A family from Pennsylvania’s Plain People community, which consists primarily of Amish and Mennonite families, recently took their child to Cardiology Care for Children (CCC), a small yet regionally renowned practice in Lancaster.

The use of a structured template for brain tumor imaging can improve how radiologists and ordering physicians view radiology reports, according to new research published in Academic Radiology.

A CT angiography (CTA)-derived score that also incorporated the extent, location and composition of coronary plaque outperformed a model that focused only on the severity of stenosis, researchers reported Jan. 16 in JACC: Cardiovascular Imaging.

Although online portals allow some patients to easily access their radiology reports, new research published Jan. 8 in the American Journal of Roentgenology found that lumbar spine MRI reports in particular are written at a reading level too advanced for the average patient to comprehend.

After implementing a structured reporting template for brain tumor imaging, radiologists became more confident in their reports and felt they better facilitated decision-making, according to a single-center study published in Academic Radiology. Patients were also more satisfied with their reports.

The Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto has named Anna Goldenberg, PhD, as its first chair of biomedical informatics and artificial intelligence, the University of Toronto recently announced.

DICOM metadata offers more accurate study information, according to a Jan. 8 study published in the Journal of Digital Imaging. This may ultimately help increase the efficiency of MRI exams while reducing their associated costs.

A Florida-based surgeon must pay a $3,000 fine for removing a woman’s kidney because he thought it was a cancerous mass. The surgeon has pointed out that the patient's radiology results were not at the hospital at the time of the surgery.