Screening children for scoliosis has risen and fallen in popularity over the years, with appropriate utilization of X-rays at the heart of the debate underlying the inconsistency. 

Computers might be able to detect early signs of Alzheimer’s that their human operators aren’t even aware exist, according to a new study in Radiology. 

A story from GeekWire.com looks at a research team, with help from a grant from the National Space Biomedical Research Institute (a NASA-funded group), that is developing a handheld ultrasound device that can detect and pulverize kidney stones—without surgery or bulky equipment.

Elizabeth Yale, PhD, an assistant professor at the University of Iowa, wrote an essay exploring prenatal imaging practices before ultrasound that focuses on two centuries old practices that show how much different things were in the past.

Fifteen years after sustaining a traumatic brain injury (TBI) with three-week loss of consciousness while serving in the military, a 38-year-old male presenting as a female entered a hospital emergency department exhibiting self-inflicted injuries. The wounds were consistent with the literature on vampirism and autovampirism, and brain imaging showed focal damage to the patient’s bilateral frontal lobes.

With the help of radiologists following new procedures, a new study shows that institutions were able to decrease the amount of radiology patients were exposed to during CT-guided lung biopsies by more than 64 percent over 18 months. 

The Joint Commission is backing away from portions of revised requirements for who is and isn’t qualified to perform diagnostic CT procedures.

Surgeons have used a new tumor-specific, near-infrared (NIR) fluorescent agent, combined with a dedicated camera-based imaging system, to find and resect ovarian tumors that are invisible to the naked eye and undetectable by the surgeon’s fingertips.