 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.

Dr. Gruen is the chief medical officer of IBM Watson Health Imaging.

Articles

Artificial intelligence can help seek out and identify high-risk patients who might benefit from more extensive screening. 

Personalizing Breast Cancer Risk Assessment 

Videos

Diagnostic Imaging sat down with medical physicist and CT expert Cynthia H. McCollough, PhD, to learn more about the history of CT and its expanding potential in medical imaging. 

50 Years of CT: Then, Now, and What’s to Come 

The approval represents the first major technological advance in CT in nearly a decade.

FDA Clears Siemens’ New CT Scanner With Photon-Counting Detector 

The impact of digital breast tomosynthesis on screening performance and screen-detected cancers appears to generalize beyond trials and academic centers to the community setting.

Digital Breast Tomosynthesis Shows Promise in Community Setting 

Image IQ Quiz: What Do You See on this Women's Health CT?

Whitney J. Palmer has been with Diagnostic Imaging since 2011, serving as the Senior Editor since November 2019. She has 20 years experience in healthcare and academic medicine reporting.

Women who experience food or housing insecurities are more likely to take longer between imaging and follow-up, putting them at greater risk for undiagnosed breast cancer.



Breast Cancer Diagnoses Delayed by Housing, Food Insecurities

Delays in the diagnosis and treatment of breast cancer have led to the creation of multidisciplinary recommendations for breast cancer care during the COVID-19 pandemic. 

Fewer Breast Cancers Being Diagnosed During COVID-19 Pandemic 

What to expect this week on Diagnostic Imaging.

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