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. 

SPECT smokes out cigarette-related changes in the lung leading to COPD

Ventilation and perfusion (V/Q) SPECT could one day be used to track the early warning signs of cigarette smoke-induced chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) by documenting telltale airflow dysfunction.

FDG PET/CT upstages radiography in unmasking multiple myeloma

Although the outlook for patients with multiple myeloma, a cancer that attacks blood plasma and bone marrow, is typically dismal, F-18 FDG PET/CT has emerged as a strategy that could provide earlier diagnosis as well as more accurate treatment monitoring and patient prognosis, according to a review in the April issue of the American Journal of Roentgenology.

Research shows unique dementia profile for those with TBI history

Dementia in people with a history of traumatic brain injury (TBI) may be a clinical phenotype distinct from other known dementia subtypes, according to a study published in the April issue of NeuroRehabilitation.

Cardiac, stroke risk assessments trump dementia scoring as cognitive decline predictors

An evaluation of cardiovascular and stroke risk was found to be a more promising predictor of potential cognitive decline than an assessment used to predict development of dementia, according to a study in the April issue of Neurology.

SPECT/CT signals diabetic bone disease

Hybrid molecular imaging can lead to diagnosis of osteomyelitis in diabetic patients via bedside bone puncture without the need for surgical or image-guided biopsy, according to a study published online in Diabetes Care in March.

5 Key Questions to Ask a Prospective Billing Service

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Of all the outsourcing decisions that radiology practices must make, none might take as long as deciding whether to outsource medical billing and coding. This is due, in part, to the fact that billing is the company’s cash register, so to speak, and is therefore more likely to be scrutinized —even agonized over—than are other services.

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CMS proposes to cover PET for most cancers, prostate excluded

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released a proposed decision memo that outlined its suggestion to cover PET imaging for most solid tumors. CMS noted that PET monitoring of Medicare beneficiaries with prostate cancer is not reasonable and necessary.