Computer-aided detection system developer VuCOMP Inc. has received FDA premarket approval for its film mammography CAD software.

Starting July 1, diagnostic radiologists in California will be required to include radiation dose levels in all CT reports. Response has been mainly positive, but there are still concerns about the legislation's effect on daily practice.

California practices will be required to report CT dose starting July 1, and some are already seeing a culture change when it comes to radiation dose levels.

Many in the imaging industry say for radiologists to thrive in the future, they must embrace this responsibility. Are you ahead of the curve?

The Aquilion Prime CT was designed for facilities that need to perform a wide variety of advanced clinical exams and produce high-quality clinical images with reduced radiation exposure, the company said.

The rising popularity of sending images via the Internet doesn’t mean everyone in the radiology industry is comfortable with the idea. Yet experts say existing protocols are keeping images safe.

Study seems to support concern about increased MSK ultrasound use, possibly facilitated by the low cost and ready availability of the technology.

The use of surgical biopsy is "substantially less than the 30 percent previously alleged," researchers found.

Pamela Woodard, MD, of the Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, discusses the challenges and benefits of being an early adopter of this technology.

A new magnetic resonance spectroscopy technique provides a definitive diagnosis of brain cancer based on imaging of a protein associated with a mutated gene.