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

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While screening mammography services were halted, Patel and colleagues continued with diagnostic imaging services, especially for symptomatic patients. They determined standards of care between optimal, contingency, and crisis levels to figure out which cancer patients needed immediate radiation oncology care.

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Siemens Healthineers, Tower Health enter 10-year partnership

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The partnership aims to improve diagnostic imaging and digital intelligence tools for radiology, oncology, and cardiology across the West Reading, PA-based Tower Health system. This includes devices and scanners related to CT, MRI, interventional radiology, and Varian radiation oncology therapies.

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The rise of theranostics: Part 5 -- Advice from center administrators

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As nuclear medicine therapies gain stature compared to nuclear medicine in diagnostic imaging, hospital administrators may be eyeing the potential of adding theranostics services. The theranostics tumor board at WU is part of a larger collaboration between the disciplines of nuclear medicine and radiation oncology.

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The rise of theranostics: Part 3 -- What is a theranostics center?

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Eliot Siegel, MD; Stanislav Spiridonov, MD; Nathan Gee, MD; and Anthony Chang, PhD, are among a niche gathering of early adopters, entrepreneurial physicians, medical physicists, and investors with a sweet spot for nuclear medicine, diagnostic radiology, and radiation oncology.

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Navigating Treatment Options: How X-rays Guide Personalized Care Plans

Professional Radiology

Once doctors know what’s going on, they use these images to plan exactly the right treatment for each person. Here’s how: Diagnostic Imaging : X-rays provide detailed images of internal structures such as bones, organs, and tissues.

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Diagnostic radiology physicians net $54M in industry payments

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Pharmaceutical industry companies were involved in payments to diagnostic radiolog.

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Spectral CT System Gets FDA Clearance for Radiation Oncology Use

Diagnostic Imaging

The Spectral CT 7500 RT system reportedly combines 4D conventional computed tomography (CT) with the enhanced quantification and visualization of spectral CT to facilitate improved precision with radiotherapy.