CXR is sometimes deployed by radiologists to assess patients suspected of having coronavirus when CT is not available, but a new study casts serious doubts on that practice. 

The results are preliminary and the study sample is small, but experts believe they warrant clinicians' attention, according to the JAMA Pediatrics analysis. 

Middle-aged and elderly patients had a higher number of lesions on their chest images, along with more severe lung abnormalities, compared to those younger than 18 years old.

The Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organization said its new scandium-47 radioisotope has applications in both PET and SPECT approaches.

Providers at one Italian emergency department started realizing that they could not use age or comorbidity to determine which COVID-19 patients might develop severe pneumonia. 

“The health and safety of ACR members and the patients they serve, as well as that of ACR employees and local hospitality staff, are the primary reason for this transition,” Geraldine McGinty, MD, chair of ACR’s Board of Chancellors, said in a statement.   

The annual conference will run May 16-19 and focus on governance, the college announced Wednesday.

Clinicians using this modern machine can get a more accurate contrast measurement and improve their cancer diagnosis, researchers wrote in the Journal of Nuclear Medicine.