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. 

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Lung Cancer Alliance wraps low-dose CT lung screening outreach effort

Molecular Insight Pharma launches prostate cancer agent trial

Tenn. purchasing group inks DR deal with Carestream

State-level cancer care costs to jump as much as 115 percent by 2020, study says

Calif. governor signs breast density notification bill

California Gov. Jerry Brown has signed a bill requiring physicians to give extra warnings to women with dense breast tissue, informing the women that additional screening through ultrasound or MRI, as opposed to mammography alone, may be recommended.

Racial, socioeconomic disparities pervade PET imaging

Use of PET among Medicare beneficiaries with cancer increased from 2004 to 2008, but the increase was not even between sociodemographic groups as the modality had higher utilization among whites and those in higher income zip codes, according to a study published in the September issue of Journal of the American College of Radiology.

NCI issues grant for radio-immuno-guided surgery agent development

Navidea Biopharmaceuticals, a biopharmaceutical company focused on diagnostic radiopharmaceuticals, has received a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant from the National Cancer Institute (NCI), National Institutes of Health, to fund the development of its radio-immuno-guided surgery monoclonal antibody targeting agent for use in detecting metastatic sites in colorectal cancer.

Embolization device placement safe, effective for treating aneurysms

Pipeline embolization device (PED) placement has been shown to be a reasonably safe and effective treatment for intracranial aneurysms, according to a study published online Sept. 20 in Radiology.​​​

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Radiology Business
Shift toward imaging outside the hospital could save billions

Harvard’s David A. Rosman, MD, MBA, explains how moving imaging outside of hospitals could save billions of dollars for U.S. healthcare.

Cardiovascular Business
‘A significant milestone’: First US patients receive doses of new PET radiotracer for CAD

Back in September, the FDA approved GE HealthCare’s new PET radiotracer, flurpiridaz F-18, for patients with known or suspected CAD. It is seen by many in the industry as a major step forward in patient care. 

Cardiovascular Business
Continuation of 99mTc-PYP shortage prompts need for alternative cardiac amyloidosis imaging

After three years of intermittent shortages of nuclear imaging tracer technetium-99m pyrophosphate, there are no signs of the shortage abating.