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. 

ImageMoverMD app makes it easy to transfer medical images

ImageMoverMD, a Middleton, Wisconsin-based imaging software company, is making it easier to transfer medical images all in the palm of your hand.

Man or machine? Robot proves effective in diagnosing sports concussions

While most sports concussions are diagnosed through an individual’s experience or an onsite MRI or CT scan, a new technique is offering a tool that is much more accessible for players.

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Early childhood sleep problems show up on brain MRI by 7 years old

Echoing a University of Chicago study showing that children with sleep apnea are at risk for brain damage, researchers in the Netherlands have shown a link between childhood sleep disturbances and smaller gray matter volumes. 

Re-excision rates reduced with the help of digital breast tomosynthesis

Alessia Milan, PhD, MS, from the University of Turin in Italy, presented a study about digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT) emerging as a promising technology when it comes to surgical planning, because it presents a better view of lesion margins than mammography alone.

FUJIFILM SonoSite gives clinicians the edge for rural diagnostics

A FUJIFILM SonoSite Edge® point-of-care ultrasound system recently helped clinicians participating in the Ukraine Christian Partnership’s (UCP’s) Summer Mission to diagnose a wide range of pathologies.

Two major California children’s hospitals will implement 24/7 teleradiology services through Aris Radiology

Aris Radiology, a national radiology practice and leading provider of on-site and remote radiology services to hospitals nationwide, has been tapped to provide 24/7 pediatric teleradiology coverage to 302-bed Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford in Palo Alto, California, and 279-bed Children’s Hospital of Orange County in Orange, California.

PET scans show dopamine imbalance during migraine

When patients who suffer from migraine underwent PET scans, researchers found a reduction and fluctuation of dopamine in their brains during the headache attack. 

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Long look at lots of rad techs: No link between work-related radiation exposure and fatal brain tumors

After assessing several decades’ worth of survey data on more than 110,000 radiologic technologists, researchers have all but ruled out a dose-response association between cumulative protracted occupational radiation and death by brain tumor.  

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.