Researchers have established normal ranges of bone density in a part of the lumbar spine that is routinely imaged incidentally. Their primary aim is to equip radiologists with data that can be referred to when reading chest and abdominal CTs so the reader can opportunistically cross-screen for osteoporosis and check for compression fractures.

Fujifilm will be premiering its innovative solutions for medical image generation, management, storage, and analysis, during the Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons 2019 Annual Meeting (SAGES 2019) from April 3-6, 2019 at the Baltimore Convention Center in Baltimore, Maryland. 

Artificial intelligence (AI) can assess thoracic disease findings in chest x-rays with higher accuracy than radiologists, according to research published in JAMA Network Open. The same algorithm can also improve reader performance when utilized as a second reader.  

Clinical decision support (CDS) tools help trainee physicians in the emergency department order advanced imaging more appropriately. Then again, experienced physicians using the tools hit about the same appropriateness scores as the interns, residents and fellows.

The FDA announced Wednesday, March 27, that it is taking action to “modernize” breast cancer screening in the United States by amending the Mammography Quality Standards Act of 1992 with a new proposed rule.

BE'ER SHEVA, Israel — Genoa, Italy — DiA Imaging Analysis, a leading provider of artificial intelligence (AI)-powered ultrasound analysis tools, announced today that it has partnered with the Italian healthcare IT company Ebit (Esaote Group), to offer DiA’s LVivo Cardiac Toolbox as an integrated part of Ebit's SUITESTENSA CVIS (Cardiovascular Information System) PACS.

BrightWater Medical, a medical device company based in Temecula, California, announced that its new stent system for treating biliary obstructions has gained FDA approval.

Four years ago the U.K.’s Royal College of Radiologists released its evidence-based “iRefer” guidelines to help referring physicians in Ireland order the right imaging at the right time for the right indication. Now researchers on the Emerald Isle have compared the appropriateness of imaging ordered before and after the release, with an eye on economic costs as well as radiation doses.