tumor in pregnant soccer star

Lauren Holiday, a two-time gold medalist for the U.S. women's soccer team, is facing an opponent more formidable than any she's seen in her career as a professional athlete. The 28-year-old star discovered a bening tumor behind her right eye after an MRI in June.

Nuke med societies: Myocardial perfusion PET widely underutilized

In many if not most cases, clinicians treating patients with suspected or known coronary artery disease would do well to order myocardial perfusion PET without delay. 

Rio paralympians to have an imaging friend in GE Healthcare

When the 2016 Paralympic Games roll into Rio next month, clinicians caring for the athletes will have at their disposal MRI, ultrasound and digital x-ray equipment courtesy of GE.

10-minute videos improve pediatric rads’ ultrasound skills on two far-flung continents

In locales and cultures as far removed from one another as Ethiopia and Pennsylvania, trainee radiologists finely—and similarly—honed their technical skills in pediatric ultrasound after viewing brief web-based tutorials on image acquisition.

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The world tunes in as radiology study shows Zika’s awful effects

It’s rare to see radiological research making national front-page news. But the Zika virus has emerged as a top enemy of the national health, and RSNA’s Radiology has published some heart-stopping images inside a free study that went up Aug. 23 on the journal’s website.

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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.