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. 

Study: fMRI reveals biomarker for schizophrenia-related memory loss

A distinctive brain biomarker imaged using fMRI could be a sign of memory problems in schizophrenia patients and may lead to a better understanding and more effective treatment of the disease, according to results of a study published in Biological Psychiatry.

Image-guided treatment could lead to increased libido in women

Uterine fibroid embolization (UFE), a nonsurgical, image-guided treatment of uterine fibroids may lead to improved sexual function and higher overall quality of life for female patients, according to research recently presented at the Society of Interventional Radiology's Annual Scientific Meeting in Vancouver.

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Diffusion tensor imaging shows white matter abnormalities in insomniacs

Researchers in China have used diffusion MRI to show that the right brain’s white matter tracts are abnormal in patients with primary insomnia. 

In Connecticut, breast rads feel the pinch of slashed state reimbursement

Amid bitter battles over the state budget, radiologists in the Nutmeg State continue to struggle for the wherewithal to serve Medicaid patients—not least low-income women in need of diagnostic and screening mammography.

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10,000th SPECTRALIS hits the market

Heidelberg Engineering has reached an important corporate milestone with the 10,000th SPECTRALIS® diagnostic imaging platform, which has been delivered to a French retina specialist.

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FDA approves first contrast agent for enhanced ultrasonography of the liver

Bracco Diagnostics announced today that its Lumason ultrasound contrast agent has received FDA approval for use in enhanced liver ultrasound in both adult and pediatric patients.

Interventional rads demonstrate viable alternative to stomach surgery for obesity treatment

Interventional radiologists at Johns Hopkins have shown that minimally invasive, image-guided bariatric arterial embolization (BAE) can be a sound alternative to gastric bypass surgery for obese individuals seeking major weight loss. 

Engineering educators, students push to make medical imaging as good as it can get

If the work of engineering professors and students in Marquette University’s Medical Imaging Systems Lab is any indication, the future of medical imaging looks to be nothing short of brilliant. 

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.