Radiology

Virtual Radiologic (vRad), a technology-enabled national radiology practice, has announced it has entered into an educational partnership with Radiology Business Management Association (RBMA).

With new diagnostic imaging products and practices hitting the market every year, costs and what types of devices are consistently changing, according to Novation's annual Diagnostic Imaging Watch report.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration cleared the Siemens Biograph mMR system, which is the first device able to conduct a PET scan and an MRI scan at the same time, according to an FDA news release.

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UPMC Hamot Imaging Center at Sterling Square has expanded its services with the addition of digital mammography, according to a hospital news release.

Northwestern Medicine physicians are now utilizing a new treatment option for breast cancer that allows women to receive a full dose of radiation therapy during breast conserving surgery, according to a hospital news release.

Physicians at Georgetown University and George Washington University, both in Washington D.C., assessed radiology discrepancies resulting from radiograph interpretations that occur in hospital emergency departments and analyzed the types of errors made by emergency physicians, according to an article published…

Jefferson Regional Medical Center has purchased and closed a competing imaging center in suburban Pittsburgh as it expands its own imaging services in the area, according to a report by Pittsburgh Business Times.

Early use of CTs, MRIs or nuclear scintigraphs on patients, particularly on the day before or day of admission, is linked with shorter lengths of stay for patients who undergo these services, according to a study in the Journal of…

CMS has approved three national organizations to accredit suppliers of technical components of advanced diagnostic imaging services, according to a notice in the Federal Register.