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. 

Radical Radiopharmaceuticals: Molecular Imaging Agents Find Their Niche

Multiple radiopharmaceuticals in the development pipeline are showing real promise in the realms of oncology, neurology and cardiology.

PET on a Leash: Reimbursement Developments and Challenges

The operative phrase for PET reimbursement circa 2013 may be “cautiously optimistic.”

Radiation Exposure: Connecting the Dots

The right dose to the right patient at the right time is the mantra. But tracking dose is gaining in popularity among physicians and patients.

PEM: An Additional Arrow In the Breast Imaging Quiver

Many physicians and patients cast staging breast MRI as an imperfect exam. From the physician’s perspective, the exam generates thousands of difficult-to-interpret images. False-positive findings are not uncommon.

Can You See It? Optical Imaging in the OR

What nuclear medicine is now to presurgical planning, optical molecular imaging may soon become to intraoperative tumor removal.

Cancer Care Informatics: Challenges In Nuclear Medicine

Multiple radiopharmaceuticals in the development pipeline are showing real promise in the realms of oncology, neurology and cardiology. 

NFL, former players reach $750M settlement in head injury suit

The National Football League (NFL) will pay more than $750 million to settle a lawsuit brought by retired players who argued the league didn’t do enough to protect players from concussions, according to the terms of a tentative settlement announced Aug. 29.

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Breadth of molecular imaging

Molecular imaging headlines are often dominated by applications in oncology and cognitive disorders. The breadth of information that can be gleaned from molecular imaging is actually much wider, as evidenced by some of this month’s top stories.

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.