The modality detected more deadly cancers and achieved a better recall rate than traditional mammography, according to Penn researchers.

The Association for Medical Imaging Management is the latest medical group to postpone or cancel its annual meetings amid the coronavirus outbreak.

The system did stumble when interpreting exams from an outside hospital, but the researchers believe there's a bright future for such tools as radiology aides.

Engineers from Dartmouth University also said their approach would cut out the need for gadolinium-based contrast agents.

The group said its decision is based on recommendations from state, federal and global health organizations. SIR 2020 was set to begin March 28 in Seattle.

Washington state researchers detailed their use of radiography in a recent case study published in the New England Journal of Medicine.

The conference is moving "full steam ahead as scheduled" for March 9-13 in Orlando, but the list of vendors pulling out—which now includes Amazon and Siemens Healthineers—continues to grow amid coronavirus fears.

Radiologists should "become familiar" with the CT findings of COVID-19 and the shortcoming of chest radiographs when evaluating potential cases, researchers wrote in the Korean Journal of Radiology.