Tiny, peculiar and creepy but in a cuddly sort of way, eight-legged tardigrades—also known as “water bears”—may help advance radiation safety in medical imaging. 

A study drawing on data from nearly 100,000 patient visits has shown that team training of MRI technologists in patient-calming techniques can boost rates of patient show-ups as well as study completions.

Autism symptoms in children could be exacerbated if their mothers undergo fetal ultrasounds early in pregnancy, according to a new study published in Autism Research. And now, the Wall Street Journal reported, doctors are looking for a way to cut back on first-trimester fetal ultrasounds without scaring away women who might need the procedure, while definitive proof of autism-related effects remains elusive. 

Engineers at Duke University have combined light-based holographic imaging with deep-learning algorithms to come up with a no-pathologist-needed way to identify blood cells infected with malaria. 

Stamford, CT, September 20, 2016 (Booth #8000) – The TeraMedica Division of FUJIFILM Medical Systems U.S.A., Inc., a leading provider of diagnostic imaging products and medical informatics solutions, recently announced a significant business milestone in serving cancer center customers. The company’s Synapse VNA, an enterprise-wide medical information and image management solution, is now installed at more than 300 oncology facilities worldwide for the management of cancer treatment data.

Physicians treating possibly osteoarthritic patients 40 and older for knee pain can save these patients time, trouble and quite a lot of money—while sacrificing little to nothing on diagnostic accuracy—by sending them for weight-bearing x-rays rather than MRI scans.

In a retrospective analysis of an urban emergency department that sees more than 85,000 annual visits, atraumatic headache patients who received CT scans in the ED and had negative findings were much less likely than patients who were not scanned to come back to the ED for any reason within 30 days. 

Contrary to popular perception, Denver Broncos players have no less chance of getting concussions on their mile-high home field than when they play in Miami, Los Angeles or any other field that’s not at elevated altitude.