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. 

COVID-19 coronavirus

Cancer-inspired radiotherapeutic approach has potential as COVID-19 treatment

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center researchers described their findings as a "potent" first step forward in using oncology-based approaches to combat the virus.

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DBT offers most accurate tumor measurements among breast imaging approaches

The results also suggest synthetic mammography will be used alongside 3D mammo, or DBT, more frequently in the coming years, radiologists explained in Clinical Imaging.

Imaging backlog, lack of radiology resources creating ‘perfect storm’ for hospitals

NHS insitutions were already in need of imaging modalities and faculty prior to the pandemic, and now more than 600,000 people are waiting for deferred exams.

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Chest x-rays reveal more severe COVID-19 infections in minority groups

One Massachusetts General Hospital radiologist also called on the specialty to take a bigger role in population-based public health efforts.

Doctors at odds over low-dose radiation treatment in COVID-19 patients

At least a dozen trials across the globe are underway testing LDRT as a treatment for virus-related pneumonia, but some experts aren't convinced.

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Will the pandemic push point-of-care ultrasound to replace the stethoscope?

Larry Istrail, MD, a hospitalist physician at Inova Health System, recently argued for the change in a July 15 opinion piece.

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Most countries face nuclear imaging supply issues, and COVID-19 has only exacerbated the problem

A team of international researchers queried 35 countries representing nearly 75% of all global nuclear medicine sites, publishing their findings in the Journal of Nuclear Medicine.

SNMMI taps new nuclear medicine experts to lead its technologist section

The society announced a new president and president-elect to lead its member technologists during its virtual meeting.

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.