2020 - Diagnostic Imaging Brief

AuntMinnie 2020: COVID-19 can be seen on CT scans outside the chest

AuntMinnie

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

Topping the list in 2020 was a story on how patients with COVID-19 may initially present with non-respiratory symptoms. New articles will be published each Monday until our official anniversary at RSNA 2024. In the early stages of the global pandemic, articles on COVID-19 were very popular amongst AuntMinnie members.

Emergency Room

Emergency Room Disease Radiologist Diagnostic

RadNet enters first new market since 2020, acquiring 7 imaging centers

Radiology Business

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

The M&A deal is with Houston Medical Imaging, which performed over 135,000 procedures last year, producing $28M in revenue.

Imaging

Imaging Medical Imaging Medical

Investors pour $5B into imaging AI, with average deal size tripling since 2020

Radiology Business

MAY 23, 2023

There are now more than 200 independent medical imaging AI software vendors, with 73% of the funds concentrated among the top 25.

Imaging

Imaging Medical Imaging Medical

Intelerad, Strategic Radiology highlight partnership milestones

AuntMinnie

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

The companies said that the partnership, initiated in 2020, attained several significant milestones in 2024. Imaging software company Intelerad and Strategic Radiology are highlighting recent achievements stemming from their collaboration on increasing access to advanced imaging technology for members of Strategic Radiologys network.

Radiology

Radiology Imaging IT

Part II: ‘Spectral x-ray’ technology key in space mission

AuntMinnie

APRIL 4, 2025

Food and Drug Administration clearance for the detector in 2020, and aside from space, the technology is also revolutionizing imaging in remote and underserved areas on Earth, Karim said. KA Imaging , based in Waterloo, Ontario, received U.S.

X-ray

X-ray Radiation Radiologist Imaging

PSMA-PET/CT identifies 'atypical' metastases in prostate cancer patients

AuntMinnie

MARCH 21, 2025

To bridge the gap in knowledge, the researchers identified 998 patients who underwent PET/CT scans using F-18 PSMA-1007 radiotracer at their hospital between June 2020 and June 2022. For the analysis, the researchers included 240 patients who underwent scans for primary staging of newly diagnosed disease.

Disease

Disease Diagnose Hospital Diagnostic

Loss of smell during COVID linked to structural, functional brain alterations

Health Imaging

AUGUST 19, 2024

According to data shared by the CDC last year, around 34% of patients who contracted COVID between 2020 and 2023 reported losing their sense of smell.

Late-stage breast cancer incidence increasing in U.S. women

AuntMinnie

DECEMBER 10, 2024

They used the latest available data from Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER), including data from the COVID-19 pandemic peak years of 2020 and 2021. Hendrick and Monticciolo said that many women unable to get their annual mammograms during the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 have not returned to yearly screening.

Disease

Disease Education Mammogram Radiologist

Samsung to acquire ultrasound artificial intelligence firm Sonio for more than $92M

Radiology Business

MAY 8, 2024

Founded in 2020, the Paris-based firm offers products to aid physicians in assessing and documenting OB/GYN scans.

Ultrasound

Radiologists are reading more cardiac CT exams, but not cardiac MRI

AuntMinnie

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Al-Ogaili's research used data from cardiac CT CPT codes culled from the Part B Physician and Other Supplier Public Use File (POSPUF) database between 2013 and 2020. The investigators found that 38, 806 cardiac CT exams were performed in 2013 and 112,909 in 2020, an increase of 191%. per 1,000 enrollees in 2020, an increase of 191%.

Radiologist

Radiologist MRI Medicare Inpatient

New analysis supports use of FES-PET in breast cancer patients

AuntMinnie

MARCH 13, 2025

Conversely, F-18 FES-PET is a noninvasive, whole-body molecular imaging technique approved in 2020 that captures both spatial (differences based on location), and, when ER-positive patients are imaged at multiple time points, temporal heterogeneity (how tumors change over time), the authors noted.

PET Scan

PET Scan Nuclear Medicine Disease Clinic

3 radiology tech companies make Deloitte’s ‘Fast 500’ with revenue growth of 770% or more

Radiology Business

NOVEMBER 24, 2024

Rad AI grabbed the highest ranking, at #19 on the list, achieving 8,710% revenue growth between 2020 and 2023, followed by Aidoc and PocketHealth.

Radiology

Black women should start breast cancer screening 8 years earlier, new data suggest

Radiology Business

APRIL 20, 2023

women spanning 2011-2020. The recommendation is based on an analysis of mortality data from 415,000 U.S.

Cancer incidence during pandemic lower than expected

AuntMinnie

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

A team led by Krystle Lang Kuhs, PhD, from the University of Kentucky in Lexington found that cancer incidence from March to December 2020 included 134,395 potentially undiagnosed cancer cases, lower than expected. The researchers used 2020 U.S. They analyzed data from 1,297,874 cancer cases reported between March and December 2020.

Diagnose

Diagnose Healthcare Healthcare Radiology

3D printing use in radiology saves an estimated 41 minutes, $2,500 per case

Radiology Business

AUGUST 9, 2024

RSNA and ACR in 2020 established a registry aimed at collecting standardized data on 3D printing performed in healthcare facilities, sharing their insights in a new analysis.

Radiology

Radiology Healthcare Healthcare

Radiologists rapidly launch inpatient IR consult service that’s generating tens of thousands in new revenue

Radiology Business

MAY 12, 2023

Between 2020-2021 (and amid the pandemic), interventional consult volumes climbed 13%, while consult-specific payments leapt by 84%, experts detailed.

Inpatient

Inpatient Radiologist

What has radiology learned in 5 years since COVID hit U.S.?

AuntMinnie

MARCH 11, 2025

Medical imaging played a significant role in the early days of the pandemic when it hit its initial peak in April 2020. Lessons learned Although COVID-19 is nowhere near the priority it once was, best practices from 2020 have carried over into todays clinical workflows. This was something that healthcare systems in the U.S.

Radiation Oncology

Radiation Oncology Radiology X-ray Radiation

American College of Radiology asks CMS to permanently allow remote supervision of diagnostic tests

Radiology Business

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services started allowing this perk in 2020 amid the pandemic, but it is slated to go away by the end of 2024.

Medicare

Medicare Diagnostic Radiology IT

Cancer mortality rates decline, health disparities persist

AuntMinnie

JANUARY 15, 2024

between 2000 and 2020, racial and ethnic disparities persisted for many cancers, a study published January 12 in JAMA Health Forum found. They focused on data collected from the National Center for Health Statistics between 2000 and 2020. While cancer mortality rates declined in the U.S. over the past two decades. per 100,000.

Ultrasound

Ultrasound MRI Healthcare Healthcare

Samsung finalizes $92M acquisition of French ultrasound AI firm Sonio

Radiology Business

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

Founded in 2020, the acquired firm offers products to aid physicians in assessing and documenting OB/GYN scans, such as prenatal ultrasounds.

Ultrasound

FES-PET shows promise staging patients with low-grade breast cancer

AuntMinnie

MARCH 4, 2025

Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in 2020 for detecting ER-positive lesions as an adjunct to biopsy in patients with advanced recurrent or metastatic breast cancer. Despite the small sample size and the study not being powered to reach statistical significance, the results of this pilot study support this hypothesis, the group wrote.

PET Scan

PET Scan Nuclear Medicine Mammogram Disease

Jury awards woman $7M after radiologist misread leaves her blind at age 23

Radiology Business

OCTOBER 5, 2024

The case dates to November 2020 when Allison Mitchell was admitted at Saint Vincent Hospital for a headache that led to her losing consciousness.

Radiologist

Radiologist Hospital

How much of a financial toll did COVID-19 take on radiology?

AuntMinnie

MARCH 26, 2024

A team led by Ahmed Farag, MD, from the University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School-Baystate Medical Center reported that their institution experienced a considerable loss in imaging volume and a large loss in revenue in 2020, the first year of the pandemic in North America, compared with the previous year.

Radiology

Radiology Healthcare Healthcare Medical

Loss of smell during COVID linked to structural, functional brain alterations

Health Imaging

AUGUST 22, 2024

According to data shared by the CDC last year, around 34% of patients who contracted COVID between 2020 and 2023 reported losing their sense of smell.

Private equity-backed imaging software provider Intelerad names new CEO

Radiology Business

MAY 25, 2023

Jordan Bazinsky takes over for the retiring Mike Lipps, who has served in the role since October 2020.

Imaging

Private equity-backed Capitol Imaging acquires 2 radiology groups spanning 10 locations

Radiology Business

JUNE 15, 2023

The Metairie, Louisiana-based radiology group has doubled in size since Clearview Capital funded the company in October 2020.

Radiology

Radiology Imaging

Physician turnover increases after private-equity investors sell their practice ownership stake

Radiology Business

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

Medical groups have become an attractive PE target in recent years, with investors acquiring about 1,000 such entities between 2010 and 2020, experts write in JAMA.

Medical

FDA fast-tracks Life Molecular’s amyloid PET tracer

AuntMinnie

JANUARY 22, 2025

Life Molecular is currently validating F-18 florbetaben for diagnosing cardiac amyloidosis in a phase III trial after receiving Orphan Drug Designation by both the European Commission and the FDA for the indication in 2020, the company said.

Diagnose

Diagnose Disease IT Imaging

Private equity-backed radiology provider LucidHealth appoints news CEO

Radiology Business

DECEMBER 5, 2023

The company did not give a reason for the departure of previous chief executive Asif Ahmad, who filled the role from 2020 to 2023.

Radiology

Private equity-backed radiology provider LucidHealth names chief operating officer

Radiology Business

MARCH 4, 2024

David Grau served as the Columbus-based company’s chief strategy officer from 2020 to 2023 before recently taking on the newly created COO role.

Radiology

Appeals court revives whistleblower suits alleging unqualified broker made radiology referral decisions

Radiology Business

AUGUST 22, 2023

first filed the complaints in 2020 against Discovery Radiology Physicians, OneSource Medical Diagnostics and four physicians, alleging insurance fraud. Allstate Insurance Co.

Insurance

Insurance Radiology Diagnostic Medical

Pandemic prompted an increase in negative mammograms

AuntMinnie

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

The team compared data collected for 2019 to 2021, focusing on mammography volumes between March and June for these years since the steepest COVID-related restrictions took place in that period in 2020. However, this increased to 638 in 2021 during the period of post-COVID-19 restrictions.

Mammogram

Mammogram Diagnostic Nursing Hospital

Industry payments to radiologists dropped precipitously post COVID, with an uneven recovery since

Radiology Business

MAY 4, 2023

“Interestingly,” experts noted, despite such decreases, average payment amounts nearly tripled year-over-year, from $581 to $1,607 in 2020.

Radiologist

Private equity-backed LucidHealth touts new 2-year partnership track for its growing teleradiology group

Radiology Business

AUGUST 25, 2023

Since 2020, the “virtual practice” has grown to include more than 75 physicians operating across 47 states, with leaders seeking to hire more.

IT

IT Teleradiology

ACS: Cancer mortality declines, but incidence rates rise

AuntMinnie

JANUARY 17, 2024

ACS researchers compiled the most recent data on population-based cancer occurrence and outcomes using incidence data collected by central cancer registries through 2020. As for how the COVID-19 pandemic impacted cancer trends, the ACS reported a lower cancer incidence rate in 2020 compared with 2019. per 100,000).

Diagnose

Diagnose Disease IT Imaging

Interventional radiologists still getting acquainted with SIR registry, reporting templates

Health Imaging

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

The Society of Interventional Radiology launched its Virtex registry in 2020 with an eye on showcasing the profession's value.

Interventional Radiology

Interventional Radiology Radiologist Radiology IT

Women with BRCA1/2 germline mutations are often denied breast MRI

AuntMinnie

JANUARY 2, 2025

The researchers investigated the frequency of insurance denials for annual breast MRIs in women with this genetic variant and reviewed exam denial trends via a study that included data from 682 women with BRCA1/2 germline mutations who had screening breast MRIs ordered between 2020 to 2021 at a high-risk breast cancer clinic.

MRI

MRI Insurance Disease IT

Radiology practice will pay $2.9M to settle allegations it falsified PPP loan documents

Radiology Business

APRIL 3, 2025

metro area's largest practice, purportedly had employed over 500 individuals as of 2019, but by April 2020, its roster was down to fewer than 100. Fairfax Radiological Consultants, the D.C.

IT

IT Radiology

How did radiology practices perform in the 2023 MIPS final results?

AuntMinnie

AUGUST 30, 2024

Additionally, during the 2020 and 2021 public health emergency years, many practices were able to qualify for a hardship exception, further reducing the amount of negative adjustment and therefore limiting the amount of upward adjustment.

Medicare

Medicare Radiology Public Health Education

Automated protocoling algorithm reduces radiologist CT workload

AuntMinnie

JANUARY 18, 2024

Study timeframes included a pilot stage (July to December 2020), an implementation stage (January to December 2021), and a post-implementation stage (January to December 2022).

Radiologist

Radiologist Electronic Medical Record Inpatient Hospital

FES-PET could save $142M in breast cancer costs

AuntMinnie

MAY 20, 2024

F-18 FES-PET was approved in May 2020 for detecting ER-positive lesions in patients with recurrent or metastatic breast cancer. The radiotracer was developed by French biomarker firm Zionexa, which GE HealthCare acquired in May 2021.

Diagnostic

Diagnostic Disease Healthcare Healthcare

Diagnostic imaging service expenditures shifting to third-party providers

AuntMinnie

OCTOBER 20, 2023

increase since 2020, when service spending was estimated to be $3.875 billion, and represents a 4.22% compound annual growth rate (CAGR) over this period. Regarding corporate HQ influence in the purchasing decision for service contracts in 2023, 35% of sites say corporate influence is increasing, down 16 ppt from 51% in 2020.

Diagnostic Imaging

Diagnostic Imaging Diagnostic Imaging Hospital

Disparities persist in availability of diagnostic breast services

AuntMinnie

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

The study consisted of data collected between 2010 and 2020 from 136 facilities in the U.S. The researchers identified multilevel factors associated with the availability of diagnostic services after an abnormal screening mammogram and women undergoing standard-of-care and advanced diagnostic services. and included 1.1

Diagnostic

Diagnostic Mammogram Insurance Diagnostic Imaging

RSNA to establish next Global Learning Center in Peru

AuntMinnie

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

The first RSNA Global Learning Center launched in 2020 at Stellenbosch University near Cape Town, South Africa. The RSNA is taking applications for volunteer faculty positions on the Lima center faculty; radiologists with subspecialties in pediatric radiology and pediatric oncology are needed.

Hospital

Hospital Education Patient Care Radiologist

AuntMinnie 2020: COVID-19 can be seen on CT scans outside the chest

RadNet enters first new market since 2020, acquiring 7 imaging centers

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Investors pour $5B into imaging AI, with average deal size tripling since 2020

Intelerad, Strategic Radiology highlight partnership milestones

Part II: ‘Spectral x-ray’ technology key in space mission

PSMA-PET/CT identifies 'atypical' metastases in prostate cancer patients

Loss of smell during COVID linked to structural, functional brain alterations

Late-stage breast cancer incidence increasing in U.S. women

Samsung to acquire ultrasound artificial intelligence firm Sonio for more than $92M

Radiologists are reading more cardiac CT exams, but not cardiac MRI

New analysis supports use of FES-PET in breast cancer patients

3 radiology tech companies make Deloitte’s ‘Fast 500’ with revenue growth of 770% or more

Black women should start breast cancer screening 8 years earlier, new data suggest

Cancer incidence during pandemic lower than expected

3D printing use in radiology saves an estimated 41 minutes, $2,500 per case

Radiologists rapidly launch inpatient IR consult service that’s generating tens of thousands in new revenue

What has radiology learned in 5 years since COVID hit U.S.?

American College of Radiology asks CMS to permanently allow remote supervision of diagnostic tests

Cancer mortality rates decline, health disparities persist

Samsung finalizes $92M acquisition of French ultrasound AI firm Sonio

FES-PET shows promise staging patients with low-grade breast cancer

Jury awards woman $7M after radiologist misread leaves her blind at age 23

How much of a financial toll did COVID-19 take on radiology?

Loss of smell during COVID linked to structural, functional brain alterations

Private equity-backed imaging software provider Intelerad names new CEO

Private equity-backed Capitol Imaging acquires 2 radiology groups spanning 10 locations

Physician turnover increases after private-equity investors sell their practice ownership stake

FDA fast-tracks Life Molecular’s amyloid PET tracer

Private equity-backed radiology provider LucidHealth appoints news CEO

Private equity-backed radiology provider LucidHealth names chief operating officer

Appeals court revives whistleblower suits alleging unqualified broker made radiology referral decisions

Pandemic prompted an increase in negative mammograms

Industry payments to radiologists dropped precipitously post COVID, with an uneven recovery since

Private equity-backed LucidHealth touts new 2-year partnership track for its growing teleradiology group

ACS: Cancer mortality declines, but incidence rates rise

Interventional radiologists still getting acquainted with SIR registry, reporting templates

Women with BRCA1/2 germline mutations are often denied breast MRI

Radiology practice will pay $2.9M to settle allegations it falsified PPP loan documents

How did radiology practices perform in the 2023 MIPS final results?

Automated protocoling algorithm reduces radiologist CT workload

FES-PET could save $142M in breast cancer costs

Diagnostic imaging service expenditures shifting to third-party providers

Disparities persist in availability of diagnostic breast services

RSNA to establish next Global Learning Center in Peru

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