Diagnostic Imaging Staff

Tomosynthesis plus breast volume scanner could be replacement for breast cancer staging if MRI cannot be performed.

Most states require at least some women to receive information about breast density-and that information is leading to more conversations.

Algorithm also enhanced physicians’ performances when used as a second reader.

Child Centered Care could be a cost-effective way to reduce general anesthesia needs.

Breast radiologists will need an algorithm for addressing the small number of inconclusive findings that remain equivocal.

Moving to a fully automated protocol would allow for more widespread implementation of the assessment.

Biggest increase in retroperitoneal, soft tissue, and transabdominal GU studies.

D-dimer tests and prediction rules should be incorporated into a decision support tool to curb overordering of CTPA for suspected pulmonary embolism.

Clinical and imaging biomarkers were associated with intracranial thrombus recanalization among patients with acute ischemic stroke.

Coverage for prostate MRIs results in challenges for patients and referring physicians seeking to obtain ready access.

MRI after 12 weeks of therapy predicts complete pathologic response to neoadjuvant chemotherapy.

Etiology of liver disease and CT technique did not affect staging accuracy.

Imaging is often one of the first targets of budget cutters, but patient care may suffer as a result.

RT-PC MRI yields velocity distributions across the entire vessel lumen.

FDG PET-CT imaging could be of additional value when disease recurrence is suspected despite negative or equivocal CT findings.

Play your cards right to get the best deal.

Findings are due to higher spatial resolution and comparable equivalent doses.

The retroperitoneal space planes count was not useful for the diagnosis of complicated appendicitis.

Screening at age 40 detects more stage 1 breast cancers.

Only 11 children out of 80 who participated in the study required anesthesia.

Cardiac stress tests and exposure to radioactivity may not be needed for assessment of CAD.

Computed tomography method compares well in detecting and localizing scarring in patients with heart failure.

Higher cerebrospinal fluid gadolinium concentrations were detected within the first eight hours after gadolinium-based contrast agent administration.

Despite recommendations, shared decision-making for lung cancer screening in practice may be far from what is intended by guidelines.

Older age, multiple traumas lead to missed injuries on whole-body CT.

Despite undergoing more imaging outside the VA system, men with low-risk prostate cancer don’t show an improvement in care quality.

Better to leave an old job – and boss – as friends than enemies

More research needed to evaluate the role of communication in completing the breast cancer screening episode.

The number of patients who underwent daily chest radiographs was associated with the hospital where they received care.

Models may help improve short-term understanding of complex anatomy and classification systems.