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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RSNA 2020 annual meeting will be held virtually amid COVID-19 concerns

Since its inception, RSNA's in-person annual meeting has only been canceled twice, in 1943 and 1945, due to transportation and gasoline supply issues during and immediately following World War II.

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University spinoff receives $750K to develop iron-based alternative to gadolinium contrasts

Ferric Contrast, a contrast agent company founded by faculty from the University at Buffalo in New York, says doctors and patients want new options in MR imaging.

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Researchers ID potentially treatable genetic mutation target for therapy-resistant prostate cancer

German scientists found six of seven patients with difficult-to-treat cancer had genetic mutations in their DNA damage-repair genes, according to new research.

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Global medical isotope company secures $19M to ‘revolutionize’ nuclear medicine industry

Vancouver, British Columbia-based Artms will use the funding to help bolster the supply of locally produced radioisotopes, such as technetium-99m.

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Women with BI-RADS 3 mammography results should undergo 6-month follow-up

The research, which included more than 43,000 women, found that slightly under 2% of individuals tagged with a “probably benign” finding were later diagnosed with cancer.

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Hospitals should be required to report adverse radioisotope injections, expert argues

Inflitration occurs when a a radiotracer is not safely injected into an individual's vein, but the true impact of these adverse events remains unknown to patients and physicians.

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Chest x-rays in the ED help docs forecast COVID-19 severity in young adults

Mount Sinai researchers found that those with overall higher chest x-ray scores were 6.2 times more likely to require hospitalization.

New PET imaging approach depicts widespread damage of early Alzheimer’s

A novel radiotracer and synaptic imaging revealed "widespread" losses throughout the brain, Yale University researchers reported Wednesday.

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.