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.
There are no standards requiring radiologists to report on the presence of BACs, even though up to half of referring providers have indicated they would prefer to be made aware of the finding.
Despite the great progress that has been made toward the clinical implementation of AI, new data caution against trusting the technology as a single reader in certain settings.
The ACR hopes these changes, including the addition of diagnostic performance feedback, will help reduce the number of patients with incidental nodules lost to follow-up each year.
PACS administrators are making, on average, $60,000 to $65,000, according to the PACS Administrator Salary Survey just published in the April issue of Health Imaging & IT magazine.
Coast Radiology and Medical Imaging has selected RealTimeImage to implement an advanced web-based PACS to provide immediate access to medical images from multiple locations.
WebMD Corp. plans to acquire Dakota Imaging Inc., a privately held provider of automated healthcare claims processing technology and business process outsourcing (BPO) services.
The American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology (ASTRO) has published a new patient information brochure titled "The Radiation Oncology Treatment Team: Your Partners in Cancer Treatment."
Clinicians have been using HeartSee to diagnose and treat coronary artery disease since the technology first debuted back in 2018. These latest updates, set to roll out to existing users, are designed to improve diagnostic performance and user access.
The cardiac technologies clinicians use for CVD evaluations have changed significantly in recent years, according to a new analysis of CMS data. While some modalities are on the rise, others are being utilized much less than ever before.
