imagingBiz | A new medical research body born of healthcare reform should not consider the cost of treatments when evaluating them. That is the opinion expressed by the American Medical Association (AMA), which over the past few days has been soliciting other groups to sign on...
imagingBiz | The American College of Radiology (ACR) has issued a statement addressing inaccuracies it contends were included in “Radiation Risks of Diagnostic Imaging”, a Sentinel Event Alert issued last Wednesday by The Joint Commission (TJC). The alert indicates general agreement that “care should be...
DiagnosticImaging | Every now and then, I find myself thinking about some of the skills radiologists have developed that are underappreciated. Some once held more importance than they now do (pneumoencephalography, for instance). Others were more recently of practical value but are on their way...
AuntMinnie | The discovery of a thrombus within an aneurysm on a FDG-PET/CT scan can alter the treatment for cancer patients and eliminate potentially major consequences, according to a study published online August 4 by the Journal of Nuclear Medicine. Researchers at Saint Louis University in...
imagingBiz | New research conducted by the U.S. National Cancer Institute and published online Monday in the journal Cancer suggests a link between the dramatic decline in women’s use of hormone therapy mid-decade and a decline in mammograms. “We found that women in the age group...