The 47-page document, published Jan. 6 in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology, touches on multiple cardiac imaging modalities, rating them based on their appropriateness for examining adults and children with previously diagnosed heart defects.

Despite its diagnostic and prognostic value, speckle-tracking strain echocardiography is underused, some cardiac imagers say. What will it take for adoption to pick up?

Researchers may improve heart attack outcomes by zeroing in on the cellular activity that causes long-lasting damage to the heart.

“This is exciting because it shows that proton therapy offers a way for us to reduce the serious side effects of chemo-radiation and improve patient health and well-being without sacrificing the effectiveness of the therapy,” experts wrote in a recent JAMA Oncology study.

Amyloid plaques have long been the target of Alzheimer’s-focused research, but a new study suggests it may be time to prioritize tau imaging instead.

The go-ahead was granted to the Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research to use Fluorodopa F-18 injections in patients with suspected Parkinson’s syndromes.

Underfunding and a lack of resources have led to significant problems imaging severely injured patients in trauma centers across the UK's health system. The Royal College of Radiologists has called on the government to address the issues.

The new approach offers more comprehensive information with no loss of image quality, and may alter the care landscape for patients with coronary artery disease.