Lena Kauffman[email protected]Practice ManagementOb/gyn doc in Congress urges rads to get involvedAre you worried that legislators and policymakers are too busy to hear about problems facing radiology practices? Don't get worried, get involved, said congressman and physician Dr. Michael Burgess at this week's Radiology Business Management Association Fall Educational Conference.September 30, 2015EconomicsAre you a competitor, a valued partner, or invisible?Healthcare as an industry is under pressure. In this new paradigm, independent radiology practices need to understand how their hospital and health system partners really view them in order to remain viable. Executives at the recent Radiology Business Management Association summit see three types: competitors, valued partners, and those who are invisible.June 11, 2015Page 1 of 1Top StoriesCTAI algorithm shines in spotting early pancreatic cancerThe findings could help shift diagnosis of PDA from late-stage terminal disease to early-stage treatable disease.MRIFunctional MRI predicts CTD-ILD progression better than standard testsMolecular ImagingPET improves treatment planning for pituitary tumorsAIReplacing radiologists doesn’t remove risk -- it moves it to patientsSponsor ContentTurning Innovation into Everyday Efficiency
![A 53-year-old patient (patient number four) with a recurrent pituitary adenoma with extension of a cystic component of disease to the medial temporal lobe apparent on MRI (contoured in blue), and extension of disease to the left sphenoid bone and orbital apex apparent on [68Ga]Ga-DOTA-TATE (contoured in yellow).](https://img.auntminnie.com/mindful/smg/workspaces/default/uploads/2026/04/pituitary-tumor.QGsEnyB4bU.jpg?auto=format%2Ccompress&fit=crop&h=167&q=70&w=250)
![A 53-year-old patient (patient number four) with a recurrent pituitary adenoma with extension of a cystic component of disease to the medial temporal lobe apparent on MRI (contoured in blue), and extension of disease to the left sphenoid bone and orbital apex apparent on [68Ga]Ga-DOTA-TATE (contoured in yellow).](https://img.auntminnie.com/mindful/smg/workspaces/default/uploads/2026/04/pituitary-tumor.QGsEnyB4bU.jpg?auto=format%2Ccompress&dpr=2&fit=crop&h=167&q=70&w=250)
