The impact of these patterns is substantial and may have negative consequences for patients and the healthcare system, experts wrote in JAMA Network Open. 

CT surveillance is the standard of care for postoperatively monitoring testicular cancer, but when patients must undergo scans every few months after surgery, accumulative radiation exposure becomes a concern.

Research published recently in BMC Pulmonary Medicine examined associations between findings on low dose computed tomography screenings and other conditions, such as cardiovascular, respiratory and oncologic diseases.  

Such reports sometimes unearth widespread variability in in the quality of outside imaging exams, a significant amount of which result in treatment changes.

CTPA is the standard of care for diagnosing PE, but suboptimal scans make it difficult to reach a diagnosis. A new Clinical Imaging study tests the effectiveness of AI when image quality is lacking.

Up to 30% of individuals with "long COVID" continue to suffer from lingering coughs and dyspnea months after recovering from the infection, despite having milder cases.

A new prospective study from the University of Iowa compared expiratory chest CT from post-COVID patients and a healthy control group, unearthing stark differences.

A watchdog is urging providers to apologize to the now-deceased patient's family and correct weaknesses in image-ordering processes.