The number of students entering nuclear medicine and radiation therapy programs increased in 2012, while enrollment in radiography programs dipped, according to the American Society of Radiologic Technologists (ASRT) Enrollment Snapshot of Radiography, Radiation Therapy and Nuclear Medicine Technology Programs. ASRT reported a mixed employment outlook, with approximately 40 percent of nuclear medicine graduates unemployed after graduation.

Fully automated quantitative review of attenuation-corrected and noncorrected myocardial perfusion SPECT data provided performance at least equivalent to expert analysis for detection of stenosis of 70 percent or greater, according to a study published online Jan. 11 in The Journal of Nuclear Medicine.

Nuclear medicine physicians and radiologists recommended additional imaging in approximately one-third of PET/CT reports, but more than half of these recommendations were unnecessary, according to a study published in the January issue of Clinical Radiology. Ordering clinicians followed recommendations for further imaging in less than one-third of the reports.

A molecular-targeted imaging method has depicted lymph node metastases intraoperatively in mice. In addition to providing real-time, accurate information about lymph node status, this pathology technique could set the stage for shorter operating room time and reduce unnecessary removal of healthy lymph nodes, according to the researchers whose findings will be published Jan. 15 in Cancer Research.

The Brooklyn Nets, an NBA team, have selected Newburgh-based New York Imaging Service as its full-service digital X-ray provider

Imagine owning or operating a business in which your best customers pretty much dictate your prices. In that same business, you face an organized effort to tell you when and how you can practice your trade, and those guidelines are often contrary to what you have been trained to do. Imagine, too, that your business also experiences skyrocketing

In a world of PACS and enterprise imaging, the performance of the enterprise viewer often takes a back seat. For Brad Levin, an imaging veteran of more than two decades, it’s a mystifying mindset since the diagnostic workstation (viewer) is literally the front seat of a radiologist’s day-to-day existence.

Call it a classic case of not wanting to be the last kid on the block to own one.