Diagnostic Imaging Staff

Using a ferromagnetic detection system before MRI may boost safety, detecting implanted or embedded items that may contraindicate the exam.

Treatment for early breast cancer with strut-based brachytherapy is safe and effective.

Using MRI to measure aortic wall thickness and plaque may help physicians predict the risk of cardiovascular events.

Transthoracic echocardiography results do not frequently change active treatment among patients.

Magnetic resonance elastography may be a viable alternative to detecting liver fibrosis in children.

Abnormalities in the brain among patients with back pain identified through MRI may help predict if pain will be chronic.

Doctors with imaging center financial interests may order more unneeded knee MRIs than those referring to unrelated centers.

Removing comfort pads between babies in neonatal intensive care beds and image detectors reduces the radiation exposure amount to the baby.

Non-invasive CT angiography effectively detects cerebral aneurysms and should be considered for first-line imaging.

Whole-body MRI may help detect cardiovascular and cerebrovascular changes in patients with diabetes, allowing more aggressive management.

New site helps answer questions regarding breast density notification, and efficacy, benefits, and harms of supplementary screening tests.

Clinicians using 18F-FDG PET on patients with cervical spinal cord compression may be able to predict an improved outcome after surgical decompression.

Canadian researchers developed a tool to use with low-dose CT screening that accurately estimates the probability of lung nodule malignancies.

Researchers determined radiologic findings among humans with influenza A H7N9.

Patients who undergo head and neck CTs have higher risk of developing cataracts than those never exposed to the procedure.

Intraoperative cholangiography use during cholecystectomy does not reduce the incidence of common hepatic duct or common bile duct injuries.

Ultrasound imaging of thyroid may identify cancers among low-risk patients; decrease rate of unnecessary thyroid biopsies.

Breast lesions rated as category 3 (BI-RADS) on ultrasound could wait 12 months for re-evaluation.

Women with breast cancer who undergo preoperative MRI have a higher rate of bilateral mastectomies and contralateral prophylactic mastectomies than women who aren’t scanned.

Medical students who followed a three-day elective course covering the ACR Appropriateness Criteria were more knowledgeable about appropriate image utilization.

MRI images of the brain may help clinicians identify kindergarten-aged children with dyslexia before they have started to learn how to read.

Ankle radiographs performed on children presenting with acute ankle injuries dropped by almost 22 percent in emergency rooms that implemented the Low Risk Ankle Rule.

Despite the availability of clinical guidelines for optimal spine care for back pain patients, many unnecessary diagnostic imaging tests are being performed.

Specialized MRIs allow physicians to view progress in brain cancer treatment before it can be detected by standard MRI, allowing for early therapy changes.

18F-FDG PET/CT can better assess bone marrow involvement in patients with newly diagnosed diffuse large B-cell lymphoma than can standard bone biopsy.

Web-based quality control system results in significantly fewer common image quality errors radiographs, CTs and MRIs.

Women with some breast tissue abnormalities may avoid surgery if they undergo yearly mammograms plus MRI and ultrasound to monitor for changes.

Digital tomosynthesis results in fewer false positives and reduces recall rates, but has higher radiation doses than mammography.

Mammography recall rates may be influenced by factors outside of radiologists’ control, and rates might not be a great measure of quality.

Using urology meetings to provide constant and consistent education regarding accepted clinical guidelines for screening low-risk prostate cancer patients results in a drop of unnecessary tests.