Patients prefer to receive imaging results as soon as possible, according to new research published in Radiology. They also want that information to come from their physician and over the telephone, not through a patient portal. 

In an increasingly technology-driven world, more hospitals are introducing patient portal systems. But when it comes to delivering imaging results to patients, instant access isn’t always best, wrote authors of a new study published in Radiology.

Richard Stayskal, a Green Beret from North Carolina and Purple Heart recipient, sued the federal government for $10 million after a CT scan was misread, or perhaps not read at all—resulting in him developing stage four terminal lung cancer, according to reporting from WJZY-TV in Tampa.

Harvard researchers have developed a “cellular atlas” of the brain using a novel fluorescence imaging technique known as multiplexed error-robust fluorescence in-situ hybridization, or MERFISH, the Harvard Gazette reported early this month.

Canon Medical Systems USA announced a collaboration with Applied Radiology to support two international expert-led symposiums that will discuss innovation within high resolution imaging and imaging techniques for liver assessment at the 2018 Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) annual meeting.

The Food and Drug Administration has cleared Siemens Healthineers’ Cios Spin, a mobile C-arm that enables surgeons to perform intraoperative corrections based on 3D images, Siemens announced this week.

Radiology groups across the globe will celebrate the achievements of the profession and lives saved by medical imaging Thursday, Nov. 8, during the 2018 International Day of Radiology.

The Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (SNMMI) announced a “significant shortage” of molybdenum-99 (Mo-99) during the first half of November due to operations issues at various facilities.