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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10-minute MRI beats 3D mammography for screening dense breasts

Abbreviated breast MRI is promising, but must also overcome concerns related to cost and access, one expert noted in an editorial accompanying a new JAMA study.

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Radiologists agree on thyroid features using TI-RADS, with less-experienced experts leading the way

Novice imaging readers agreed on more nodule features and categories, compared to experienced physicians, but this gap did not impact final recommendations for fine-needle aspiration biopsy.

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Radiology must avoid turning ‘blind eye’ to patient-centered prostate cancer outcomes

While the field continues to make technology-centered advances, it must remember to think about the patient's daily struggle with the deadly disease, an expert wrote Feb. 24 in JACR.

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Women 75 and older don’t benefit from screening mammograms

Researchers analyzed Medicare claims data on more than 1 million women ages 70 to 84 to reach their conclusions.

PET, CT combine to shorten tuberculosis treatment times

"We hope that the tool will one day enable clinicians to determine the most effective doses of specific drugs in specific patients, so as to further optimize the treatment of infectious diseases," investigators of the new trial wrote in Nature Medicine.

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CT detects coronavirus abnormalities before symptoms appear, reveals new clinical finding

The study details the first case of associated bilateral pleural effusions in an individual with lab-confirmed COVID-19.

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MRI predicts ‘frozen shoulder’ in rotator cuff tears

Two imaging findings—specifically, joint capsule swelling and thickness at the recess of the armpit—are useful to predict shoulder stiffness in patients with this particular injury.

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Chest CT yields higher sensitivity than lab testing standard for diagnosing coronavirus

Chinese researchers published a new case set of 51 patients with confirmed COVID-19, and found chest CT's sensitivity was much greater than real-time polymerase chain reaction lab testing.

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.