Using CBIRS decreased interpretation times despite the radiologists who utilized them having to review the additional information the system provided.

“CMS couldn’t have picked a worse time to cut Medicare payments to physicians,” said RBMA Executive Director Bob Still.

The software will be used for the triage and notification of intracranial hemorrhage (ICH), pulmonary embolism (PE) and c-spine fractures identified on CT imaging.

A medical imaging OEM has been cleared to market MRI image reconstruction software that, according to the company, sacrifices nothing in image quality despite allowing patients to be scanned up to three times faster than conventional methods. 

Cigarette smoke inhibits pulmonary perfusion while nicotine-delivering vapors from e-cigarettes do the opposite, actually increasing blood flow in the lungs. 

In a recent trial, medical students who were trained for two hours or less in an ultrasound “volume sweep” imaging (VSI) protocol obtained diagnostic-quality imaging of palpable breast lesions.

CMS has released its highly anticipated tentative rule for governing the 2023 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS). In turn, the American College of Radiology has posted a first-look summary focused on the schedule’s implications for medical imaging.  

GE previously indicated that the iodinated contrast shortage would resolve by the end of June.