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.

Radiologists urge Cigna to rescind coverage restriction for key imaging procedure
The Connecticut-based payer is labeling peripheral nerve stimulation, used to treat chronic pain, as medically unnecessary, with the Society of Interventional Radiology and others questioning the rationale.
FDA fast tracks SPECT imaging agent targeted toward interstitial lung disease
Experts believe the imaging agent "has the potential to meaningfully advance early diagnosis, change the treatment paradigm and improve patient outcomes."
Imaging industry group concerned about paltry insurance payment rates
Chairman Rich Fabian says AdvaMed Imaging is concerned about low Medicare pay rates and onerous rules created by private insurers.
PHOTO GALLERY: What does acute COVID-19 and long COVID look like on medical imaging?
This image gallery shows what the various clinical presentations associated with the COVID-19 and long COVID that have been documented during and after coronavirus pandemic.
$iad Ali, MD, DPhil, director of the DeMatteis Cardiovascular Institute and director investigational interventional cardiology, St. Francis Hospital and Heart Center, explains how coronary computed tomography angiography (CCTA) offers a shift in cardiac care and interventional cardiology because of the information it offers on plaque burden and ischemia based on fractional flow reserve CT (FFR-CT). #TCT #YesCCT$
CCTA becoming an essential tool for interventional cardiologists
Ziad Ali, MD, explains how coronary computed tomography angiography is creating a major shift in cardiac care.

World's first 3T MRI dedicated to neonatal imaging earns FDA clearance

The MR system was designed with smaller spaces in mind, enabling installation in or very near NICUs.

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Momentum builds as several states propose supplemental breast imaging legislation in 2026

Hawaii is the latest to introduce legislation aimed at closing coverage gaps, following similar action from Alabama, Arizona, California, Rhode Island and South Carolina.

FDA clears algorithm that detects and quantifies incidental lung nodules

FDA clears algorithm that spots and quantifies incidental lung nodules

The platform provides radiologists with a Malignancy Similarity Index score, used to help determine the likelihood that an incidental nodule is malignant.

Photon-counting CT scans best conventional CTs for lung cancer follow-up

Photon-counting CT offers numerous benefits in lung cancer imaging

Compared to conventional contrast-enhanced chest computed tomography, photon-counting CT exams can reduce patients' effective radiation dose by more than 66%.

Men developed CVD earlier than women, according to 35-year CARDIA study

Promoting preventive care among young adult men during critical periods of their life may be the key to reducing rates of cardiovascular disease.

GE HealthCare nabs 2 notable clearances from FDA

One regulatory approval targets whole-body PET imaging analysis, while the other was designed to improve interventional workflows.

AI-supported mammography more effective than standard screening, new large-scale study contends

The findings come from Sweden's Mammography Screening with Artificial Intelligence, or MASAI, a randomized clinical trial incorporating over 105,000 women.

FDA clears Siemens Healthineers' Biograph One PET/MR system

FDA clears new PET/MRI combo system from Siemens Healthineers

The Biograph One is the company's second-generation PET/MRI combo scanner—its first in 14 years.

Medical Imaging

Radiologists urge Cigna to rescind coverage restriction for key imaging procedure

FDA fast tracks SPECT imaging agent targeted toward interstitial lung disease

Imaging industry group concerned about paltry insurance payment rates

PHOTO GALLERY: What does acute COVID-19 and long COVID look like on medical imaging?

CCTA becoming an essential tool for interventional cardiologists