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. 

MRI-compatible neurostimulator goes to work relieving pain

A 62-year-old Pennsylvania man has become the first in the world to be implanted with a neurotransmitter that both blocks spinal pain and safely stands up to MRI scanning, according to The Intelligencer of Doylestown, Pa. 

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Sizable study shows lesion ‘blends’ cause most dementia

Numerous studies conducted in recent years have suggested that most dementia—including cases correctly diagnosed as Alzheimer’s disease—probably traces not to a particular lesion type but to combinations of brain pathologies. A new study, said by its authors to be the largest and most comprehensive look at such data, strengthens the suspicion.

Oklahoma could soon be latest state to have breast density reporting bill in place

A new bill being considered by the Oklahoma state legislature could make the Sooner state the latest to have a breast density reporting bill signed into law.

ABT Partners to Establish the First Radiopharmaceutical Production Facility in Cyprus

Knoxville, TN, UNITED STATES, March 18, 2016– ABT Molecular Imaging has partnered with a world-renowned oncology group to install the BG-75 Biomarker Generator System in  The Republic of Cyprus.  The BG-75 integrates a compact cyclotron, micro-chemistry, and automated quality control, to provide on-demand F-18 FDG production in one seamless solution to support the implementation of PET/CT.

RSNA announces search for next editor of Radiology journal

For just the eighth time in its history, the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) is looking for a new editor for its journal Radiology.

Difficult patients drive up diagnostic error rates

The more unpleasant the patient, the greater the likelihood of misdiagnosis, according to research published this week in the British Medical Journal.

Reducing excessive follow-up imaging through multidisciplinary collaboration

Collaborative institutional guidelines can assist in clinical decision making and reduce unnecessary imaging utilization for ovarian cysts on follow-up, according to results of a study published online March 4 in the Journal of the American College of Radiology.

University of Buffalo awarded $2 million grant to study concussions

Researchers working at the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences at the University of Buffalo received a five-year, $2 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to study the impact concussions have on an individual’s body and brain.  

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.