A new study out of Denmark reveals humans have a definite advantage when a diagnosis requires real-world experience. 

The investigation also used secure messaging, allowing clinicians to receive real-time alerts via their smartphones to notify them of a possible LVO minutes after the completion of a CT. 

More conservative approaches should be considered before direct referral to surgery, experts urged in the journal of Clinical Imaging. 

Researchers from Case Western Reserve University are commissioning a study to determine if a novel MRI technique can predict the effectiveness of chemotherapy in treating breast cancer.

The findings, derived from ACR's National Mammography Database, offer important clues as leaders seek to improve biopsy rates after screenings. 

Cardiologist Martha Gulati, MD, lead author of the 2021 chest pain guidelines, explained how the document may have contributed to the rise of cardiac CT. "These guidelines have made it harder for people to push back and say you don't need this test," she said. 

Backers include societies representing radiologists and nuclear medicine professionals, device manufacturers, patient advocacy groups, and pharmaceutical companies. 

“These results suggest that hospitals need to substantially improve the integration of their online pricing data with frontline staff who interact with patients," investigators wrote in JAMA Internal Medicine.