Diagnostic Imaging Staff

Using PET/CT imaging can help clinicians detect recurrent thyroid disease among patients who have negative radioiodine scans.

Magnetic resonance imaging can be used to track brain growth of premature babies.

Chest tomosynthesis may reduce the number of chest CTs and the resultant radiation doses.

Pelvic radiographs not be as effective as CTs in diagnosing pelvic fractures or dislocations in children.

Using PET/CT with 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose–labeled leukocytes is a noninvasive and reliable method to help diagnose acute pancreatitis.

Mammography detects early cancers in older women and provides better disease-specific survival than cancers discovered by the patient or physician.

Subclinical inflammation of non-swollen joints not seen on radiographs can be detected on MRI.

Web-based decision tool in development to help high-risk patients decide if they want to undergo low dose CT screening for lung cancer.

Liver MRI is not accurate enough to definitely identify patients with iron overload.

Knee and shoulder MRI before radiography adds to patient care costs.

Use of imaging studies in emergency departments rose significantly from 1993 to 2007, but then declined from 2007 to 2012.

The type of imaging processing used in digital mammography has an impact on detection of calcification clusters.

Two more radiographic signs for gastric band slippage have been identified.

General practitioners in Australia are increasingly ordering imaging tests, with an increase of 45 percent over the past decade.

PET with [18 F]flutemetamol can assist physicians in early and more accurate diagnosis of early onset dementia.

Brain PET and age may help clinicians determine which patients with amnestic mild cognitive disorder may progress on to probable Alzheimer’s disease.

Magnetic resonance imaging of pregnant patients with suspected appendicitis improves resource use, study finds.

Ultrasounds can help identify pneumonia and its progression in children without exposure to ionizing radiation.

Magnetic resonance images reveal characteristics of breast cancer can differ depending on age.

Use of MRI to visualize white matter may help clinicians predict progression of MS.

Analysis of imaging performed immediately following the Boston Marathon bombings allowed researchers to improve the emergency response system.

Using an algorithm with CT colonography allows radiologists to recognize previously identified polyps.

Bedside ultrasound competency assessment of emergency medicine residents varies considerably throughout the U.S.

For this 10 Questions series, we spoke with Vijay M. Rao, MD, FACR about her job and the future of radiology.

A drop in the number of CT scans performed on inpatients and reduction of radiation doses lowered the estimated rate of induced cancers.

For the most part, women who undergo image-guided core-needle breast biopsies experience minimal pain.

Uncomplicated headache without red flags does not usually require imaging for diagnosis.

Use of pediatric dose-reduction protocols and shielding for CTs vary among hospitals.

Whether an ED has access to radiology services and what those services entail varies greatly between facilities.

Many CTs for suspected appendicitis among children may be avoided if radiologists use a diagnostic algorithm.