A new draft guidance from the FDA aims to clarify the agency’s policies concerning the production of diagnostic x-ray systems. The guidance, “Clarification of Radiation Control Regulations for Manufacturers of Diagnostic X-Ray Equipment,” once finalized, would replace the FDA’s previous guidance on this issue from 1989.

An MRI scan using diffusion tensor imaging of a mouse kidney has won publisher BMC’s "Research in progress" photo competition, which included more than 370 entrants.

Kamil Ugurbil, PhD, director of the Center for Magnetic Resonance Research (CMRR) at the University of Minnesota, will receive the 2019 Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Medal for Innovations in Healthcare Technology “for pioneering the development and leading the advancement of ultra-high-field MRI technology for biomedical and brain research.”

Normal children can be assessed for various neuropsychological risk factors when given a simple test of their ability to identify aromas and simultaneously imaged with functional brain MRI.

EhmetDx, a Plymouth, Michigan-based medial device manufacturer, has received FDA approval for its 3D cone beam CT positioning software.

Patients needing an MRI at the Nair Hospital in Mumbai, India, will have to wait until 2020, as the “overburdened radiology department” only has only one functioning MRI machine, according to a report by the Hindustan Times.

Breast MRI’s performance when screening women at a high-risk for breast cancer after negative digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT) results is similar to its performance after negative 2D digital mammography results, according to new findings published in the American Journal of Roentgenology.

Adherence to the American College of Radiology (ACR) Appropriateness Criteria is low among ordering providers when referring patients to get MRIs for nontraumatic knee pain, according to a study published in the Journal of the American College of Radiology.