Diagnostic Imaging

Radiologists use diagnostic imaging to non-invasively look inside the body to help determine the causes of an injury or an illness, and confirm a diagnosis. Providers use many imaging modalities to do so, including CT, MRI, X-ray, Ultrasound, PET and more.

NIH hands out $13.8M for new research into pre-dementia and Alzheimer’s

The grants will fund two separate studies led by a team at Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Montefiore Health System.

October 5, 2020

Wide adoption of primary-care POCUS deemed feasible but not immediately advisable

Twenty primary care providers changed half of their tentative diagnoses after using point-of-care ultrasound in 574 recruited patient cases over a one-month period.

September 24, 2020
a patient talks with her doctor, both are women of color

Black women with breast cancer may face more treatment delays, longer treatment duration

Black women with breast cancer may be more likely than white women to experience delays in beginning breast cancer treatment, as well as a longer duration of that treatment.

September 23, 2020

Combination of DBT and synthetic mammography reduces recall rates among women with non-dense breasts

The study included data from more than 28,000 women. 

September 16, 2020
Heart failure hospitalizations among young adults are getting more common and more expensive

How to predict a CVD patient’s risk of total, colorectal and lung cancer

The analysis was presented at ESC Congress 2020 and published in JACC: CardioOncology.

August 28, 2020
kids in school

Is reopening schools safe? Doctors warn of new ‘paradigm shift’ in COVID-19’s impact on children

Boston Children's Hospital and Harvard Medical School physicians added that the virus is "far more" than just a respiratory illness in this population.

July 30, 2020
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New CT technique slashes radiation exposure while retaining image quality

A separate study published Wednesday found dose reduction methods in chest tomosynthesis dramatically impacted image clarity, highlighting the difficulties with cutting patients' exposure.

July 23, 2020

MRI technique spots CTE markers in football players, with potential for real-time decision-making

High-contact athletes were three times more likely to have a blood brain barrier leak, with some who did not complain of severe symptoms also showing brain abnormalities on imaging.

June 19, 2020