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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Brain PET research at critical ‘crossroads,' must move toward collaboration to advance

Nuclear medicine experts called on the field to work together and share data in order to produce the sample sizes needed for further breakthroughs.

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RSNA publishes new coronavirus CT case study

The case details a 33-year-old woman with CT findings commonly seen in other patients with 2019-nCoV.

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FDA approves PET tracer trial testing ability to diagnose multiple sclerosis

The imaging agent—Myeliviz—will be tested in humans for the first time, and may change the way clinicians diagnose the autoimmune disease.

NELSON trial confirms overwhelming benefits of CT lung cancer screening

With estimates from the American Cancer Society, implementing this intervention could save between 30,000 and 60,000 lives in the U.S. each year.

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Perfusion CT safely diagnoses early brain death in TBI patients—but may help save others

The approach can help families make more informed treatment decisions, which can be critical for organ donation, according to authors of a new study.

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Abnormal findings affirm radiologists' key role in EVALI fight

Imaging experts can help diagnose vaping product use-associated lung injury and clear up confusion surrounding the epidemic, experts wrote in Radiology.

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Chest radiography aids diagnosis of coronavirus cluster in Vietnam

A team from Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam recently detailed the case of a 65-year-old man who acquired the virus after traveling to Hanoi from the Wuchang district in Wuhan with his family.

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‘Time to act is now’: Chinese researchers confirm abnormal chest CT findings in first coronavirus patients

A number of those initially infected with the virus showed ground-glass opacities on their scans, particularly individuals who were not admitted to the ICU, researchers reported in the Lancet.

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.