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.

Grad student innovates better ultrasound, simple as selfies

A graduate engineering student at Princeton has come up with a way to overcome variability in the skills of ultrasound technologists. His method ensures better imaging quality every time by combining physics, biology and algorithms in a selfie-inspired process that, he says, results in higher resolution, better contrast, lower noise, fewer artifacts and more tissue-specific response.

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Hindsight is 20-20: How preexisting info can impact radiologist interpretation—and malpractice suits

Radiologists expecting to find abnormalities based on existing knowledge of outcomes may show bias in their decision-making and in expert witness testimony in malpractice cases, according to results of a new study published online Feb. 19 in the journal Academic Radiology.

FDA approves Bracco's barium-based contrast for use in CT

Bracco Diagnostics, Inc., announced today FDA approval of its READI-CAT 2 and READI-CAT 2 smoothie for use in contrast-enhanced CT examinations.

Tomosynthesis and the ‘brave new world’ of breast cancer screening

The increased utilization of digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT) represents a dramatic shift in the quality and accuracy of breast imaging and will continue to revolutionize breast cancer screening efforts in the future, according to a recent editorial published in JAMA Oncology.

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Jury lets Philip Morris off the hook for CT screening of smokers

Cigarette manufacturer Philip Morris USA does not have to pay for annual low-dose lung cancer CT screening for healthy smokers of Marlboro cigarettes, a Massachusetts federal jury has decided on Wednesday.

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Ultrasound helps arthritis patients kick biologics

Ultrasound imaging using power Doppler signaling to assess damage and guide biopsy can help identify rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients in remission who stand to benefit by getting off biologics, which suppress the immune system to considerable risk and can produce harsh side effects.

RSNA journal to publish six-article series on sports medicine

The Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) has published the first in a series of six anatomically based articles on the emerging area of sports imaging in the February issue of its journal Radiology.

Harvard blog offers 4 things to consider before deciding when to have a mammogram

For younger women, particularly those 40 years or older with average risk, a conflict in the guidelines regarding when to begin regular breast cancer screening remains an issue of confusion, and there seems to be no definitive answer to the question, “Should I have a mammogram?”

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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.