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CT plus histopathology boosts the accuracy of ILD diagnosis

By Kate Madden Yee

The combination of high-resolution CT and histopathological data boosts radiologists' ability to diagnose interstitial lung disease (ILD), a study published August 23 in General Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery has found.

August 28, 2022

Cardiac screening including CT may not reduce mortality

By Kate Madden Yee

Men who were invited to participate in a screening program for heart disease that included cardiac CT scans didn't have lower mortality rates, a Danish study has found. Results were published August 27 in the New England Journal of Medicine.

August 26, 2022

Week in Review: Emergency CT booms | PET for Alzheimer's | Nonphysician providers take to imaging

By Brian Casey

August 26, 2022

Radiologists are key to diagnosing EVALI in adolescents

By Kate Madden Yee

Radiologists play an important role in identifying electronic cigarette (e-cigarette) or vaping-associated lung injury (EVALI) in adolescents -- often acting as first-line diagnosticians in a clinical situation that can be unclear, according to a commentary published August 19 in Pediatric Radiology.

August 25, 2022

CMS officially postpones changes to radiation therapy payments

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

The U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has issued a final rule that indefinitely delays the start of an alternative payment model that would have radically changed federal payments for radiation oncology procedures.

August 24, 2022

Prestige buys XRV Healthcare, MedServ Plus

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Prestige Medical Imaging has acquired medical equipment dealers XRV Healthcare and MedServ Plus. The combined company is now the largest imaging technology and services provider in the U.S.

August 24, 2022

New PET tracer effective for diagnosing neuroendocrine tumors

By Will Morton

A new gallium-68 PET radiotracer appears effective for predicting higher risk of disease progression and mortality in patients with neuroendocrine tumors, according to a study published August 18 in the Journal of Nuclear Medicine.

August 24, 2022

Use of CT booms in the emergency department

By Kate Madden Yee

The use of chest and abdominopelvic CT in the emergency department increased dramatically between 2011 and 2018, raising concerns about overuse, according to a study published August 23 in the American Journal of Roentgenology.

August 23, 2022

MRI detects signs of early aging in people with poor heart health

By Kate Madden Yee

MRI used with a machine-learning model shows that people with compromised heart health in their 30s are at risk for premature brain aging as they enter their golden years, a study published August 22 in the Lancet Healthy Longevity has found.

August 23, 2022

Elastography shows women with COVID history have stiffer placentas

By Amerigo Allegretto

Ultrasound elastography shows differences in placental stiffness between pregnant women who recovered from COVID-19 compared with women with no history of COVID, a Turkish study published August 23 in Placenta found.

August 23, 2022

Does FFR-CT really offer value in real-world practice?

By Erik L. Ridley

In real-world clinical practice, fractional flow-reserve CT (FFR-CT) software may not yield any improvement over standard radiological assessment of coronary artery disease, according to research published August 18 in Clinical Radiology.

August 23, 2022

MRI illuminates a possible new form of dementia in WTC responders

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

MRI is illuminating what may be a new form of dementia in World Trade Center (WTC) first responders with both cognitive impairment and post-traumatic stress disorder in a study published August 11 in the Journal of Alzheimer's Disease.

August 22, 2022

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