Saphenous vein graft (SVG) lesions can be treated just as well with bare metal stents (BMS) as drug-eluting stents (DES), suggests a double-blind, randomized trial published May 11 in The Lancet.

The American College of Radiology (ACR) has announced that Ruth C. Carlos, MD, MS, will be the new editor-in-chief of the Journal of the American College of Radiology (JACR), officially beginning her term in January 2019.

The implementation of a Cerner electronic health record (EHR) system at the Department of Defense (DOD) has been suspended over problems with the platform’s usability and interoperability. Cerner president Zane Burke said those reports amounted to “fake news” potentially being spread by one of the health IT giant’s competitors.

As radiologists continue to embrace a more tech-savvy generation of medical students, adapt to life alongside artificial intelligence (AI) and churn out practice-changing studies, just one thing is missing, according to researchers in the Journal of the American College of Radiology: more women.

Ruth Carlos, MD, MS, will begin her new role in January 2019. She succeeds Bruce J. Hillman, MD, who founded the Journal of the American College of Radiology in 2004.

Radiologists, clinical oncologists and industry stakeholders gathered May 16 in London to discuss artificial intelligence (AI) in medical imaging and cancer treatment. The all-day event was organized by the Royal College of Radiologists (RCR) with help from the Alan Turing Institute, Health Data Research UK and the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council.

Haider Warraich, MD, used the recently presented CABANA trial to launch into an opinion piece about the medical community’s eagerness to embrace new technologies and invasive procedures.

Microsoft will collaborate with Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland to improve the accuracy of MRI results in less time through an approach called "magnetic resonance fingerprinting."

Seeking second-opinion interpretations of breast imaging studies in patients not presently diagnosed with breast cancer can provide significant value, according to a new study published by the Journal of the American College of Radiology.

After President Donald Trump’s last nominee for VA Secretary withdrew from consideration over numerous allegations about his personal conduct and prescribing habits, Trump has picked Acting VA Secretary Robert Wilkie to take over the role in a full-time capacity.