The Society of Breast Imaging (SBI) has issued a new policy statement on diversity and inclusion, emphasizing the belief that “all people for whom breast cancer screening is appropriate should receive the opportunity to undergo screening.”

Seventy-seven percent of imaging professionals said machine learning is important, according to a recent report by Reaction Data. The findings signal an increase in use and understanding of machine learning among imaging professionals in the healthcare industry.

Fluoroscopy-guided lumbar spine injections expose patients to less radiation than CT-guided procedures, but results in higher exposure for physicians, reported authors of a Jan. 8 study published in Radiology.

When a patient in Delaware County, Pennsylvania used her insurance provider’s online pricing tool to obtain the price of a breast MRI, she thought it would at least be close. It wasn’t.

Although many insurance providers have invested in price calculators for patients to determine out-of-pocket costs, one Philadelphia woman discovered they may severely underestimate actual prices for services, according to a recent report by The Philadelphia Inquirer.

Researchers from the Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) in Boston designed a deep-learning algorithm that provides the reasoning behind its decisions, which could help solve transparency issues associated with AI, according to a report by Health Imaging.

The Society for Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance (SCMR) announced the lineup for its upcoming 22nd Annual Scientific Sessions, which has a theme of “Global CMR: Innovation and Clinical Outcomes.”

The Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography (SCCT) has issued an updated guidance for the use of CT in transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) and transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) procedures. The full document can be read in the Journal of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography.