Surgeons have used a new tumor-specific, near-infrared (NIR) fluorescent agent, combined with a dedicated camera-based imaging system, to find and resect ovarian tumors that are invisible to the naked eye and undetectable by the surgeon’s fingertips.

A new MRI-guided intervention has proven safe and efficacious in men with prostate cancer, according to a study published in the Journal of Urology and publicized by UCLA Health June 10. 

Facebook advertising can help speed patients with inflammatory back pain (IBP) toward appropriate diagnostic procedures—including imaging with MRI rather than x-ray and observation by a rheumatology specialist rather than a primary-care doc—as well as toward proper treatment. 

Radiology residency programs are barely using high-fidelity simulation training at all right now, but watch for the technology to begin changing the educational landscape for diagnostic rads-to-be in the years to come.

Nancy M. Cappello, PhD, director and founder of Are You Dense and Are You Dense Advocacy, wrote a new post for The Huffington Post about the role social media has played in her own life and the role it plays in the lives of women from all over the world. She said the internet and social media have “transformed our lives,” opening “a global connection to those with similar interests and passions.” 

The U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) approved a new radioactive diagnostic agent for use in PET imaging to identify suspected sites of prostate cancer.

Patients presenting with stroke symptoms have a better chance of receiving advanced neuroimaging if they are male, under 55 or African-American than do patients in none of those demographics, according to a study presented May 25 at the American Society of Neuroradiology’s annual meeting in Washington, D.C.

Breast-cancer patients can learn how to hold their breath for more than five minutes in order to receive radiation therapy while motionless, which can lead to shorter treatments, lower overall doses, better tumor targeting and less destruction of healthy tissue.