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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ASTRO awards five research grants

The American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) has awarded five physicians with one of two grantsthe Junior Faculty Career Research Training Award and the Residents/Fellows in Radiation Oncology Research Seed Grant Award.

NIST draft spells out privacy controls

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has released a draft document to tackle the increasing challenge of maintaining confidentiality and the integrity of personally identifiable information by adding privacy controls to the catalog of security controls used to protect federal information and information systems.

NEJM: CIMT of the internal carotid artery best classifies CV disease

While both maximum internal and mean common carotid intima-media thickness (CIMT) can help predict cardiovascular (CV) outcomes, maximum intima-media thickness of the internal carotid artery can improve the classification of risk of CV disease, according to a study published July 21 in the New England Journal of Medicine.

CHIME: Proposed rule on disclosures needs adjustment

Proposed changes to HIPAA establish standards that would be difficult for providers to meet and should be scaled back, according to comments filed July 22 by the College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME).

AJR: Interventional radiation doses safe

Interventional radiology sustains its auspices, a noninvasive alternative with widely varyingbut safelevels of radiation administered to patients, according to a study published in the July issue of the American Journal of Roentgenology.

What a long, strange trip

The Grateful Dead seem to best encapsulate the labyrinthine FDA approval process for two different cardiovascular therapiesthe Sapien transcatheter heart valve (Edwards Lifesciences) and the antiplatelet drug ticagrelor (Brilinta, from AstraZeneca)that seek to treat severe aortic stenosis and acute coronary syndrome, respectively.

DR Re-makes Radiography

Thousands of radiology departments and imaging centers across the country are in dire need of radiography makeovers. Though x-ray remains the bread and butter of radiology, outdated systems compromise efficiency, profitability and patient care. DR can remedy the situation.

AJR: Residents list breast imaging disincentives

Although radiology residents are spending more time in breast imaging rotations, attitudes about breast imaging remain negative, which may feed the gap between patient demand for breast imaging and the supply of breast imaging specialists, according to a study published in the July issue of American Journal of Roentgenology.

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