Here's what to expect this week on Diagnostic Imaging.
In this week’s preview, here are some highlights of what you can expect to see coming soon:
Healthcare disparities and inequities are known to exist in diagnostic imaging. Research published in the American Journal of Roentgenology takes a look at imaging utilization across Medicare beneficiaries in emergency departments nationwide. Results indicate that African American patients are nearly one-third less likely to receive advanced imaging that their white counterparts. Look for more in-depth coverage this week.
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Providers cannot rely on the initial severity of a patient’s case of COVID-19 to determine whether he or she will have long-term respiratory complications. This week, findings published in the Annals of the American Thoracic Society outline, based in part on CT and X-ray images, that common complications that linger after COVID-19 infection appear to be unrelated to how severe the patient’s case is. Keep your eyes open for more details this week.
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It’s January, and the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) is starting the year with a new president, Mary C. Mahoney, M.D., Benjamin Felson Endowed Chair and Professor of Radiology at the University of Cincinnati (UC) College of Medicine. This week Diagnostic Imaging spoke with her about her priorities for RSNA over the coming year, as well as what she sees as the challenges and opportunities for the industry going forward. Watch for our interview with her in the coming days.
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Large Medicare Study Shows Black Men Less Likely to Receive PET and MRI for Prostate Cancer Imaging
August 3rd 2025An analysis of over 749,000 Medicare beneficiaries diagnosed with prostate cancer over a five-year period found that Black men were 13 percent less likely to receive PET imaging and 16 percent less likely to receive MRI in comparison to White men.
The Reading Room Podcast: Current and Emerging Insights on Abbreviated Breast MRI, Part 3
August 3rd 2025In the last of a three-part podcast episode, Stamatia Destounis, MD, Emily Conant, MD and Habib Rahbar, MD, share additional insights on practical considerations and potential challenges in integrating abbreviated breast MRI into clinical practice, and offer their thoughts on future research directions.
Twenty Years of CT Colonography for Colorectal Cancer Screening: What the Research Reveals
August 3rd 2025Computed tomography colonography (CTC) demonstrated a 91.6 percent positive predictive value (PPV) for polyps > 6 mm, according to new research involving over 9,000 patients who underwent CTC for primary asymptomatic colorectal cancer screening.
The Reading Room Podcast: A Closer Look at Remote MRI Safety, Part 3
August 3rd 2025In the third of a three-part podcast episode, Emanuel Kanal, M.D. and Tobias Gilk, MRSO, MRSE, discuss strategies for maintaining the integrity of time-out procedures and communication with remote MRI scanning.