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Faster exam time gives CTA a leg up on MRA for peripheral vascular disease

MIAMI BEACH, FL - CT angiography (CTA) is preferable to MR angiography (MRA) for diagnosing patients with suspected peripheral vascular abnormalities, according to a presentation Tuesday at the International Symposium on Endovascular Therapy (ISET) meeting.

January 18, 2005

US blood-flow data for women need adjustment to avoid needless stroke prevention therapy

MIAMI BEACH, FL - Doctors should be a bit less aggressive when ordering invasive, antistroke procedures for woman, according to a presentation Sunday at the International Symposium on Endovascular Therapy (ISET) meeting. Researchers from Ohio pointed out that the criteria for performing carotid artery stenting or endarterectomy should be gender-based.

January 16, 2005

Lung cancer screening spots lesions early, gives patients additional longevity

CT-based lung cancer screening can find the disease early enough to improve survival rates, especially in those patients who elect to have immediate surgery, according to the latest results from the International Early Lung Cancer Action Project (I-ELCAP).

December 5, 2004

Obesity gets in the way of good images

CHICAGO - The obesity epidemic that continues to impact the U.S. can be felt in the radiology suite where the number of patients who can't be imaged because they are too large correlates with the overall bulging of Americans, according to research from Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. Dr. Raul Uppot presented the findings at the RSNA meeting on Wednesday.

December 1, 2004

Carotid stenting safe, comparable to open surgery

CHICAGO - A single-center review of cases of carotid artery stenting to prevent stokes appears to show that the procedure can be performed safely and with similar success as surgical carotid endarterectomy, researchers reported Wednesday at the RSNA meeting.

November 30, 2004

Nuclear Medicine

Nuclear medicine agents can set off radiation detectors

CHICAGO - Doctors who treat or diagnose patients with radioactive biological agents should warn patients that they can set off highly sensitive handheld radiation security detectors, according to a presentation at the RSNA meeting on Tuesday.

November 29, 2004

MDCT solves 400-year-old mystery

CHICAGO - Multidetector computed tomography (MDCT) can confirm that several early colonists on St. Croix Island suffered from scurvy and probably died from the disease during the terrible winter of 1604, according to researchers at the RSNA meeting on Monday.

November 28, 2004

CT-guided pre-radiation capecitabine leads to high response rate

Chemotherapy prior to radiation shrank tumors sufficiently to allow doctors to perform curative surgery as well as sphincter-sparing procedures, according to a presentation at the 2004 Gastrointestinal Cancers Symposium in San Francisco.

February 24, 2004

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ISET talks offer innovative ways to survey aortic aneurysm repair

MIAMI BEACH, FL - CT scans following endovascular repair of the aorta could be a thing of the past if tiny sensors currently in development prove successful, according to a presentation at the International Symposium on Endovascular Therapy (ISET) this week.

January 29, 2004

Radiation Oncology/Therapy

Brachytherapy appears safe, effective in esophageal cancer

Esophageal cancer patients who are deemed poor surgical candidates may benefit from endoscopically guided brachytherapy, as administered by a team of radiation oncologists and gastroenterologists, according to a Canadian study.

January 26, 2004

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AI predicts death risk from COPD

An AI model for analyzing chest x-rays can identify individuals at risk of death from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)

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Revealed: The cause of CT safety incident in Belgium

By Edna Astbury-Ward, PhD

A single bottle of contaminated contrast agent was the cause of eight patients' illness after undergoing CT in Belgium.

September 4, 2025

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Agentic AI as the new infrastructure for interoperability

By Rishi Nayyar

Agentic AI can improve interoperability in imaging, according to a column by PocketHealth Co-founder and CEO Rishi Nayyar.

September 3, 2025

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AI interpretation leads to high NPV, recall rates in breast imaging

By Amerigo Allegretto

In a new study, an AI system reached near-perfect negative predictive value (NPV) in breast imaging but almost doubled the recall rate.

September 3, 2025

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How does practice consolidation affect radiology services pricing?

By Kate Madden Yee

Hospital and private equity-affiliated radiology practices charge more for radiologic services compared with independent practices.

September 3, 2025

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Coming soon? 'Regenerative imaging'

A CRISPR/Cas9 gene imaging system advances the field of regenerative imaging for stem cell tracking in stroke.

September 2, 2025

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Combination of osmotically active agents improve drug delivery to brain

MRI and PET showed that a combination of osmotically active agents safely increased blood-brain barrier permeability in mice.

September 2, 2025

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Follow-up analysis shows ELCAP's continued efficacy for CVD prediction

By Kate Madden Yee

Follow-up analysis of the ELCAP-CAC scoring system has shown it to be effective for predicting death from cardiovascular disease (CVD).

September 2, 2025

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Node-RADS evaluates breast cancers on MRI exams

By Amerigo Allegretto

Node-RADS showed promising results for evaluating invasive ductal and lobular breast cancers.

September 2, 2025

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UnitedHealthcare alleges billing fraud in new RP lawsuit

Pass-through billing has come up again in a new lawsuit alleging RP funneled in-network claims through a "sham out-of-network entity."

August 29, 2025

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PET/MR enterography shows promise in Crohn’s disease

F-18 FDG-PET/MRE appears valuable not only for diagnosing small bowel Crohn’s disease but also for monitoring treatment responses.

August 29, 2025

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Patient-facing AI shifts focus from reports to relationships

By Jordan Bazinsky

AI's patient-facing side has not been adequately explored, according to this column from Intelerad CEO Jordan Bazinsky.

August 29, 2025

DTI-MRI shows childhood neglect's effect on the brain's white matter

By Kate Madden Yee

Diffusion-tensor MRI (DTI-MRI) shows how childhood neglect alters the brain's white matter, researchers say.

August 29, 2025

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