Diagnostic Imaging Staff

The FDA has approved the first cone beam CT for diagnostic imaging of the breast, according to Koning Corporation.

Lower radiation doses were achieved when a competency check-off for radiology resident trainees was implemented.

Radiology managers are a little bit more confident that they will receive adequate reimbursement from Medicare.

The time it takes for CT scans, from order to reading, is influenced by the location of the scanner in relation to the ED.

Radiology reports delivered with image- and data-embedded multimedia are preferred by referring physicians over text-only reports.

Head CTs may not always be necessary for patients who present to the emergency department with complaints of dizziness or syncope.

Decreases in imaging growth and CT/MRI use in the ED can be achieved.

Targeted biopsies using MRI and ultrasound detect more high-risk prostate cancer.

The FDA has cleared Micro Dose by EOS imaging, a low dose option now available on EOS equipment.

Computed tomography and MRI may not be necessary for most patients who present to the emergency department with acute pancreatitis.

Advanced imaging provides good value, say primary care physicians, but how valuable varies by the PCP’s number of years in practice.

Women who have E3 and E4 extramammary findings from breast MRI should undergo additional imaging.

Fewer students entering radiography and nuclear medicine programs, despite ample class space, while more are studying radiation therapy.

Siemens Healthcare announced FDA clearance for its two-detector Multix Fusion system.

Clinicians using ultrasound may detect potential heart attacks or strokes before patients show symptoms.

Non-enhanced CT scans for suspected renal colic often detect incidental findings.

Follow-up after abnormal imaging may be delayed due to poor communication.

Advanced imaging may not be necessary for many people with headaches, but clinicians are ordering them for their patients.

Magnetic resonance imaging with restriction spectrum imaging may help clinicians better identify prostate cancer staging.

Almost half of primary care physicians in California are unaware of the state’s Breast Density Notification Law, which was enacted in 2013.

Dose for CT examination of children can be calculated by the children’s weight rather than torso diameter measurement.

Physicians continue to perform imaging on asymptomatic patients with early-stage breast cancer, despite ASCO 2012 recommendations against it.

Despite recommendations not to perform imaging for patients with peripheral vertigo, up to one-fifth of patients had a head CT while in the ED.

Adding ultrasound and/or tomosynthesis to digital mammography increases cancer detection.

Limiting neuroimaging for headaches may result in the lack of timely detection of brain tumors for early treatment, according to a study.

Chest CT follow-ups recommended by radiologists following chest radiograph result in clinically relevant findings.

Computer-generated patient histories are more thorough, organized, and useful than physician-written histories.

Routinely adding ultrasound to screening for breast cancer for women with dense breasts is not cost-effective.

Using a structured order entry for trauma CTs results in better communication, recording, and billing.

Screening mammography image readings by radiologists are influenced by individual technologists.