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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Widely available CT test opens new treatment door for patients with severe stroke

The imaging technique could identify thousands of patients each year who may benefit from thrombectomy more than 24 hours after suffering a clot.

AI combining contrast-enhanced and non-contrast CT accurately identifies brain metastases

The platform utilizing both image types detected cancer with a positive predictive value of 44%, beating out a contrast-only approach.

Performing serial MRIs in young patients with hemophilia may spot early joint damage

Experts tracked patients managed across 11 treatment centers over the course of more than a decade for their findings.

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Radiologists must embrace low-field MRI or ‘we will be in trouble,’ expert says

The specialty needs to work together and address a number of issues surrounding the disruptive technology, Yale Director of MRI Services Jeffrey C. Weinreb, MD, argued.

Cooperation during pediatric MRIs improves with parental participation, study shows

Parent-assisted MRI scans improve imaging procedures and reduce associated costs, experts reported recently.

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Imaging group says new guidelines for chest pain contain some ‘troubling recommendations’

The update is meant to help clinicians improve outcomes while reducing costs, but one advocate says certain imaging suggestions may cause unanticipated harm.

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American Society of Nuclear Cardiology says AHA/ACC chest pain guidelines miss the mark

One of the group's primary concerns is the "inappropriately large role" given to FFR-CT. 

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Monochromatic mammograms capable of decreasing radiation dose and discomfort, study finds

The new research spells good news for the future of breast imaging, experts noted in the European Journal of Radiology.

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