Comparing CT interpretations made by emergency physicians with those from radiologists reading the same scans, researchers in Iran found an agreement rate of 68.2 percent, leading them to urge caution among emergency doctors who feel pressured to supply their own reads for critical cases in the absence of an on-call radiologist.

Patients injected with a steroidal anti-inflammatory for symptom relief of carpal tunnel syndrome are well-served by follow-up imaging with ultrasound to show whether or not the treatment is working, according to a small study published online in Skeletal Radiology.

Researchers have demonstrated the ability of a novel PET radiotracer to aid prostate-cancer imaging and suggested it shows promise for doing the same with other cancers.

The annual frequency of never-smokers developing lung cancer in Britain has more than doubled over the last seven years, from 13 percent to 28 percent, according to a study set to run in the October edition of the European Journal of Cancer.

Following a review of radiology reports and patient records that turned up glaring communications gaps over noncritical yet potentially serious findings, an urban academic medical center has invested in software and dedicated staff to close the gaps and cut the associated risks for harm.

Many pediatric cancer survivors initially evidence no functional signs of chemotherapy damage only to develop serious organ problems months or years later. With this common vexation in mind, Stanford University researchers at Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital have piloted a surveillance protocol using PET/MR to find chemo-induced injuries lurking in the brain, heart and bone in a single imaging session.

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Siemens Healthineers issued an advisory that four of the company’s diagnostic imaging systems may be vulnerable to cyberattacks.

A veteran emergency-medicine specialist is urging his peers to appreciate the wonders of modern medical imaging without losing sight of all that’s right about hands-on care.