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.

Medicare opts not to make CT radiation-related quality measure mandatory in 2027
The measure evaluates the proportion of scans that exceed certain thresholds for image noise or radiation dose across 18 categories.
Emphysema on baseline lung cancer CT a sign of future mortality risk
“Lung cancer screening shouldn’t just be looking for nodules. That’s a small part of what we see on the CT scan.”
Key trends in nuclear cardiology take center stage at ASNC 2025
Wael Jaber, MD, chair of the 2025 American Society of Nuclear Cardiology annual meeting, shared some key takeaways from the conference. “This is no longer just about imaging for coronary disease," he explained. "Nuclear cardiology now helps guide therapy across a wide range of conditions."
Lantheus misled investors about blockbuster imaging agent, class action lawsuit claims
Plaintiff attorneys claim the Massachusetts-based company shattered the competitive position of Pylarify, a PET imaging agent for prostate cancer.
GE HealthCare to acquire Alzheimer’s imaging AI firm Icometrix
Founded in 2011 and based in Belgium, the AI firm offers the first software for automating brain assessments needed to administer disease therapies from Biogen and Eli Lilly.

Playing fluorescent ‘tag’ to study the biology of memory

Never-before-seen preclinical fluorescence imaging has broken new ground in the understanding of how memories are formed by nerve cells in the brain.

Alzheimer’s partnership to fund new research in the United Kingdom

A partnership between the United Kingdom-based Alzheimer’s Society and the Alzheimer’s Drug Discovery Foundation is engaged to fund up to $1.5 million for Alzheimer’s drug development programs.

Biomedical imaging goes subatomic with advanced electron microscopy

Electron microscopy researchers have been given the Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria (BBVA) Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award for pushing the technology into the picometer range—or one-hundredth the diameter of a hydrogen atom.

SMARTVis improves diagnostics by fusing cardiac CTA and SPECT MPI data

Combining CT angiography (CTA) and SPECT MPI is useful for the evaluation of coronary artery disease (CAD) and shows more diagnostic benefit than just one of the modalities or consecutive use of the two technologies, according to a study published Jan. 1 in the Journal of Nuclear Medicine.

Molecular breast imaging: a review

Breast-specific imaging systems are by far the most sensitive and specific molecular modalities for the visualization of breast tumors, according to a review published Jan. 16 in the Journal of Nuclear Medicine.

Macrocyclics expands PET applications, serotonin-neurotransmission imaging

New copper-64 and gallium-68 chelating platforms are being developed by Macrocyclics, a subsidiary of AREVA Med, the company announced Jan. 10. Four new formulas would expand the company’s PET imaging portfolio.

Sodium fluoride PET/CT points to plaques, predicts heart attack

A PET/CT study followed 40 sufferers of heart attacks and just as many matched controls imaged with conventional coronary angiography and sodium fluoride PET/CT to gauge vulnerable plaques and see potential risk of heart attack.

U.S. Alzheimer’s funding increase signed into law

A $122 million boon for U.S. Alzheimer’s research funding was signed by President Obama on Jan. 16.

Medical Imaging

Medicare opts not to make CT radiation-related quality measure mandatory in 2027

Emphysema on baseline lung cancer CT a sign of future mortality risk

Key trends in nuclear cardiology take center stage at ASNC 2025

Lantheus misled investors about blockbuster imaging agent, class action lawsuit claims

GE HealthCare to acquire Alzheimer’s imaging AI firm Icometrix