Medical Imaging

Physicians utilize medical imaging to see inside the body to diagnose and treat patients. This includes computed tomography (CT), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), X-ray, ultrasound, fluoroscopy, angiography, and the nuclear imaging modalities of PET and SPECT.

Software glitch prompts FDA recall of popular PET systems
The recall was issued due to the potential for the systems to produce artifacts during PET exams.
Study details 'major shift' in procedural workload burdens
“Understanding how these national patterns manifest within radiology departments is critical for optimizing staffing, credentialing, and quality improvement initiatives,” authors of a new analysis in Academic Radiology contend.
Most urgent head CTs for older adults provide little value
New findings suggest that the majority of older adults (65+) with lower risk head injuries do not have positive findings on CT imaging.
MRI findings reveal how spaceflight changes the brain
New data suggest that spending an extended period of time in a zero-gravity environment causes the brain to become somewhat displaced.
Caught in a lie by 2 states, radiologist now at risk of losing medical license
An interventional rad in California is at risk of having his medical license revoked after the state’s medical board discovered he had previously omitted information about his past.

American College of Radiology (ACR) Chief Executive Officer Dana Smetherman, MD, explains the highlights of the recent BI-RADS Version 2025 release, which is the first update to BI-RADS in about a decade. #ACR #RSNA #BIRADS

ACR outlines key changes in the new BI-RADS guidelines

American College of Radiology Chief Executive Officer Dana Smetherman, MD, explains the highlights of the recent BI-RADS Version 2025 release, the first update in more than a decade.

Haemonetics acquires Irish medtech company focused on vessel closure for up to $215M

The device at the heart of this transaction is the PerQseal Elite system, a fully bioabsorbable patch for percutaneous vessel closure. The technology has already gained key approvals in Europe.

Mirvat Alasnag, MD, FACP, FACC, FSCAI, FSCCT, director of catheterization laboratory and research, King Fahd Armed Forces Hospital, Jeddah-Saudi Arabia, Ditrector of TCT Middle East, and member of Society of Cardiovascular CT (SCCT) Education Committee, explains how the society it translating its educational content into other languages to help a wider international audience of clinicians. SCCT is working to expand its international membership and this is a big part of that strategy.

SCCT expands CCTA education overseas

SCCT has made it a priority to help clinicians from all over the world learn more about CCTA as the modality continues to transform patient care.

PET-CT imaging of 124-I evuzamitide and SPECT-CT imaging of 99mTc-p5+14 showed radiotracer uptake in both AL and ATTR amyloid throughout the myocardium. Emily B. Martin, Anne Kassira, Alan Stuckey, et al. A tale of two tracers - Amyloid imaging with investigational radiotracers iodine (124I) evuzamitide and 99mTc-p5+14 (AT-05). https://www.journalofnuclearcardiology.org/article/S1071-3581(25)00325-3/abstract.

Bayer expands into molecular imaging with cardiac amyloidosis tracer acquisitions

Bayer is acquiring two cardiac amyloidosis radiotracers from Attralus, one for PET and one for SPECT. The SPECT tracer is also a theranostic agent to both image and treat amyloidosis.

Imaging providers must act to preserve higher CT pay, American College of Radiology warns

CMS previously announced it was temporarily reassigning payment codes for coronary CT angiography, resulting in a 104% higher technical fee.

Bayer expands into molecular imaging with 2 acquisitions

The company has reached a deal to purchase two investigational imaging agents from Attralus Inc., a Naples, Florida-based biopharmaceutical firm.

MRI technique reduces low-value surgeries for patients with colorectal cancer

Though effective, surgery for colorectal peritoneal metastases is accompanied by a high risk of major morbidity, making the decision to undergo the procedure complex for many patients.

TAVR, other interventional procedures may provide value for patients with carcinoid heart disease

These patients are typically treated with surgery, but those procedures carry their own risks that clinicians would prefer to avoid.

Medical Imaging

Software glitch prompts FDA recall of popular PET systems

Study details 'major shift' in procedural workload burdens

Most urgent head CTs for older adults provide little value

MRI findings reveal how spaceflight changes the brain

Caught in a lie by 2 states, radiologist now at risk of losing medical license