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. 

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ACR updates contrast guidelines, permitting non-physician providers to supervise administration

The Aug. 29 statement indicates that non-radiologist physicians, advanced practice providers and registered nurses can oversee intravenous CT and MRI contrast administration at accredited imaging centers.

Two of the top stories this month included the death of MRI pioneer Raymond Vahan Damadian. Experts at MIT also developed ultrasound stickers that can be worn in the same manner as a Band-Aid while also producing diagnostic quality images in real-time. #MRI

Top Health Imaging stories in August 2022

Here are the most popular stories on Health Imaging in August, based on our website analytics. 

MRI exams reveal the impact of steroid use on the brain

Experts involved in the study suggest that their findings could help explain the neuropsychiatric effects seen in many patients who are prescribed steroids long-term.

Automated CT body composition analysis predicts risk of stroke and heart attack

Researchers observed visceral fat area (VFA) measurements derived from abdominal CT scans to be associated with increased cardiovascular risk. 

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Experts describe how long-term lung abnormalities of COVID patients present on imaging

Up to one-third of patients hospitalized with COVID-19 pneumonia have abnormalities on chest CT 12 months after infection.

Synthetic MRI measures predict breast cancer treatment responses, according to new research

Researchers suggested that the quantitative measures derived from synthetic MRI exams could be used to help guide treatment decisions for breast cancer patients.

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Surveillance breast MRI findings linked with future second cancer

The new research focused specifically on associations between background parenchymal enhancement—a known risk factor for breast cancer, visualized on surveillance MRI exams—and secondary breast cancers.

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Ultrasound measurements can predict osteoporosis, study shows

Experts compared the cortical thickness of three bones—the radius, tibia and second metatarsal—of 200 volunteers who had undergone prior bone mineral density measurements to evaluate the ultrasound method’s accuracy.

Around the web

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.

A total of 16 cardiology practices from 12 states settled with the DOJ to resolve allegations they overbilled Medicare for imaging agents used to diagnose cardiovascular disease.