Marijke Vroomen Durning, RN

Patients with MS who undergo the minimally invasive endovascular treatment for chronic cerebrospinal venous insufficiency may experience significant symptom relief and short-term improvement in quality of life.

New guidelines that call for lower radiation exposure from CT-guided biopsies of lung nodules allows more people to undergo the procedure and may result in fewer overall lung cancer deaths.

Prostatic artery embolization may be an effective treatment for benign prostatic hyperplasia for men who may not be able to undergo transurethral resection of the prostate.

In a position statement, the American Association of Physicists in Medicine advise against using bismuth shields for dose reduction in CT scanning when alternatives are available.

Adding MRI to breast cancer screening is expensive but may be cost effective for women with a family history of breast cancer - even if they don’t have the BRCA1/2 gene mutation, researchers found.

FDG PET/CT before and after selective internal radiation therapy (SIRT) can help predict survival among patients with breast cancer with hepatic metastases, researchers found.

The addition of two MRI sequences to a common MR angiography technique significantly improves detection of pulmonary embolism and only takes 15 minutes to set up and perform.

MRI is effective in measuring abnormal femoral antetorsion, or in-toeing, and the images can then be used in treatment planning for patients with femoroacetabular impingement.

MRI findings show that astronauts exposed to zero gravity for prolonged periods can develop brain and eye abnormalities.

The use of head CT scans in the emergency department varies widely depending on who the attending doctors are when patients arrive.

Patients whose outside images were imported into their institutions' PACS were significantly less likely to undergo repeat imaging.

Ultrasound-based transient elastography provides excellent diagnostic accuracy in identifying cirrhosis due to recurrent hepatitis C following liver transplantation.

The number of women who must undergo mammograms to prevent one breast cancer death is lower than stated by the U.S. Preventative Services Task Force, researchers found.

As imaging use has increased, so has the need for medical professionals to understand appropriate utilization and possible adverse effects of radiation exposure.

A CMS quality measurement for use of CT scans on emergency department patients with atraumatic headaches is not reliable, researchers found.

Computerized tomographic colonography (CTC), or virtual colonoscopy, is just as accurate as standard colonoscopies in detecting cancer and precancerous polyps in people aged 65 years and older.

Women in their 40s who are diagnosed with breast cancer detected by mammography have a better prognosis than women whose cancer was found by themselves or their doctors.

Functional magnetic resonance imaging demonstrated changes in brain function and cognitive performance in patients with relapse-remitting multiple sclerosis following a cognitive rehabilitation program.

PET imaging agent CardioGen-82 is returning to the U.S. market with a revised label warning of unintended radiation exposure risk.

Diffusion tensor imaging, an MRI technique, showed that significant differences in the brains of high-risk children who go on to develop autism can be seen before symptoms appear.

Diffusion-weighted MRI is the most effective MRI technique to detect and evaluate patient response to platinum-based neoadjuvant chemotherapy for late-state ovarian cancer.

ACR, MITA, and AMIC voiced objections to the proposed cuts through an increase in the assumed rate of utilization of advanced imaging equipment and the implementation of prior authorization for medical imaging.

Use of CT/CT angiography, often more readily available than MRI, after a transient ischemic attack or minor stroke predicts risk of recurrent stroke and clinical outcome.

Positron emission tomography with 18F-FDG during chemotherapy can help predict a patient’s response to therapy.

Broad adoption of a computerized physician order entry system with imaging decision support showed ability to improve health care delivery.

Whole-body positron emission tomography with 18F-FES can provide valuable information for patients with estrogen receptor-positive breast cancer, a study found.