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.

FDA issues recall on Philips spectral CT systems
A software issue could lead to the affected devices inadvertently moving, potentially making unintentional contact with patients or other equipment, according to the FDA.
Entire department of interventional radiologists resigns over failed negotiations
The negotiations pertain to disagreements on compensation and concerns over outdated equipment used during IR procedures.
AI turns low-quality MRI scans into helpful heart images
A team of biomedical engineers, radiologists and cardiologists has developed a new AI model capable of restoring low-quality cardiac MRI scans.
New AI-enabled, helium-free MRI system earns FDA clearance
The scanner requires just 0.7 liters of liquid helium for cooling—a fraction of the more than 1,500 liters standard systems need to operate safely.
How the shape, size and location of calcified carotid plaques affect stroke risk
A new analysis provides further insight into factors affecting plaque stability and subsequent ischemic events

Radiopharmaceutical manufacturer Curium files approvals for PET imaging agent

The St. Louis-based firm submitted a stand-alone Drug Master File with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, along with an Active Substance Master File with the European Medicines Agency, for its germanium-68 agent.

Law change would require health insurers to cover breast MRI, ultrasound for high-risk patients

Advocates recently urged lawmakers to approve the legislation, aimed at improving detection of tumors that mammography may have missed.

Repeated negative thinking associated with amyloid and tau deposition, increased dementia risk

Engaging in such thought patterns over a long period of time could raise an individual's chance of developing the brain disease, according to a new study.

Man dies after CT scan report showing cancer goes unread for more than a year

A number of IT systems failures and a radiology report below the standard of care contributed to the man’s passing.

COVID-19 hinders imaging departments from understanding, treating related neurological symptoms

Some hospitals have even shied away from ordering brain MRIs for suspected stroke patients with the novel virus either because they are too sick to physically move into a machine or for fear of contamination.

Ultrashort echo time MRI ‘valuable’ for assessing pulmonary diseases in COVID-19 patients

The approach was on-par with CT scan quality at detecting some of the most common findings associated with the disease, including lesions and ground-glass opacities, experts wrote in the Journal of MRI.

Lung ultrasound ‘substantially’ influences treatment for pregnant women with COVID-19

Treatment for COVID‐19 was either started or changed in 87.5% of the patients based on LUS findings, doctors reported in the Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine.

PET/CT helps track response, progression in patients with difficult-to-treat prostate cancer

The new study included more than 120 men with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer, and was presented during the American Society of Clinical Oncology 2020 virtual meeting.

Medical Imaging

FDA issues recall on Philips spectral CT systems

Entire department of interventional radiologists resigns over failed negotiations

AI turns low-quality MRI scans into helpful heart images

New AI-enabled, helium-free MRI system earns FDA clearance

How the shape, size and location of calcified carotid plaques affect stroke risk