Diagnostic Imaging Staff

PACS would enhance and promote collaboration between radiologists and oncologists and improve quantitative reporting of tumors.

Barco’s Coronis Uniti display system received expanded clearance for multi-modality viewing.

Biennial screening mammography may detect more advanced cancers among premenopausal women than annual screening would.

Annual screening mammography can wait until age 45 for women at average risk of breast cancer.

An earlier scan of a patient’s brain with traumatic brain injury is better for greater detection of microhemorrhages.

Structured MRI reports improve staging for rectal cancer.

The need for skull radiographs in young children with minor head injuries may be determined using a new clinical rule.

Performance data for radiologists significantly varies from nonradiologists.

Contrast agent gadobenate dimeglumine may be safe for patients with renal disease who require dialysis.

Use of MRI images may help psychiatrists determine effectiveness of antipsychotic drug treatment.

CT performed on admission for patients with suspected acute appendicitis can predict hospital resource utilization.

Radiologists and nonradiologists must come to a consensus regarding who educates patients about radiation risks from diagnostic imaging.

Draft recommendations from the USPSTF on colorectal cancer screening omit CT colonography as a preferred screening method.

Use of ultrasound and MRI among children is rising, while CT imaging drops.

Ultrasound screening for abdominal aortic aneurysm would save more lives of people aged 75 or older, rather than nonsmoking 65-year-olds.

Ultrasound and digital breast tomosynthesis find more cancers than just 2D mammography.

Adding molecular breast imaging to mammography does add to screening cost, but it also increases cancer detection.

CCTA, when combined with calcium scoring, can rule out coronary artery disease in women with atypical chest pain.

For this “10 Questions” series, we spoke with Frank J. Lexa, MD, MBA about his work and the future of radiology.

Few radiologists are rated on physician-rating websites.

Brain images from FDG-PET can help detect Alzheimer’s disease in patients presenting with focal onset dementias.

Health care professionals should consider developing pediatric radiology apps, for patients.

Diagnostic imaging procedures are sometimes necessary for pregnant women, and can be done safely in some cases.

CT colonography to screen for colorectal cancer also gives physicians the opportunity to assess patients for osteoporosis.

Despite increase in referrals for mammography screening for high-risk women, actual screening numbers did not increase significantly.

For this “10 Questions” series, we spoke with Bibb Allen, Jr, MD, about his work and the future of radiology.

Computed tomography angiography may show significant incidental findings that ED physicians should act upon.

The challenges radiologists face in the transition to value-based care.

At AHRA 2015, Carestream showcased their investigational cone beam CT, but they’re not selling it to only radiologists.

CT scans for children with head injuries from sports should not be routine practice.