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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Digital PET detects smaller cancerous lesions, produces images nuclear medicine experts prefer

Providers believe the digital modality could ultimately provide a more accurate cancer diagnosis compared to conventional PET, authors reported in the Journal of Nuclear Medicine.

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NorthStar’s new FDA approval means ‘immediate increase’ in Mo-99 production

The U.S Food and Drug Administration gave the go-ahead for two additional molybdenum-99 filling lines at the company's Columbia, Missouri, facility.

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FDA approves International Isotopes’ I-131 therapeutic agent

Idaho-based International Isotopes has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration approval for its radioactive therapeutic agent used to treat thyroid cancers.

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Highly touted Alzheimer’s drugs fail to slow cognitive decline

Randall Batemen, MD, principal investigator of the research and a neurologist at Washington University in St. Louis, told the New York Times the results were "really crushing."

NIH division awards $2.5M for PET-based Alzheimer's research

The National Institute on Aging awarded Wake Forest School of Medicine a five-year grant to examine if a novel PET tracer can help researchers tackle the disease.

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‘Game changer’: MRI contrast agent targets new liver cancer biomarker

Initial results were so successful that the material has been fast-tracked by the FDA in an effort to test its accuracy in human clinical trials.

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No gadolinium required: New take on old MRI contrast shows positive results

University of Texas at Dallas researchers applied their novel method to organic radical contrast agents with encouraging conclusions.

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Imaging experts are critical to identifying coronavirus—here’s what to look for

A new special report published in Radiology includes two new case studies of individuals infected with the illness, and details how experts can harness CT to help diagnose 2019-nCoV.

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.