Diagnostic Imaging Staff

PET imaging helps clinicians see elevated NK1 receptors, demonstrating the pain process in tennis elbow.

Use of thyroid ultrasounds may identify cancer in low-risk patients and reduce unnecessary thyroid biopsies.

FDA approved GE Healthcare's radioactive diagnostic drug Vizamyl for use with PET scans in patients with Alzheimer's disease and dementia.

Cancer screening rates could go down if patients were made aware of the risk of overdiagnosis and overtreatment.

Women who miss regular mammography may be diagnosed with later stage breast cancer than women who undergo regular annual screenings.

Radiology report turn-around times improve with introduction of speech recognition software.

When interpreting images on handheld devices, ambient light should be a consideration for accurate readings.

Vendors embark on new relationship and contracts to grow business and impact care.

VNA and PACS markets are expected to grow significantly from 2013 to 2018.

Chinese researchers find more unruptured cerebral aneurysms using magnetic resonance angiography.

Optical metabolic imaging may not only identify breast cancer subtypes, but may also detect early breast cancer treatment responses.

New diagnostic thresholds for ultrasound use in pregnancy may help avoid inadvertent harm to fetus.

On-site diagnostic radiologists interacrt with referring physicians, staff, and patients, expanding their role beyond reading images.

Low-dose CT lung cancer screening detects more early cancers in at-risk patients than radiography, but with lower positive predictive value.

Examination with catheter venography and ultrasound shows narrowing of the internal jugular and azygous veins is not unique to MS patients.

Limited-sequence CT scans reduce exposure in children with hydrocephalus who have frequent scans, but still gather adequate diagnostic data.

A new technique, quantitative T1 mapping with cardiovascular MRI, can help clinicians detect Fabry disease and the severity of heart damage.

Radiologists may improve their reports by receiving structured feedback from the referring physicians.

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.