Oftentimes when someone remarks on whether or not radiologists are “real physicians,” that someone ends up being a physician. Never mind that diagnostic radiologists can rightly claim the mantle of being the doctors’ doctor.

Researchers in the U.S. and South Korea have collaborated to create and validate an evidence-based rule that can accurately predict which women with ovarian cancer are not at significant risk for metastases in the chest and abdomen—and thus not really in need of some guideline-recommended CT scans.

Teenagers may be impulsive and more likely to take risks, making them more responsive to rewards, but new research says this behavior helps them transition into adulthood.

The radiology subspecialty of breast imaging has its problems, not least the discord it deals with every day over screening scheduling. 

A Florida man who needed a CT scan after taking a spill spilled the beans to a local TV station after he saw the bill. The outstanding sum was close to $18,000.

Physicists at the University of Virginia have developed a new imaging method that combines aspects of both MRI and gamma-ray imaging, a modality that has the potential to create new types of high-resolution medical diagnostics, reported Phys.org.

Breast density reporting laws now exist in 28 states, but do women in those states know what, exactly, it means if an exam reveals they have dense breasts? According to a recent study published in the Journal of the American College of Radiology, a majority of women in states with such laws do not know specific details about breast density and what it can mean for a woman’s health if she has dense breasts. 

The growing influence of artificial intelligence and deep learning in healthcare has led some writers to theorize that certain specialties, including radiology, would soon be “replaced” by machines.