Diagnostic Imaging Staff

Researchers determine quantitative ultrasound could be superior to conventional ultrasound for predicting fat acculturation in the liver.

Additional MR screening helps identify previously undiagnosed breast cancers in women with average lifetime risk.

Combining FDG/PET with CT helps radiologists detect lymph node metastasis in high-risk endometrial cancer.

Using a comprehensive utilization management can help reduce the use of high cost imaging in primary care practices.

By adding a new category to lung CT reports, radiologists can identify more malignant lesions.

Radiologist-assigned estimated percentage likelihood can predict the presence of DCIS.

Breast MRI–guided vacuum-assisted biopsy has a low false omission rate, so MRI follow-up may not be warranted.

Over 16 percent of MRI exams are delayed because of unanticipated events.

Radiation doses for CT scans may decrease when information is shared between institutions.

Direction from the Society of Nuclear Medicine & Molecular Imaging offers guidance for bone scintigraphy with patients who have prostate or breast cancer.

Screening for breast cancer among women at average risk still varies considerably between physicians.

Radiation exposure does not appear to be associated with malignant intracranial tumors among radiologic technologists.

Magnetic resonance imaging following sex-reassignment surgery helps clinicians assess post-operative anatomy and complications that may occur.

Image quality may be affected if reduced doses in 18F-FDG-PET/MRI are used for abdominal examinations.

After a peak of use in the early 2000s, invasive imaging testing has declined steadily.

Radiation doses for identical CT scans are still variable, despite lower levels overall.

The RAD-score tool allows faculty members to assess radiology resident competency.

Knee MRIs with natural language processing may help classify imaging reports.

Magnetic resonance imaging may help physicians determine which patients with depression would have better success with medication and which with psychotherapy.

Concern of brain gadolinium deposition is resulting in a switch to macrocyclic MR contrast agents in pediatric hospitals.

Breast images performed outside cancer centers may be interpreted differently if reinterpreted at a cancer center.

Multi-parametric MRI may be a substitute for serial biopsies in active surveillance regimens to avoid patient discomfort associated with repeat biopsies.

Reader confidence and self-directed learning impacts prostate tumor detection through MR images.

Female Medicare beneficiaries with early-stage cancers do participate in screening mammogram programs.

Using weight-based protocol incorporating tube potential selection allows for lower volumes of iodinated contrast material in aortic CTA.

Using noninvasive techniques, such as CT angiography and CT perfusion, may help physicians identify patients at risk of major adverse cardiovascular events.

Magnetic resonance imaging may be possible for patients even if they have pacemakers or ICDs that have not been approved by the FDA for MRI scanning.

Adhering to evidence-based clinical decision support to perform CT pulmonary angiography for suspected PE results in better detection.

Clinicians can use ultrasound to detect pediatric appendicitis, but not if the organ has perforated.