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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A key benefit, and potential harm, of adding MRI to breast cancer screening programs

Surveillance MRI can help imaging providers detect more breast cancers, according to a new study published in Radiology. However, it also leads to a much higher biopsy rate.

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SWE boosts diagnosis of plantar fasciitis

Nearly one million patients per year in the United States require treatment for plantar fasciitis, according to authors of a new study published in Academic Radiology.

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Deep-learning tool smartly steers patients toward—or away from—breast biopsy

Researchers in Texas and Taiwan have collaborated to develop a deep-learning tool that can precisely asses the risk of breast cancer—and with it the need for biopsy—in patients with lesions of questionable concern found in mammograms.

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State’s first to embrace Medicaid expansion saw gains in colorectal cancer screening

If the non-expansion states had seen the same increases in CRC screening, another 355,184 people would have been screened, according to authors of a recent study published in the American Journal of Preventative Medicine.

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Patients experience more severe side effects with x-ray radiation therapy than proton therapy

Severe side effects are less likely for patients receiving proton therapy than those receiving traditional x-ray radiation therapy, according to research to be presented at the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Annual Meeting in Chicago.

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How bringing in 3D whole breast ultrasound helped this Missouri hospital better serve patients

Sponsored by Hitachi Healthcare Americas

One of the biggest ongoing trends in healthcare in recent years has been the increased focus on educating women about breast density. Dense breast tissue can obscure small masses and lower the sensitivity of mammograms, making it especially vital that women know their options if mammography reveals they have dense breasts.

Results of Dyspnea Study Using Dynamic Digital Radiography to be Presented at ATS 2019

Clinicians from Mount Sinai St. Luke’s in New Yorkwill present the results of a clinical study examining the use of Konica Minolta's new Dynamic Digital Radiography (DDR) technology in the assessment of undifferentiated dyspnea at the 2019 Annual Meeting of the American Thoracic Society (ATS).

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First personal 6-lead ECG cleared for sale in US

AliveCor has been granted FDA clearance for KardiaMobile 6L, the world’s first publicly available six-lead personal electrocardiogram device.