A survey of angiography labs in the U.S. shows the growth rate for interventional procedures rose just 1 percent over each of the past two years.

RadNet, one of the largest groups of outpatient imaging centers in the U.S., announced this week that it has expanded its technology with RADAR, a communication protocol.

House Republicans successfully passed legislation on Tuesday that postpones a 27 percent cut to Medicare physician reimbursements slated for Jan. 1, and also extends the $1,000 payroll tax break scheduled to expire this year.

Thirteen doctors and a nurse practitioner were arrested in New Jersey this week for accepting kickback payments for referring patients to a certain diagnostic imaging facility.

The American College of Radiology announced this week that it has joined with eight other medical specialty societies in a national campaign to promote wise choices by physicians and patients.

The American College of Radiology has raised concerns about a report in the British Medical Journal this month that says mammograms did more harm than good in the first 10 years of screening, even for women over the age of 50.

The costs associated with diagnostic imaging are increasing faster than the cost of cancer care in the U.S., but the “contribution of imaging to cancer care costs pales in comparison to other key components such as cancer drugs,” according to a study in the latest issue of The Journal of Internal Medicine.

House Republicans announced a broad-reaching bill on Friday that includes a "fix" for the mandated 27.4 percent Medicare physician reimbursement cut that will go into effect on Jan. 1, 2012, unless Congress takes action .