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.

PSMA PET imaging’s proliferation produces uptick in aggressive treatment for prostate cancer
First approved by the FDA in 2021, providers have rapidly adopted this clinical innovation, which offers greater accuracy in detecting prostate cancer.
Bill Gates-backed company breaks ground on 'world's most advanced' isotope production facility
Leaders involved in the new facility’s development estimate it will increase global Ac-225 production capacity twentyfold.
Radiologists speak out against whole-body MRI screening in prominent editorial
Matthew S. Davenport, MD, MBA, and Scott B. Reeder, MD, PhD, made their plea to patients and providers in an opinion piece published May 6 in JAMA.
New Mexico company sets sights on bolstering the domestic supply of Mo-99
Eden Radioisotopes believes the facility will have the capacity to produce up to 50% of the global demand for Mo-99 once completed.
Certain strokes likely caused by artery widening, not blockages, new MRI data show
Imaging findings could explain why treatments involving aspirin and other antiplatelet drugs are not effective in some stroke patients.

Smart glasses take the neck pain out of fluoroscopic image-guided surgery

Doctors with Murayama Medical Center in Tokyo unveiled their device, which attaches to a normal pair of glasses, in the Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine.

Distinguished Philadelphia radiologist and ultrasound expert Harvey Nisenbaum dies

His contributions to the specialty were numerous over the past 40-plus years, serving on 140 committees as a member of 15 different professional societies.

4 ways radiology residents' outsized role during the pandemic reinforces the specialty's value to patient care

Providers from New York Presbyterian Hospital shared some of their first-hand experiences in Clinical Imaging.

Radiology leader Johns Hopkins notches $13.5M grant to develop implantable ultrasound imaging devices

Funding comes by way of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency and will be used to create high-resolution US tech to monitor traumatic spinal cord injuries.

Brain MR imaging linked to better outcomes for patients with acute ischemic stroke

Brain MRI scans do lead to increased costs, the authors noted, but the clinical benefits are significant.

Functional MRI use in Medicare has stagnated after years of growth. What’s holding it back?

A team of experts from Emory University and the Harvey L. Neiman Health Policy Institute analyzed a decade's worth of Medicare data to answer this question.

Man vs. Machine artificial intelligence AI

Man vs. Machine: AI matches third-year radiology residents at reading chest x-rays in large study

IBM and others designed an algorithm that can match or even surpass fledgling physicians at reading the most common imaging exam in the ED.

Targeted US adds diagnostic insight for suspicious lesions found on contrast-enhanced mammography

The ultrasound-guided approach may also be used in biopsy planning when MRI is not available, experts wrote in AJR.

Medical Imaging

PSMA PET imaging’s proliferation produces uptick in aggressive treatment for prostate cancer

Bill Gates-backed company breaks ground on 'world's most advanced' isotope production facility

Radiologists speak out against whole-body MRI screening in prominent editorial

New Mexico company sets sights on bolstering the domestic supply of Mo-99

Certain strokes likely caused by artery widening, not blockages, new MRI data show