Diagnostic Imaging Staff

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.

Preoperative MRI following ultrasound detection of breast cancer can find more cancers.

There is a higher chance that a follow-up examination will follow when nonradiologists interpret ultrasounds in the ER.

Coronary CT angiography shows significantly greater increase in noncalcified plaque volume among older men who use testosterone gel.

Shifting from film to digital technology for diagnostic mammography has improved cancer detection, and increased the abnormal interpretation rate.

Low dose CT for lung cancer screening exposes patients to radiation doses versus the risk of missing treatable cancers.

Effect of multimedia in radiology reports.

Study shows using MR imaging for breast screening among women with average cancer risk improves early diagnosis.

False-positive mammograms may result in women delaying their next screening mammogram.

Breast percentage density estimations with synthesized 2D breast imaging versus standard-dose mammograms.

Effect of routine shoulder X-rays after shoulder arthroplasty on post-operative patient management.

Appendiceal sonograms may help clinicians tell which patients have uncomplicated versus complicated appendicitis.

Low-dose CT for lung cancer screening among Veterans Health Administration patients will require substantial clinical effort.

Rate of diagnoses and cost following thyroid imaging after benign fine-needle aspiration.

Patients shown video presentations about prostate and breast cancer screening may change their mind about undergoing the procedure.

Cost and safety of using contrast-enhanced ultrasound for children.

Functional MRI may help determine which patients with depression will respond to antidepressant therapy.

Diffusion tensor imaging may help diagnose vascular cognitive disorders among patients with CAD.

CT for bone density and muscle mass may help predict noncancer death among men with localized prostate cancer.

Cancer detection in 18F-FDG-PET/CT vs CT in patients with nonspecific signs and symptoms of cancer.

Examination with PET/ MRI for patients with laryngeal cancer.

Breast screening encourages overdiagnosis of breast cancer and fails to reduce incidence of advanced disease, according to study.