Jeff Hall

In a recent interview, Stamatia Destounis, MD, FACR, shared her perspective on recent changes to the BI-RADS system, offering insights on contrast-enhanced mammography, reporting changes for breast MRI and ultrasound, and the importance of auditing for BI-RADS category 3 assessments.

New research demonstrates significantly higher specificity and inter-reader agreement with MRI-guided reconstruction in comparison to standard ordered-subset expectation-maximization (OSEM) reconstruction of PET imaging for amyloid assessment.

For patients with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC), researchers found that (177Lu)Lu-PSMA-I&T led to a PSA50 response in over 44 percent of patients with no reports of grade 3 or worse renal toxicity, according to a newly published multicenter study.

In the first of a two-part podcast episode, Lauren Nicola, MD, Christoph Wald, MD, PhD, MBA, and Peter Shen discuss current challenges with reimbursement for AI in radiology.

Catch up on the top radiology content of the past week.

The use of adjunctive AI for pulmonary nodule assessment on chest CT exams led to over a three-minute reduction in median reporting time, according to newly reported research.

The PET radiotracer JBS-003 (18F-fluoromisonidazole) is currently being evaluated in a phase 3 randomized trial for facilitating de-escalation of radiation therapy in patients with HPV-positive oropharyngeal carcinoma.

In the first of a two-part interview, Kalpana Kanal, PhD, and Mahadevappa Mahesh, MS, PhD, FAPPM, FACR, discussed recently published research showing significant declines in computed tomography (CT) radiation dosing over the past decade.

Offering ease of integration into existing radiology workflows, the AI-enabled Heartvue.Proton software emphasizes time savings with automation of common measurements for cardiac MRI.

In comparison to contrast-enhanced CT, FAPI PET was associated with over 27 percent higher sensitivity for peritoneal carcinomatosis in the small bowel and 53 percent higher sensitivity in the upper abdomen, according to a new study involving 200 women with primary ovarian carcinoma.

New research suggests that photon-counting CT provides comparable sensitivity to breast MRI for lesion characterization, higher accuracy than MRI for nodal metastasis and lower detection of microcalcifications in comparison to full-field digital mammography.

Elevated coronary inflammation, measured with the CCTA-derived and AI-enabled perivascular fat attenuation index (FAI) score, was associated with over a 12-fold higher risk for cardiovascular mortality in patients with no diabetes, hypertension, smoking history or obesity, according to new research presented at the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) Congress.

In a recent episode of our Molecular Imaging in Focus series, Sharmila Dorbala, MD, MPH, discusses phase 3 study findings on the use of the PET/CT radiotracer 124I- evuzamatide for overall detection of cardiac amyloidosis as well as the subtypes light-chain amyloidosis (AL) and transthyretin amyloidosis (ATTR) cardiac amyloidosis.

New research presented at the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) conference demonstrates that fractional flow reserve (FFR) based off CCTA exams significantly decreases unnecessary invasive coronary angiography (ICA) procedures for patients with stable chest pain and obstructive stenosis.

In a recent interview, Arun Talkad, MD, discussed the use of AI-powered enterprise imaging to facilitate recently expanded acute stroke care guidelines from the American Heart Association and the American Stroke Association.

Catch up on the top radiology content of the past week.

The AI-powered software NeuroQuant PET reportedly offers automated quantification and structured reporting and facilitates evaluation of brain scans with multiple amyloid PET radiotracers.

Preliminary research with the PET radiopharmaceutical 68Ga-NYM096 has demonstrated a 95.7 percent accuracy rate in patients with primary clear cell renal cell carcinoma (ccRCC) and a significantly higher mean SUVmax in the most active lesions in comparison to 18F-FDG.

For patients who had successful reperfusion after acute ischemic stroke, new research demonstrated an 80 percent AUC for predicting infarct with the combination of apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) mapping and relative oxygen ejection fraction (rOEF).

The cmAngio 2.0 AI-enabled software reportedly offers new capabilities for quantitative measurement of breast arterial calcification (BAC) as well as age-based contextualization based on mammography assessment.

New research revealed that risk-stratified MRI surveillance in patients with cirrhosis led to over a 10 percent increase in early detection and over a 44 percent decrease in surveillance exams in comparison to reported results with semiannual ultrasound monitoring.

Catch up on the latest contrast-enhanced mammography research, CT insights, MRI studies and FDA approvals in PET imaging with our Weekly Scan.

Recent positron emission tomography (PET) studies with florquinitau F 18 injection (Tauklarify) demonstrated inter-reader agreement ranging between 86 to 92 percent in evaluating patients for Alzheimer’s disease.

Use of the CARE Multi-Triage CT Body software will be eligible for a New Technology Add-on Payment (NTAP) from CMS starting on October 1, 2026 for inpatients in Medicare fee for service plans.

In a recent episode of our “Molecular Imaging in Focus” series, Martin Pomper, MD, PhD, discussed the origin of PSMA PET, shared his perspective on non-PSMA targets in prostate cancer and offered his thoughts on the potential promise of emerging theranostics.

The VueJect ultrasound contrast delivery system, which is geared toward cardiac ultrasound imaging, also gained Health Canada authorization.

In comparison to standard readout-segmented echo-planar imaging, the combination of deep learning reconstruction and multi-shot diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) offered significantly higher SNR, CNR and lesion contrast with a greater than a two-minute reduction in scan time.

Noting the rising imaging volume and dearth of MRI scanner availability, the authors of a new literature review explore the utility and impact of workflow redesign, staff training, scheduling improvements and AI advances for enhancing MRI workflows.

In a recently published review of the BI-RADS v2025 manual, leading breast radiologists offered pertinent insights on key changes for reporting of mammogram, breast ultrasound and breast MRI interpretation and assessment.

In a recent interview, Kay Jann, PhD, discussed challenges with urinary continence in stroke survivors and a forthcoming NIH-funded study examining the use of brain MRI to help identify those who may benefit from transcutaneous spinal cord stimulation (TSCS).