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The completion of the first treatment represents a "significant milestone" for patients with liver cancer, the IR who led the procedure says.

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Is the edge with the cybercriminals looking for weak points in firewalls? Or the security professionals trying to stop the bad guys from finding any? 

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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services unveiled a new program for alternative payment model participants that would allow clinicians to use products containing CBD as part of patient care plans. In response, the Food and Drug Administration vowed not to further restrict the sale of oral hemp products.

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The Marlborough, Massachusetts-based breast imaging vendor expects its sale to TPG and Blackstone to officially close on April 7. 

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“Radiology practices may wish to consider these findings when presenting patients with an option to pay for AI interpretation,” experts write in JACR

Leaders at the hospital have equipped the radiology department’s MRI scanner with a new AI software that essentially fills in the blanks between image slices with synthetic images.

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CMS officially announced the move on April 6, with it applying to the Wasteful and Inappropriate Service Reduction (WISeR) Model. 

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Therapy-related acute myeloid leukemia is an aggressive form of blood cancer and bone marrow that occurs in the years following radiation and chemotherapy. 

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Treating AFib with surgical ablation during mitral valve surgery and other common heart operations can help patients live longer, a new meta-analysis confirmed.

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ACR is asking the imaging community to contact their federal representatives, urging them to pass three key pieces of legislation before Jan. 1. 

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The lawsuit names Betty Matthew, MD, Advanced Radiology Consultants and Hartford HealthCare, both in Connecticut, as defendants. 

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The VA is throwing in with the FDA to launch a cross-agency AI testing facility. 

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The completion of the first treatment represents a "significant milestone" for patients with liver cancer, the IR who led the procedure says.