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. 

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Cutting $5M in potential costs by restricting chest x-ray use in the ICU

Scientists with New York Health and Hospitals formed a multi-disciplinary team that was able to tackle excessive imaging at one of the hospital system’s locations

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The top screening approach for childhood breast cancer survivors treated with radiation

Boston Children’s Hospital clinicians sought the answer, testing screening simulation models with data from 29 years' worth of cancer outcomes.

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USPSTF expands CT lung cancer screening guidelines to include more high-risk individuals

The American College of Radiology came out in strong support of the changes, saying the broadened scope could save up to 60,000 lives annually.

New tau PET tracer a powerful diagnostic tool for rare, fatal brain disease

18F-PI-2620 revealed the "first evidence" that the radiopharmaceutical could help reliably detect progressive supranuclear palsy, experts said in JAMA Neurology.

‘Time has come’ to utilize low-dose radiation in fight against COVID-19

The treatment would shorten the course of the disease and cut the number of intensive care patients by one-third, researchers wrote in a letter to the editor published recently.

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Philips rolling out COVID ‘imaging cabins’ for safer x-ray and CT delivery during pandemic

The announcement is the latest in a string of outside-the-box ideas radiology providers are testing to help maintain business until the crisis dissipates. 

‘Doomsday predictions’ about AI replacing radiologists are unrealistic, dangerous

People have been anticipating the demise of radiologists for years, speculating that AI will soon be interpreting imaging results with the precision of a seasoned veteran.

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3D ultrasound accurately measures blood flow: ‘Matter of time before it reaches the clinic’

Michigan Medicine researchers validated the method across seven labs using a number of different testing conditions, reporting their findings in Radiology.