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.

Radiologists see potential to reduce GBCA administration with new synthetic MRI technique

Even though synthetic samples may not be perfect copies of original images, experts say they can act as a useful substitute for gadolinium-enhanced exams.

AI predicts cancer risk from lung screening CTs, clinical data without radiologist assistance

Imaging specialists remain irreplaceable, the experts maintained, particularly when looking for clinically significant findings.

Delayed-phase contrast-CT scans can help detect early pancreatic cancers, study shows

Given pancreatic cancer is aggressive and challenging to treat, early detection is key to a positive prognosis, researchers explained.

Radiologists are capable of differentiating COVID-19 from other lookalikes on chest CT

Researchers believe this is one of the first studies to gauge rads’ performance at determining patients’ stage of COVID pneumonia

‘Wake-up call’: Providers log substantially fewer breast biopsies with cancer diagnoses

The declines were more pronounced among Asian, Hispanic and Black women, imaging experts wrote in Radiology.

Patient dies after oxygen tank is sucked into MRI machine

Police are investigating why the cylinder was brought into the imaging suite but believe the built-in air supply system may have been malfunctioning.

NorthStar breaks ground on isotope facility, moves toward doubling domestic Mo-99 supply

President and CEO Stephen Merrick said the company is "well on its way" to having dual production and processing pathways for the valuable medical imaging radioisotope.

With domestic violence injuries increasing, radiologists must watch for these patterns

Imaging experts analyzed 11 years' worth of data to help providers proactively identify fractures that may require further scrutiny.

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