Medical Imaging

Physicians utilize medical imaging to see inside the body to diagnose and treat patients. This includes computed tomography (CT), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), X-ray, ultrasound, fluoroscopy, angiography,  and the nuclear imaging modalities of PET and SPECT. 

State-of-the-Art STEMI Care

Monday, April 4, 2:00-3:30 PM

Stable Ischemic Syndrome

Sunday, April 3, 4:45-6:00 PM

Cancer: CT surveillance linked with secondary testicular cancer

Following orchiectomy, patients with testicular cancer who opt out of lymph node dissection in favor of frequent CT surveillance are significantly more likely to develop second malignancies associated with CT radiation as they grow older, according to the findings of a March 15 study published in Cancer.

Mankind is not likely to salvage civilization unless he can evolve.

Through his novels, the British author George Orwell often cautioned us of the perils to which human nature can fall. Here, his message can inform practicing cardiologists and cardiovascular administrators because as ACC President Dr. Ralph Brindis wrote this week in his outgoing president perspective, When it comes to cardiology, no one has been immune to the changes.

Portable CT clears FDA

NeuroLogica has received FDA 510(k) clearance for BodyTom, a portable, full body, multi-slice CT scanner.

Lancet: Radiotherapy-induced cancers pale compared to benefits

Radiotherapy treatment of first cancers results in an estimated five radiation-induced cancers per 1,000 patients, amounting to a small proportion of overall second cancers and a minor risk compared with the protections afforded by radiotherapy, argued the authors of a study published online March 30 in The Lancet.

Around the web

To fully leverage today's radiology IT systems, standardization is a necessity. Steve Rankin, chief strategy officer for Enlitic, explains how artificial intelligence can help.

RBMA President Peter Moffatt discusses declining reimbursement rates, recruiting challenges and the role of artificial intelligence in transforming the industry.

Deepak Bhatt, MD, director of the Mount Sinai Fuster Heart Hospital and principal investigator of the TRANSFORM trial, explains an emerging technique for cardiac screening: combining coronary CT angiography with artificial intelligence for plaque analysis to create an approach similar to mammography.