The Diagnostic Imaging CT modality focus page provides information, videos, podcasts, and the latest news about industry product developments, trial results, screening guidelines, and protocol guidance that touch on the use of CT across the healthcare continuum, from various cancer screenings, such as lung and colon, to cardiothoracic imaging, to appendicitis, and more.
August 22nd 2025
Use of the AI-powered Salix Coronary Plaque module, which offers detection of high-risk plaque within 10 minutes based off of CCTA scans, will reportedly qualify for $950 in Category 1 CPT reimbursement in 2026.
Flat polyps raise questions in colon cancer screening
May 1st 2008Truly flat or depressed colorectal polyps pose a diagnostic dilemma and are always worth a closer look. A study in the Journal of the American Medical Association may have overstated the case, however, by concluding that these polyps were quite common and carried an increased cancer risk, according to CT colonography experts.
CT colonography experts plan for growing demand
May 1st 2008Academic radiologists who helped invent CT colonography are urging their community-based colleagues to gear up for a possible jump in public demand for CTC following the American Cancer Society's decision in March to add the procedure to its list of preferred colon cancer screening options.
Nuclear studies show benefits of progenitor cell therapy
April 11th 2008German researchers have demonstrated the value of PET and SPECT imaging for monitoring the ability of circulating progenitor cells injected in the coronary arteries to preserve the integrity of myocardial tissue following recanalization.
DI challenges readers to swallow story that features pointed findings
April 1st 2008We hope one of the things that distinguishes us from other medical imaging media is our sense of fun. The practice and science of radiology can be scintillating reading (especially when it relates to nuclear medicine), but it can require intense mental concentration as well.
CT colonography experts assess new screening guidelines
March 17th 2008The American Cancer Society’s green light for CT colonography as a preferred modality for colon cancer screening is a major victory for proponents, but they are not resting on their laurels. Imaging and gastroenterology experts must gear up for widespread dissemination of the procedure, according to Drs. Judy Yee and Beth McFarland.
Canadian reactor ramps up to renew supply of technetium
January 3rd 2008The Canadian nuclear reactor critical to the supply of technetium (Tc-99m) in the U.S. has restarted, but the raw material that MDS Nordion processes into the medical isotope needed for nuclear medicine studies will not be in full production until the end of this week.