CHICAGO Mechanistic imaging, which leverages imaging to understand the pathophysiology of disease, will project the specialty of radiology another leap forward, said A. Gregory Sorensen, MD, co-director of Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston and CEO of Siemens Healthcare USA, during the Pendergrass New Horizons Lecture Nov. 28 at the 97th Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA).

CHICAGOOutlining how to avoid patient harm and subsequent litigation in MR procedures, presenters of a Nov. 27 session during the 97th Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) stressed taking patient safety into ones own hands. Emanuel Kanal, MD, Pittsburgh, and Craig E. Frischman, Esq., Pittsburgh, described a number of slam dunk cases for prosecutors, where patients were harmed during imaging procedures and radiologists were found responsible. The incidents ranged from oversights and outright negligence to horrific accidents.

Imaging stakeholders are scrambling for, and deploying, new systems and tools to make MRI more patient-friendly, and in the process, boost the bottom line and patient safety.

Imaging often the bedrock for first diagnosing and then treating cardiac disease remains challenging and inconsistent in women.

Emergency department physicians may turn to a blood test, rather than a CT scan, to diagnose patients with suspected traumatic brain injury (TBI) after researchers discovered an increased blood level of a certain protein in such patients, according to a preliminary study published online in the Annals of Emergency Medicine.

Emergency department physicians may turn to a blood test, rather than a CT scan, to diagnose patients with suspected traumatic brain injury (TBI) after researchers discovered an increased blood level of a certain protein in such patients, according to a preliminary study published online in the Annals of Emergency Medicine.

Overall, men and women of all age groups in the U.S. failed to meet ideal levels of cardiovascular (CV) health components listed in the American Heart Associations Strategic Impact Goals for 2020 and Beyond initiative, according to an analysis published online Nov. 17 in Circulation. Less than 1 percent of sampled adults met goal levels for all seven components.

CHICAGOTechnologist performed handheld screening breast ultrasound offered to women with heterogeneous or dense breasts can detect small mammographically occult breast cancers with a cancer detection rate of 0.32 and a cost of $55,000 per breast cancer, according to a retrospective review presented Nov. 27 at the 97th Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA). However, the overall positive predictive value of screening ultrasound is low.