Radiology

Northwestern Medicine Central DuPage Hospital in Winfield, Ill., has upgraded its mobile stroke unit to enhance prehospital stroke care in 20 west suburban Chicago communities. The new unit is equipped with a 32-slice CT scanner, enabling faster, high-resolution brain imaging…

Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers has signed legislation requiring health insurers, including BadgerCare, to fully cover medically necessary supplemental breast screenings and diagnostic breast exams for individuals with dense breast tissue or elevated breast cancer risk, according to a news release…

AI-generated “deepfake” X-ray images were frequently mistaken for real ones by both radiologists and large language models, raising concerns about cybersecurity and diagnostic reliability. The retrospective study, led by researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in…

Galveston-based University of Texas Medical Branch has tapped Max Wintermark, MD, as chair of the department of radiology at the John Sealy School of Medicine. Dr. Wintermark will step into the role April 1, according to a Feb. 26 news…

New York City-based NYU Langone Health opened a new imaging and specialty care facility in Riverhead, N.Y., on March 12. The 25,000-square-foot site includes 13,000 square feet dedicated to diagnostic imaging services such as MRI, CT, X-ray, breast cancer screening…

The Center for Radiology Education launched a nationwide initiative to award up to 5,000 scholarships for students enrolling in medical imaging programs at John Patrick University of Health and Applied Sciences in South Bend, Ind. The program is designed to…

Rapides Regional Medical Center in Alexandria, La., held a ribbon-cutting March 13 for a new $3 million interventional radiology suite, described as the most advanced in a hospital in central Louisiana. The suite allows for real-time imaging during procedures, enabling…

Researchers at the University at Buffalo in New York have built an AI-based system that can distinguish human-written radiology reports from those generated by large language models, aiming to prevent medical fraud and protect insurance workflows. The research team developed…

The American College of Radiology is supporting a call from 10 medical specialty societies and academies urging Cigna Healthcare and UnitedHealthcare to update their coverage policies for peripheral nerve stimulation used to treat chronic pain. Current payer policies classify the…

Lawrenceville, Ga.-based Northside Hospital Gwinnett has opened a new interventional radiology suite with advanced CT technology. Located in the hospital’s new tower, the suite houses two procedure rooms connected by a movable CT scanner, enabling real-time diagnostics and interventional care,…