Researchers from the surgery and radiology departments at Yale University have developed a clinical-ultrasound scoring system that may be both sensitive and specific enough to preclude the use of CT for patients with suspected appendicitis. 

As long as they’ve got money in a health savings account (HSA), men are willing to pay considerably more to choose prostate biopsy guided by MRI plus transrectal ultrasound over prostate biopsy guided by transrectal ultrasound alone, according to a study published online in Urology Practice.

An international consortium spanning 76 centers published a large MRI study that found abnormalities in brain regions controlling inhibition and emotion in individuals with bipolar disorder.

PET/CT is superior to contrast-enhanced CT when it comes to predicting both progression-free and disease-specific survival in patients with metastatic breast cancer, according to a study published online May 1 in the European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging.

With CT scans in the United States soaring from about three million in 1980 to more than 80 million in 2015, ColumbusCEO published a new piece examining the risks and rewards of radiology.

Weill Cornell researchers at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center are recommending the use of PET/CT with the radiotracer fludeoxyglucose (18F-FDG PET/CT) for many patients with newly diagnosed breast cancer.

Several Kiwi imaging professionals are under fire for a misdiagnosis that started with a trainee sonographer and led to life-changing unnecessary surgery. 

Using a lean flank steak embedded with simulated anatomic obstacles, researchers have demonstrated the superiority of a steerable needle over a straight one in percutaneous CT-guided needle biopsy, according to a study published online April 26 in the Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography.