Some types of scans include X-rays, computed tomography (CT), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), and ultrasound scans. Medical professionals use scans to help diagnose a range of health conditions.

The majority of radiology leaders see potential in using machine learning capabilities to analyze breast imaging above other types of medical imaging, according to a Reaction Data survey. For the ...

When radiologist Pouneh Razavi reads a patient’s mammogram, she hunts for blips in the X-ray image that could indicate breast cancer. Then, a second reader looks at the image, and the two compare ...

A new free resource allows researchers to use Medicare and other payer claims databases to identify and meaningfully characterize medical imaging by noninvasive or invasive procedures, modality, body ...

The amount of data generated in healthcare is scaling at a rapid rate of 47% per year. So, how do you manage all that data and use it to improve patient care? Healthcare organizations today are being ...

A study led by UC San Francisco and UC Davis has concluded that radiation from medical imaging is associated with a higher risk of blood cancers in children. The researchers examined data from nearly ...

Assessing the risk of radiation-induced hematologic cancer from medical imaging in children and adolescents might support informed decisions on the use of imaging. We followed a retrospective cohort ...

A new study published in JAMA Network Open highlights the significant environmental footprint of medical imaging contrast agents, finding that Medicare patients alone received 13.5 billion milliliters ...