Although Variant 3 of the American College of Radiology (ACR) Appropriateness Criteria recommends performing non-contrast head CT (NCCT) on patients with sudden severe headache who do not present other high-risk features, researchers from Johns Hopkins Medical Center in Baltimore, Maryland found that performing emergency department (ED) NCCT scans on these patents has little value.

Kheiron Medical, an artificial intelligence (AI) medical imaging startup based in London, is the latest company to announce its research efforts in using AI to identify signs of breast cancer from mammograms and help alleviate the U.K.’s current radiologist shortage, according to a recent article by the Financial Times.

The Society of Breast Imaging (SBI) addressed the importance of diversity in breast imaging in a recent statement published online Jan. 9, stating that breast cancer does not affect all ethnic and socioeconomic populations equally.

The Society of Breast Imaging (SBI) has issued a new policy statement on diversity and inclusion, emphasizing the belief that “all people for whom breast cancer screening is appropriate should receive the opportunity to undergo screening.”

MRI of the spinal cord may be an effective way to inform early treatment of spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) and monitor the disease, according to a case report published in the January-February issue of Clinical Imaging.

Incorporating the golden-angle radial sparse parallel (GRASP) technique into dynamic contrast agent-enhanced (DCE) MRI improves the performance of prostate MRI, according to a Jan. 1 study published in Radiology.

“As we rapidly approach the beginning of the mandatory consultation of appropriate use criteria (AUC) under the Protecting Access to Medicare Act (PAMA), these resources are becoming even more important to the practice of medicine," said Frank J. Rybicki, MD, PhD, chair of the American College of Radiology (ACR) Committee on Appropriateness Criteria.

When staging preoperative thyroid cancer, ultra-low-dose CT with reduced contrast can produce adequate image quality while also significantly reducing radiation dose compared to standard methods, reported authors of a Dec. 17 study in the American Journal of Roentgenology.