Head CT does not increase patients’ risk of developing meningiomas, the usually benign but often slowly symptomatic brain tumors that have been suspected of forming more often in individuals exposed to concentrated doses of ionizing radiation.

A 30-year-old former medical student in the United Kingdom has donated a kidney to one of his erstwhile professors as a way to thank her for inspiring him “to become a radiologist.”

MRI is as good as CT at confirming or ruling out acute appendicitis in children, teens and adolescents, and it doesn’t matter whether the reading radiologist is specialized in abdominal or pediatric practice.

Comparing CT interpretations made by emergency physicians with those from radiologists reading the same scans, researchers in Iran found an agreement rate of 68.2 percent, leading them to urge caution among emergency doctors who feel pressured to supply their own reads for critical cases in the absence of an on-call radiologist.

Patients injected with a steroidal anti-inflammatory for symptom relief of carpal tunnel syndrome are well-served by follow-up imaging with ultrasound to show whether or not the treatment is working, according to a small study published online in Skeletal Radiology.

Following a review of radiology reports and patient records that turned up glaring communications gaps over noncritical yet potentially serious findings, an urban academic medical center has invested in software and dedicated staff to close the gaps and cut the associated risks for harm.

A veteran emergency-medicine specialist is urging his peers to appreciate the wonders of modern medical imaging without losing sight of all that’s right about hands-on care.

WAYNE, NJ—Network Radiology, a leading independent radiology center and teleradiology service provider in Cleveland, Ohio, is using Exa™ PACS/RIS from Konica Minolta Healthcare America, Inc. to help increase productivity and enable high reading volumes for both business applications.