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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Breast cancer screening with MRI underutilized by high-risk groups

Researchers, investigating how community practices are following breast cancer screening guidelines, found that high-risk individuals, especially those with a family history of the disease, were not receiving additional MRI scans to help in early detection.

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Social interactions can influence how physicians recommend breast cancer screenings

Perhaps rules are meant to be broken. But guidelines, according to recent research, are not always followed when physicians recommend breast cancer screening to patients.

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Stuttering speech can stem from hyperactivity in the brain

Individuals suffering from developmental speech disorders may get a clearer insight into the brain's role, according to a new MRI study from Germany.  

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Focused ultrasound may offer non-invasive treatment for neurological diseases

What do you get when you put together a monkey, a computer and a moving yellow square? Surprisingly, a neuroscience study that marks the first time ultrasound technology has been safely used to alter brain activity while simultaneously avoiding the destruction of brain tissue.  

NY college develops radiation molecular gel to improve cancer imaging

A new radiation responsive esculin-derived molecular gel has been developed at the City College of New York (CCNY) that can simplify and improve the quality of cancer imaging, according to a release from CCNY.  

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Should women stop getting mammograms? Imaging experts explain

The standard recommendation for a mammogram in the U.S. is once a woman is between the ages of 40 and 50, however a new article published by TIME reveals why some medical experts believe we should end mammograms altogether.  

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Noise sensitivity visible in brain MRI

As the old rock-n-roll cliché goes, “If it’s too loud, you’re too old.” But Swedish researchers, with the help of MRI, have found brain structure and gray matter—which can be affected by age—might have something to do with an individual’s sensitivity to noise.

Neuroimaging analysis of brain effective-connectivity reveals mechanisms causing depression

A recent study published in Biological Psychiatry: Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging has identified regions of the brain that may be the source of symptoms in depression, according to a report by The Times of India. 

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.