History was made in Arizona last week as Steve Ferrara, MD, became the first radiologist congressional candidate to win a contested primary race, according to the American College of Radiology Association’s political action committee (RADPAC).

Researchers have received a $3.8 million grant from the National Institute of Mental Health to use brain imaging and machine learning techniques to examine how suicidal thinking affects the brain.

Paul M. Silverman, MD, is a semi-retired diagnostic radiologist gaining attention for an unexpected reason: his art.

Fifty-seven percent of adults in the United States have received a surprise medical bill for services they thought would be covered by their insurance, according to a new survey from NORC at the University of Chicago. For 35 percent of adults, that surprise bill was for imaging services.

A cardiologist in Salinas, California, was sentenced to three years in prison this week after pleading guilty to claims he sexually assaulted a sedated patient after a cardiac catheterization procedure in 2016, the San Francisco Chronicle has reported.

Swiss-based medical equipment start-up Pristem recently secured more than $14 million to begin producing its digital radiology solution designed to bring technologically advanced medical imaging to low-income countries.

New research from the University of Chicago found that 60 percent of Americans have been surprised to receive a medical bill that they thought would have been covered by insurance. Of these people, more than a third reported surprise charges were related to imaging services.

On Aug. 29, California-based Alliance HealthCare Services announced it had finalized a partnership agreement with Northeast Radiology, an imaging practice with five locations in Connecticut and New York.