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. 

Researchers use MRI to link CSF flow in infants to autism

A team of University of North Carolina School of Medicine researchers found many toddlers diagnosed with autism at 2 years old had a substantially more extra-axial cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) at 6 and 12 months of age, before diagnosis is possible.

MRI, CT key in spreading awareness of often undiagnosed brain condition

Often diagnosed thanks to CT scan or MRI of the brain, normal pressure hydrocephalus (NPH) often goes undiagnosed. According to Mark D. Johnson, MD, PhD, the chair and professor of neurosurgery at University of Massachusetts Medical School, perhaps 90 percent of the 750,000 people with NPH in the U.S. remain undiagnosed.

Carestream’s OnSight 3D Extremity System Offers Orthopaedic Practices Affordable, High-Quality 3D Imaging

Atlanta Orthopaedic Practice One of First to Purchase New Imaging System, Which was Showcased at the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons

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Researchers call for kicking ‘iodine allergy’ out of medical imaging

Designating radiology patients with the imprecise diagnosis “iodine allergy” may be dangerous, as it could lead to unnecessarily unenhanced scans as well as uncertainty in clinical management and sometimes even useless preventative measures.

Thousands of medical images must be re-read in Western Canada

Things seem to be going from bad to worse for radiology in British Columbia.

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‘Driller’ rad residents beat their ‘scanner’ peers at identifying lung nodules

Radiology trainees do better at detecting lung nodules on CT when they’ve been taught to “drill” rather than “scan” the images, according to a study published Feb. 24 in Academic Radiology.

NeuroVision to participate in Alzheimer’s A4 clinical trial

NeuroVision Imaging will take part in a new substudy with investigators at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) School of Medicine and the University of Southern California as they take part in a landmark anti-amyloid treatment in asymptomatic Alzheimer’s (A4) clinical trial.

Philips receives FDA 510(k) clearance to market its ElastQ Imaging shear wave elastography for non-invasive assessment of tissue stiffness of the liver

ElastQ complements Philips' existing ultrasound offerings to provide the most comprehensive solution for liver disease assessment, treatment and monitoring.

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.