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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

ViewRay signs VA Houston Healthcare System

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Image-guided radiation therapy vendor ViewRay has received an order from VA Houston Healthcare System for its MRIdian MRI-guided radiation therapy system.

August 22, 2022

Do PET/CT reports contain riddles for oncologists?

By Will Morton

Key information on PET/CT imaging reports on whether head and neck cancer patients are responding to radiotherapy may not be getting through to clinicians, according to research published August 18 in JAMA Otolaryngology -- Head & Neck Surgery.

August 22, 2022

PET reveals best timing for trials of Alzheimer's disease drugs

By Will Morton

PET scans can detect early signs of Alzheimer's disease long before other biomarkers, a study published August 22 in JAMA Neurology has found. The discovery could mean research studies for drugs to treat Alzheimer's should start at an earlier stage.

August 21, 2022

Dark-field chest x-ray differentiates lung disease

By Will Morton

Investigators from Germany say that their prototype dark-field chest x-ray system may be able to help differentiate between emphysema and fibrosis, as discussed in a case published August 18 in Radiology: Cardiothoracic Imaging.

August 21, 2022

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