A radiologist in the Bluegrass State has received a memorable tribute from none other than his loving wife, a newspaper columnist who hadn’t asked him much about his work—till now.

Earlier this month Colorado became the 30th state to mandate that women with dense breast tissue get told about it when they receive results from their mammograms. This week an area newspaper spotlighted a radiologist who helped push the legislation through.

On Oct. 17, the Netherlands Cancer Institute (NKI) was awarded funding from the Dutch Cancer Society to apply molecular imaging technology to prostate cancer surgery.

The U.S. Army has hired a brain-health company to develop and supply a portable ultrasound system for assessing traumatic brain injuries on or near the field of combat.

Oncologists and other clinicians working to restage cancers or assess the disease’s response to treatment have new appropriate use criteria for ordering a proven-effective imaging tool for these purposes.

Five years ago the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) advised clinicians not to order advanced imaging or tumor marker tests for survivors of early-stage breast cancer. Yet the exam orders keep coming.

Researchers form the Georgia Institute of Technology have comforting news for those who may drift into a daydream during an afternoon meeting. Such behavior, as seen via MRI, could be a sign of intellectual and creative abilities.

As internal medicine practitioners continue to increase their use of point-of-care ultrasound—aka POCUS—these physicians need to clarify how they intend to use the technology going forward.