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. 

MRI shows structural, functional brain abnormalities in Lyme disease long-haulers

Compared to a group of patients who had not been previously diagnosed with Lyme disease, those who had been infected displayed unusual activity in the frontal lobe of the brain on functional MRI scans.

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More than 6,000 mammograms reviewed after radiology group misses dozens of cancers

Cancer was identified in an additional 25 women, all of whom required either surgery, chemotherapy, radiation or a mastectomy. 

Ricardo Cury, MD, MBA, MSCCT, chairman of radiology, direct of cardiac imaging, Baptist Health South Florida and Miami Cardiac and Vascular Institute, discusses the new CAD-RADS 2.0 cardiac imaging reporting criteria at the 2022 SCCT meeting. Interview with Radiology Business Editor Dave Fornell.

VIDEO: What is new with CAD-RADS 2.0 cardiac imaging reporting?

Ricardo Cury, MD, chairman of radiology and director of cardiac imaging, Baptist Health South Florida and Miami Cardiac and Vascular Institute, discusses the new CAD-RADS 2.0 cardiac imaging reporting criteria.

Prenatal ultrasound pioneer passes away

A trailblazing radiologist who was drawn to the specialty partly because she struggled to comprehend written words but excelled at unpuzzling visual patterns has died at 73. 

Structural brain abnormalities linked to functional seizures

Using MRI imaging, the experts found that patients who experienced functional seizures had thinning in the superior temporal cortex and thickening of the left occipital cortex.

FDA greenlights AI-powered MR software that could give radiotherapy planning a boost

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration granted Philips 510(k) clearance for its AI-powered MRI platform tailored to the treatment of head and neck cancers. 

$75M malpractice verdict splits fault between ER doctor, radiologist

A jury in Georgia has pinned 60% of the blame for a stroke patient’s permanent whole-body paralysis on an ER physician and 40% on a radiologist—while clearing all other clinicians who had a hand in the catastrophic episode of care.

Helium shortage prompts new sense of urgency in the medical imaging community

In recent years the world’s supply of helium has raised heightened concerns, and some suppliers recently started to ration the nonrenewable element.