Diagnostic Imaging

Radiologists use diagnostic imaging to non-invasively look inside the body to help determine the causes of an injury or an illness, and confirm a diagnosis. Providers use many imaging modalities to do so, including CT, MRI, X-ray, Ultrasound, PET and more.

Cancer physicians want pediatricians to increase use of HPV vaccine

Oncologists are putting pressure on pediatricians to more strongly recommend the HPV vaccine, saying their endorsement will help prevent cancer decades down the line.

June 20, 2016

Knee osteoarthritis best imaged with patient standing, bearing own weight

Two Danish researchers have shown that it’s crucial to x-ray suspected osteoarthritis in the knee with the patient in a standing, weight-bearing position rather than a supine, non-weight-bearing position.

June 13, 2016

CT colonography can’t compete with colonoscopy on some high-risk polyps

Polyps characterized as both sessile and serrated lead to as many as 30 percent of all colorectal cancers, and they’re very good at avoiding detection by CT colonography—while quite readily giving themselves up to colonoscopy—according to a study published earlier this spring in the American Journal of Gastroenterology.

June 9, 2016

Cerebral microbleeds and dementia: Number and location matter

Building on prior research establishing the prevalence of cerebral microbleeds in Alzheimer’s patients, investigators in the Netherlands have used MRI in a large, longitudinal study to show that the related extent of cognitive decline and dementia depends on how many bleeds the patient has and where they’re located within the brain. 

June 9, 2016

The hunt is on for imaging biomarkers of ovarian cancer

A researcher at the University of Arizona is spearheading an effort to come up with a reliable way to catch ovarian cancer in its earliest stages. 

May 31, 2016

Vermont breast density bill signed into law

Governor Peter Shumlin signed Vermont’s breast density reporting bill into law this week, making it the 28th state to have such legislation in place. 

May 26, 2016
Women with dense breasts and benign breast disease have increased risks of developing #breastcancer

Study links childhood saturated fat intake to breast density

Consuming high amounts of saturated fat or low amounts of mono- and polyunsaturated fats as an adolescent is associated with higher breast density in young adulthood.

May 23, 2016

Boston Sci gets go-ahead to sell MRI-compatible spine stimulators

Boston Scientific has received FDA approval to go to market with an MRI-compatible version of one of its implantable spinal-cord stimulators used to relieve chronic pain.

May 23, 2016

Around the web

The newly approved AI models are designed to improve the detection of pulmonary embolisms and strokes in patients who undergo CT scans.

"I see, at least for the next decade, this being a SPECT and PET world, not one or the other," explained Tim Bateman, MD.

The FDA-approved technology developed by HeartFlow can predict a patient's long-term risk of target vessel failure as well as more invasive treatments performed inside a cath lab. 

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