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.

Helium prices spike as war rages on—should MRI providers be worried?
The ramifications of the conflict in the Middle East may soon extend beyond the gas pump and into the healthcare sector, experts are cautioning.
Department of energy partners to bolster domestic radioisotope supply
Gadolinium-153, or Gd-153, is routinely used to calibrate nuclear imaging equipment. It has been in short supply since 2023 when global distribution of the radioisotope came to a halt.
Cardiologists use endovascular device for brain aneurysms to treat high-risk heart patients
A multidisciplinary research team has found a new use for a reliable medical device. Multiple heart patients have already benefited for the group’s outside-the-box thinking.
$Radiologist Michael Morris, MD, radiologist and director of cardiac CT and MRI at Banner Health, explains how cardiac radiology imaging is moving toward expanded use of fractional flow reserve CT (FFR-CT) and artificial intelligence analysis of coronary CT angiography (CCTA) exams as a standard of care. He spoke to Radiology Business during RSNA 2025.$
Radiology embraces FFR-CT and AI plaque analysis as cardiac imaging evolves
The specialty is moving toward expanded use of fractional flow reserve CT and AI analysis of coronary CT angiography exams as a standard of care.
FDA clears portable photon-counting CT scanner
The system is designed for point-of-care settings such as outpatient offices, sports medicine practices and urgent care clinics.

AI assists rookie ED physicians with chest X-ray interpretations when radiologists are unavailable

In many instances, the assistive technology helped less-experienced providers change their image impressions and treatment decisions, experts explained.

Radiology department utilizes Facebook algorithm to anticipate future CT, MRI volumes

The free tool just slightly overshot MRI volumes during the height of the pandemic, greatly outperforming manual estimates.

HeartVista's one-click MRI software receives FDA clearance

AI-assisted scans are six times faster than standard CMRIs and require fewer breath-holds, company representatives said Wednesday.

X-ray markers may skew AI's ability to interpret extremity radiographs

"Radiologists developing convolutional neural networks should recognize and preemptively address this pitfall," experts explained in AJR.

Noncontrast CT a cost-friendly alternative to select late-stroke patients for thrombectomy

Using CT resulted in similar clinical and safety outcomes compared to advanced imaging, such as MRI and CT perfusion.

Monthly MRIs inform early treatment for patients with metastatic melanoma

Treatment plans changed for 45% of patients with metastatic melanoma after one of their follow-up scans, a new study showed.

Can technologists’ alerts help radiologists detect breast cancer on mammograms?

"By looking at the mammograms from the perspective of the radiologist, the technologist is more likely to obtain an additional image to avoid an unnecessary recall," experts explained this week.

Study unearths significant disparities in use of prostate MRI after an elevated PSA blood test

Black and Asian patients are 24% less likely to undergo imaging after a prostate-specific antigen screening test indicated one may be necessary.

Medical Imaging

Helium prices spike as war rages on—should MRI providers be worried?

Department of energy partners to bolster domestic radioisotope supply

Cardiologists use endovascular device for brain aneurysms to treat high-risk heart patients

Radiology embraces FFR-CT and AI plaque analysis as cardiac imaging evolves

FDA clears portable photon-counting CT scanner