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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ACR will host its annual meeting virtually due to COVID-19

The annual conference will run May 16-19 and focus on governance, the college announced Wednesday.

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Digital PET/CT roots out smaller cancers with quicker imaging times

Clinicians using this modern machine can get a more accurate contrast measurement and improve their cancer diagnosis, researchers wrote in the Journal of Nuclear Medicine.

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PSMA PET/CT tops conventional imaging for pinpointing high-risk cancer

Australian researchers also recommended updating current diagnostic pathways to incorporate the new molecular imaging approach.

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X-ray emerges as frontline tool for coronavirus: 3 lessons from radiologists battling the pandemic

Chest imaging experts at the center of the U.K.'s COVID-19 outbreak shared their early learnings in a new BMJ opinion piece.

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Many patients have COVID-19 lung abnormalities at discharge; follow-up imaging may be necessary

More than 90% of individuals with the new virus still had lingering irregularities on their CT scans when they left the hospital, experts wrote recently in Radiology.

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New MRI contrast agent detects cancers before they spread to the brain

The material increases magentic resonance sensitivity so that providers can visualize abnormal tissue changes indicative of metastasis.

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COVID-19 recoveries: The evolution of CT abnormalities from onset to discharge

A group of Chinese physicians tracked lung abnormality changes in five patients from hospital admission to discharge, sharing their findings in the Korean Journal of Radiology.

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Neural network stages knee osteoarthritis on x-rays better than MSK radiologists

“These findings suggest that our algorithm approaches the upper bound of possible performance of an experienced radiologist,” experts wrote Wednesday in Radiology: Artificial Intelligence.

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.