Radiology

The FDA has granted Breakthrough Device Designation to two generative AI platforms designed to draft radiology reports from chest X-rays, signaling growing federal recognition of AI as a tool to address the radiologist shortage. Aidoc, a clinical AI company supporting…

Oklahoma City-based OU Health has named Javier Villanueva-Meyer, MD, clinical service chief of radiology. Dr. Villanueva-Meyer was also appointed chair of the department of radiological sciences at the University of Oklahoma College of Medicine, according to a June 23 news…

UPMC Williamsport (Pa.) has completed a newly renovated and relocated interventional radiology suite backed by an investment of more than $8 million, according to a June 23 report from The Standard-Journal. The upgraded suite includes two interventional radiology labs equipped…

Virginia Medical Imaging and Medical Imaging of Fredericksburg have sued Mary Washington Healthcare Services, claiming the Fredericksburg, Va.-based health system engaged in a campaign to undermine the imaging provider through contract disputes, physician recruitment efforts and lease negotiations. According to…

Cambridge, Mass.-based Harvard University was ranked the top university for radiology, nuclear medicine and medical imaging — both globally and in the U.S. — as part of U.S. News & World Report’s “2026-2027 Best Global Universities” rankings. Harvard University also…

An AI model cut breast cancer diagnostic timelines from several weeks to about an hour, according to a study published May 18 in NPJ Digital Medicine.  Researchers from University of California San Francisco and UC Berkeley developed and trained the…

Christus Children’s, part of Irving, Texas-based Christus Health, has launched a mobile PET-CT imaging unit. The unit — made possible through a $2.5 million gift from Valero — will serve patients across Texas in San Antonio, New Braunfels and San…

Yale New Haven (Conn.) Health System is deploying an AI-powered radiology reporting platform across its imaging network, which includes more than 16 outpatient imaging centers and five hospital campuses. The health system selected Rad AI for the initiative, according to…

Salt Lake City-based University of Utah Health has named David Larson, MD, chair of the department of radiology and imaging sciences in the Spencer Fox Eccles School of Medicine, effective Sept. 14. Dr. Larson will join University of Utah Health…

Multiple guidelines recommend ongoing breast cancer risk assessment for women, beginning by age 25, to identify individuals at increased risk who may need enhanced breast cancer screening.1,2. A risk-based approach to breast cancer screening has been shown to be both…