"It remains poorly understood how much radiologists vary when recommending additional imaging and what additional radiologists and other factors influence the likelihood of additional imaging," wrote authors of a new study published in Radiology.

Patients are now reading their own radiology reports on a regular basis. A new commentary published in Academic Radiology examined what this means for the specialty as a whole and how radiologists can work to still provide the very best patient care possible.

Franklin, Tennessee-based Touchstone Medical Imaging has agreed to pay the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) $3 million to settle a 2014 security breach that exposed the protected health information (PHI) of more than 300,000 patients.

The University of Toronto’s Department of Medical Imaging has signed an agreement with International Medical Solutions (IMS) to use its IMS Web Viewer solution for assessing the performance of diagnostic radiology residents.

The 2017 Liver Imaging Reporting and Data System (LI-RADS) included an algorithm to assess hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) treated with local-regional therapy, but the method was never validated. A team of researchers took on the task, publishing their results April 30 in Radiology.

“If (virtual non-contrast) VNC images could provide comparable diagnostic performance in detecting biliary stone disease to (true non-contrast) TNC, we might replace TNC with VNC, and consequently, reduce the radiation dose,” wrote authors of a new study published in the European Journal of Radiology.

The Vesical Imaging-Reporting and Data System (VI-RADS) was introduced in 2018 to provide consistency when radiologists use multiparametric MRI (mpMRI) for staging bladder cancer.

HistoQC, created by bioengineering researchers at Case Western University, is an open-source quality-control tool that helps users flag low-quality images while preserving those that can help clinicians make accurate diagnoses.