"There is an urgent need for more effective treatments for mesothelioma," said lead researcher Marco Trovo, MD, chief of the radiation oncology department at University Hospital of Udine in Italy.

Catheter-directed therapy (CDT) is being used to treat pulmonary embolism (PE) more and more by healthcare providers, according to new research published in the Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology.

The handheld ultrasound market has been slow to take off in recent years, but a burst of growth could be on the horizon, according to a new report from Signify Research.

Nearly all radiation oncologists agreed that prior authorization practices delay proper care for their cancer patients, according to a new survey of almost 700 specialists published by the American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO).

Researchers have determined that coronary artery wall thickness, as documented by cardiac MRI scans, is associated with heart disease in women. The team shared its findings in the debut issue of Radiology: Cardiothoracic Imaging.

"Our results suggest that lung cancer screening is substantially underutilized and not reaching high-risk smokers who would benefit the most," wrote Jinhai Huo, MD, PhD, in a new study published in Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention.

FUJIFILM Medical Systems U.S.A., Inc., a leading provider of diagnostic imaging and medical informatics solutions, will present its comprehensive portfolio of pediatric solutions, including digital radiography (DR) and healthcare information technology (IT), at the Society for Pediatric Radiology Annual Meeting (SPR).

The researchers looked at 73 eligible studies consisting of 3,930 malignant and 2,861 benign lesions that evaluated the diagnostic performance of DWI, diffusion-tensor imaging (DTI) and intravoxel incoherent motion (IVIM) in the breast.