Diagnostic Imaging Staff

Did false-positive mammograms deter women from undergoing future breast cancer screening per guidelines?

Costs of CTA versus functional diagnostic testing for suspected coronary artery disease.

Combining imaging improves diagnosis of elbow pain among baseball players.

MRI may help detect Alzheimer’s before directly visible cerebrovascular abnormalities are present.

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Outcomes knowledge may sway radiograph interpretations.

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The order of mammography screenings done in pairs and its effect on breast cancer detection rates.

Predictive ability for major adverse cardiac events of cardiovascular MRI for patients compared with SPECT.

Use of tomosynthesis has resulted in more benign breast cancer diagnoses, study finds.

The number of false positives and callbacks dropped with peer review of screening mammography, according to a study at ACR 2016.

Radiologists who provide reports in person in the ED improve working relationships with emergency physicians, according to a study at ACR 2016.

The language used in radiology reports can be ambiguous, leading patients to misunderstand the results, according to a study at ACR 2016.

Orders for radiography may decrease when patients are provided with radiography safety information, according to a study at ACR 2016.

Patient satisfaction with ED experience improves when radiologists deliver test results, according to a study at ACR 2016.

Radiologist-driven imaging utilization, ordering physicians, and clinically relevant pathology, from a study at ACR 2016.

Radiologists don’t control their online presence, nor what patients may find about them, according to a study at ACR 2016.

Tomosynthesis and conventional mammography appear to have similar cancer detection rates, according to a study at ACR 2016.

Printing bone models using 3D printers can add to radiology services, from a study at ACR 2016.

Lung-RADS limits false readings and saves money in lung cancer screening, according to a study at ACR 2016.

Patients seeking prices for radiography examinations may face delays and variability, according to a study presented at ACR 2016.

Patients' online searches for imaging costs are increasing, according to a study presented at ACR 2016.

Cervical spine radiography numbers down, but CT use climbing, according to a study presented at ACR 2016.

Use of brain imaging in the ED increased dramatically since 1994, according to a study at ACR 2016.

Using MRI to diagnose appendicitis reduces need for intravenous and contrast agents.

MRI may detect additional multicentric breast cancers.

Imaging with SPECT can identify brain trauma among NFL players.

Performing sacrum and coccyx X-rays in the ED generally has no direct impact on patient care.

Brain CT and MRI for early stage lung cancer patients are not routinely recommended.

Most carotid ultrasounds for asymptomatic patients are not based on appropriate criteria.