Todd Neff

Virtual Radiologic’s 2010 purchase of NightHawk, a national teleradiology practice, has come at a cost, at least short-term, according to research from KLAS.

Radiologists can boost patient safety without significantly affecting the quality of the images by cutting the dose of contrast media in coronary CT angiography, according to a new study in the American Journal of Roentgenology.

Post-treatment FDG-PET scans show promise for predicting the prognosis of patients with inoperable non-small cell lung cancer, the principal investigator of a major clinical trial reported today at the American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) Annual Meeting in Miami Beach, Fla.

The largest-ever study on the effects of magnetic resonance imaging on pacemakers and defilibrators has concluded that the imagers are indeed safe for those with these cardiac rhythm management devices.

Careful consideration of CT scanning protocols can cut breast radiation burden by 50 percent, according to a new study in the American Journal of Roentgenology.

Siemens Healthcare’s Mobilett Mira, the company’s first mobile digital X-ray system with a wireless detector, has received 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and is now commercially available in the United States.

Plaque rupture and ulceration is common in women who suffer heart attacks, but whose angiographs show no coronary artery disease, according to a study published online in the journal Circulation.

A new report by healthcare vendor research firm KLAS found enterprise 3D imaging products from ViTAL, GE Healthcare and TeraRecon scored highest in surveys with more than 100 providers using the systems.

H.R. 3032, the “Medicare Access to Radiology Care Act of 2011,” would amend the Social Security Act to recognize radiologist assistants as non-physician providers of healthcare services to Medicare beneficiaries.

The American College of Radiology Imaging Network (ACRIN) and the Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) today unveiled their clinical research alliance: ECOG-ACRIN Cancer Research Group (ECOG-ACRIN).

It’s a good thing patients in MRI scanners are lying down, it turns out.

Speech recognition software produces eight times as many errors as conventional dictation transcription in breast imaging reports, according to new research published in the October American Journal of Roentgenology.

Researchers found that residents who attend conferences that focus on missed or misinterpreted cases are 67 percent less likely to miss important findings when reading on-call musculoskeletal X-ray images, according to a study in the American Journal of Roentgenology .

A magnetic resonance imaging technique called SWIFT (sweep imaging with Fourier transform) can help detect oral cancer in the jawbone, according to a report in the September issue of Archives of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery, a JAMA/Archives journal.

The American College of Radiology opposes a new Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) proposal to cut reimbursement rates 5.9 percent for radiologists, radiation oncologist and other physicians for each of the next three years.

The use of production control techniques including statistical analysis, queuing theory, and statistical process control yielded big MRI efficiency gains at a 1,200-bed German hospital, say the authors of a new study in the September issue of the Journal of the American College of Radiology.

Johns Hopkins researchers reviewing a decade of patient records of those who underwent spinal angiography found the procedure to be safe and effective, they report online this week in the journal Neurology.

Blood flow abnormalities in the brains of veterans with Gulf War illness have persisted 20 years and in some cases have gotten worse, according to a new arterial spin labeled (ASL) MRI study published online in the journal Radiology.

Women with abnormal mammogram results got faster follow-up care if additional imaging was the next step than if doctors prescribed a biopsy or surgical consultation, according to a new study in the journal Radiology.

Radiography job vacancy rates have fallen for the eighth year in a row, and now stand at just 2 percent, according to a new American Society for Radiologic Technologists survey.

RSNA Image Share, the network designed to help patients take control of their medical images and reports, has enrolled its first patients, Radiological Society of North America officials said. The network was designed to facilitate access to imaging exams for patients and physicians, potentially reducing unnecessary examinations, minimizing patient radiation exposure, and enabling better informed medical decisions.

Radiologist groups shouldn’t be shy about making clear their value to hospitals, according to an article published online today in the Journal of the American College of Radiology.

With an estimated $1.5 billion in potential bonus payments at stake, radiologists should study and respond to recent federal regulations related to meaningful use of complete certified ambulatory electronic health records and their equivalents, say authors of a study in the September issue of the Journal of the American College of Radiology.

A new technique combining electrocardiographs (ECG) and computed tomography (CT) paints a more accurate picture of the electrical activity of a beating heart, according to a new study. The technique, which its inventors call electrocardiographic imaging, or ECGI, can pinpoint the precise origins of abnormal heart rhythms and could improve diagnosis and treatment of this fatal condition.

The American College of Radiology on August 27 voiced support for The Joint Commission’s Sentinel Event Alert addressing the radiation risks of diagnostic imaging, but took issue with a few elements of the report.

Adenosine stress 128-slice dual source computed tomography perfusion imaging (CTP) with a high pitch factor appears to provide faster, more accurate heart scans for both viewing blood vessels in the heart and measuring blood supply to the heart muscle - while exposing patients to less radiation, researchers report in Circulation: Cardiovascular Imaging, a journal of the American Heart Association.

Radiation doses as low as one-thirtieth of the typical exposure are enough for follow-up screening of lung modules, according to a new study in the September edition of the American Journal of Roentgenology.

Coronary artery calcium (CAC) scores based on cardiac CT scans can stratify the risk of heart disease among those without symptoms, a new study reports.

Radiology trainees incorrectly interpreted pediatric neuroimaging scans 4.1 percent of the time, with a tiny fraction - 0.17 percent - of all readings erring in ways “major and potentially life-threatening,” according to a new study published in the American Journal of Neuroradiology.

Fat around the heart is more strongly related to coronary artery plaque than either body mass index or waist circumference – even among those without symptoms of atherosclerosis, according to a new study in the journal Radiology.