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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Dynamic contrast-enhanced MRI helps clinicians diagnose Bell’s palsy

The approach accurately detected facial muscle abnormalities associated with the condition, according to research published in Clinical Radiology.

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Teleradiologists’ accuracy diagnosing COVID-19 underscores remote reading’s importance during emergencies

Senior radiologists agreed with their remote peers' interpretations in most instances, according to a new multi-center study published in European Radiology.

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Man died after receiving ‘unnecessary’ contrast scan, despite kidney issues

Radiologists signed off on the exam, but never took the proper steps to determine the 91-year-old's contrast risks.

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CTA scans for stroke double as quick, cost-effective tool for diagnosing COVID-19

Pairing imaging results with self-reported symptoms proved 83% accurate at spotting patients with the virus, Albert Einstein College of Medicine neurologists found.

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Cardiac MRI contrast agents are low-risk and safe for ‘overwhelming’ majority of patients

German researchers reported acute adverse effects in only 0.38% of contrast-enhanced exams, with few severe reactions.

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Radiologist and noted COVID-19 expert shares 5 lessons learned from the pandemic

Ali Gholamrezanezhad, MD, a clinical emergency radiologist with USC Keck Medicine, has authored more than 40 papers on the topic.

FDA grants fast track status to investigational molecular imaging agent

Tokyo-based Astellas's tracer was developed to supplement surgeries and reduces the chance of iatrogenic ureteral injury during colorectal or gynecologic procedures.

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Cardiac ultrasound study tags nearly 67% of COVID-19 patients with structural heart abnormalities

Many of those individuals had a myocardial injury, increasing their risk for heart attack, pulmonary embolism and heart failure.

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Shift toward imaging outside the hospital could save billions

Harvard’s David A. Rosman, MD, MBA, explains how moving imaging outside of hospitals could save billions of dollars for U.S. healthcare.

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‘A significant milestone’: First US patients receive doses of new PET radiotracer for CAD

Back in September, the FDA approved GE HealthCare’s new PET radiotracer, flurpiridaz F-18, for patients with known or suspected CAD. It is seen by many in the industry as a major step forward in patient care. 

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Continuation of 99mTc-PYP shortage prompts need for alternative cardiac amyloidosis imaging

After three years of intermittent shortages of nuclear imaging tracer technetium-99m pyrophosphate, there are no signs of the shortage abating.