When imaging pediatric patients, dual-energy head CT decreased radiation dosage, reduced artifacts and maintained a high-quality image compared to conventional head CT protocols, reported authors of a Feb. 7 study published in Clinical Imaging.

PET imaging with 18F-fluorofuranylnorprogesterone (18F-FFNP) could help specialists treat patients with estrogen-receptor (ER)-positive breast cancer, according to a new study published in The Journal of Nuclear Medicine.

Leadership at St. Mary Medical Center is threatening to eliminate contracts the hospital has with certain physician groups, including its radiology department, as a result of a long-brewing feud between physicians and administrators at the Long Beach, Florida institution, according to letters obtained by the Long Beach Post.

Point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) is so user-friendly that middle-school students can perform scans of acceptable clinical quality and then pass along their skills to classmates.

Medical imaging is in a big battle with big data. There’s too much data in too many locations, and most often they are not well managed. Data are clearly imaging’s most abundant yet most underutilized strategic asset. 

Using an advanced PET imaging technique with a carbon-11-based radiotracer, researchers from Johns Hopkins Medicine in Baltimore found as association with post-treatment Lyme disease syndrome (PTLDS) and widespread brain inflammation. 

Pediatric imaging centers switching from standard head CT protocols to dual-energy CT can expect such improvements as fewer artifacts, lower radiation doses, equivalent or slightly improved image noise and no significant difference in signal-to-noise ratio.

The authors of a recent Academic Radiology study surveyed 51 interventional and diagnostic radiology program directors across the country to get a better idea of how programs are recruiting medical students.