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. 

Breakthrough method may improve cost, efficiency of radioisotope production

The approach uses a linear electron accelerator and naturally-occurring molybdenum-100, eliminating the need for a nuclear reactor or enriched uranium.

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Breast MRI in cancer survivors results in more unneeded biopsies

Adding MRI to mammography screening for breast cancer detects more cancers, but results in more unnecessary biopsies, according to a June 4 study published in Radiology.

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Volpara Health Technologies to acquire MRS Systems

Volpara Health Technologies, the parent company of Volpara Solutions, has signed an agreement to acquire Seattle-based MRS Systems, Inc.

Carestream Signs Multi-Year Contracts Worth More Than $25 Million for Regional Radiology and IT Implementations in Italy

Carestream recently signed three multi-year contracts for  more than $25 million to implement its Vue Clinical Collaboration Platform (see video link) and digital radiography solutions for healthcare facilities in the Emilia Romagna, Liguria and Molise regions of Italy.

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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.