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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UFR-guided hydration minimizes contrast-induced complications in CKD patients

Urine flow rate-guided hydration, as opposed to left ventricular end-diastolic pressure-guided hydration, could prevent more complications in CKD patients who are at a high risk for contrast-induced kidney injury.

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RSNA 2019: Abraham Verghese, MD, Connects Specialties

RSNA 2019 attendees wishing to see radiology through the eyes of an astute nonradiologist will find what they’re looking for when Abraham Verghese, MD, takes the mic at the opening session. 

Subtle Medical’s AI-powered MRI software gains FDA clearance

The newest AI-based imaging processing software from Subtle Medical has received FDA clearance.

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RSNA 2019: Valerie P. Jackson, MD, Revisits Patient Care

RSNA President Jackson, a breast specialist whose other appointments include executive director of the American Board of Radiology and Eugene C. Klatte Professor Emeritus at Indiana University School of Medicine, took RBJ’s questions on her upcoming talk and other topics. 

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Yale School of Medicine, tech company collaborate to create portable MRI

The Ivy League institution is now trying out the transportable tool in the neuro intensive care unit of Yale New Haven Hospital.

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Children’s National Hospital using sophisticated MRI to track impact of opioids on infant brains

The District of Columbia-based provider joins several other institutions as part of the NIH’s massive Helping to End Addiction Long-Term Initiative. 

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Take a break? fMRI shows videogaming fatigues brain area associated with attention span

Playing videogames during breaktimes reduces activation in the brain’s supplementary motor area, and the falloff shows up in findings on fMRI and as poorer functional performance in short-term memory tests when people get back to work.

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CDC offers imaging guidance on vaping-related lung injuries

The CDC released interim guidance for clinicians to help with the evaluation and management of e-cigarette or vaping product use-associated lung injury, or EVALI.