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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Patients more likely to choose LDCT lung cancer screening after meeting with radiologists versus other clinicians

Shared decision-making visits between a patient and doctor who were familiar with one another led to lower screening rates.

Health startup RayzeBio nets $45M in funding to advance targeted radiopharmaceuticals in oncology

President and CEO Ken Song, MD, said the radiopharmaceutical field remains an untapped opportunity in cancer care.

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Smart glasses take the neck pain out of fluoroscopic image-guided surgery

Doctors with Murayama Medical Center in Tokyo unveiled their device, which attaches to a normal pair of glasses, in the Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine.

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4 ways radiology residents' outsized role during the pandemic reinforces the specialty's value to patient care

Providers from New York Presbyterian Hospital shared some of their first-hand experiences in Clinical Imaging.

Letting Deep Learning Light the Way to Translational Research and Precision Medicine

Letting Deep Learning Light the Way to Translational Research and Precision Medicine

Quantitative traits obtained from CT scans performed in routine clinical practice have the potential to enhance translational research and genomic discovery when linked to electronic health record (EHR) and genomic data.

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Targeted US adds diagnostic insight for suspicious lesions found on contrast-enhanced mammography

The ultrasound-guided approach may also be used in biopsy planning when MRI is not available, experts wrote in AJR.

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Investigation reveals COVID-19 contamination within CT scanner

Ribonucleic acid was only found in the modality's inward airflow filter, which is a positive sign, according to a team of Italian researchers.

COVID-19 outbreak in hospital’s imaging unit underscores importance of social distancing

The incident involved eight workers, and an investigation found precautionary measures were being ignored in nonclinical areas of the hospital.

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