Both resident and faculty respondents to a survey in Current Problems in Diagnostic Radiology agreed that procedural training should be standardized during radiology residency and competence should be ensured at completion.

Researchers from the University of California, San Fransisco (UCSF) have demonstrated that gallium 68–labeled prostate-specific membrane antigen–11 PET/MRI may detect higher rates of prostate than multiparametric MRI, according to a study published online Sept. 18 in Radiology.

Mudgee Radiology, an Australian radiology practice, is offering to scan strawberries after needles were found in a handful, leading to a national fruit contamination scare.

Researchers compared image quality; visibility of anatomic landmarks; tubes and lines and other significant findings on portable chest radiographs acquired with wireless direct radiography (DRw) and computed radiography (CR).

Researchers have simulated how more than 20 different breast tissue ratios respond to heat emitted from MRIs at higher field strengths than those currently in hospitals, according to findings in Magnetic Resonance in Medicine.

Robert Horsley, MD, and colleagues found that almost half of women have never heard of the term “baseline mammogram," and two-thirds thought a baseline mammogram was insignificant in decreasing false positive rates and costs, according to research published Sept. 12 in the Journal of the American College of Radiology.

In patients with diagnosed Alzheimer’s disease (AD), [18F] flortaucipir PET imaging proved accurate in distinguishing AD from other neurodegenerative diseases, according to a multicenter study published in JAMA.

Abbreviated MRI—a new breast imaging modality at University of Kansas Health System—makes screening quicker and less painful, according to a report by local NBC affiliate KSHB-TV.