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. 

New WHO report outlines risks of pediatric imaging procedures

A new report from the World Health Organization (WHO) details the risks associated with pediatric imaging and calls for increased awareness and accountability by physicians, caregivers and patients.

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Chemoradiation unnecessary for locally advanced pancreas cancer

An international phase 3 trial of patients with locally advanced, chemo-contained pancreatic cancer has found no significant difference in overall survival with chemoradiotherapy—a controversial treatment for this application—compared with chemotherapy alone. 

Small-scale study shows excellent reader consistency assessing BI-RADS breast density

It’s been two years since ACR released the fifth edition of the BI-RADS atlas. How consistently is the big book’s breast-density rating scale being used by individual radiologists and by radiologists compared against one another?

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Stage I lung cancer patients still getting needlessly imaged for brain metastases

A new study supports the Choosing Wisely position that neuroimaging does not give worthwhile benefit to patients with screening-detected stage I non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) but no symptoms of metastasis to the brain. However, the same study shows that many patients are receiving the imaging anyway.

Medtronic cleared to market MRI-compatible brain shunt

The FDA has given Medtronic the go-ahead to market an MRI-compatible product in their line of valves and shunts for patients with hydrocephalus and cerebrospinal fluid disorders, many of whom regularly require MR scans.

Scientific progress made along the road to personalized care for breast cancer

The movement to personalize treatment for breast cancer proceeds apace, as evidenced by two corresponding studies published May 2 in Nature and Nature Communications.

Two rads ruminate on the changing of the ‘medical gaze’ through history

Radiologists Benjamin Gray, MD, and Richard Gunderman, MD, PhD, have laid out an intriguing synthesis of their contemplations on their profession with the thoughts of the French historian, philosopher and critic of modernity Michel Foucault (1926–1984).

Doctors test active surveillance care model to prevent overtreatment of prostate cancer

Urologists from the University of California, Sand Diego School of Medicine have collaborated with Genesis Healthcare Partners to test a new model of care for managing low-risk prostate cancer patients, according to results of a study published in the journal Urology.

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.