A U.S. initiative has been designed to reduce unnecessary radiation exposure from three types of medical imaging procedures: computed tomography, nuclear medicine studies, and fluoroscopy More... 08 Mar 2010
Cardiologists and heart imaging specialists have enrolled the first dozen patients in a one-year investigation to learn whether the slight squeezing of blood flow through the inner layers of the heart is better than traditional single photon emission computed tomography nuclear imaging tests. More... 03 Mar 2010
The addition of the ultrasound and three-dimensional fluoroscopic X-ray image modalities represent an important advancement for a new navigation platform. More... 25 Feb 2010
Preventing deadly ruptures of the blood vessels in the brain is the aim of a new project to help radiologists detect aneurysms with far greater speed and accuracy. More... 23 Feb 2010
U.S. researchers are incorporating radiation dose exposure reports into the electronic health record, an effort that they hope will lead to an accurate assessment of whether any cancer risk is associated with low-dose radiation exposure from medical imaging tests. More... 22 Feb 2010
Published reports on the usefulness of computed tomography scans for complicated H1N1 cases have spurred use of these procedures in U.S. hospitals. More... 19 Feb 2010
The MedImaging Radiology channel covers fluoroscopy, digital radiography, computerized tomography, mammography, interventional radiology, and other medical uses of X-ray imaging as well as related instrumentation, trends and safety issues.
