Ben White

SEPTEMBER 6, 2024

The battle between Radiology Partners and UnitedHealthcare has ended with United as the victor. The summary: RP claimed United owed them lots of money for underpayment because United was using a 2020 contract to determine some of its payments instead of a more lucrative 1998 contract originally held by one of its purchased groups, Singleton. United then sued Radiology Partners alleging an illegal pass-through billing scheme.

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Diagnostic Imaging

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

In a study involving 396 confirmed neuroendocrine tumor liver metastases, researchers found that Gd-EOB-DTPA-enhanced MRI offered 19 percent higher sensitivity than polyenergetic CT.

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AuntMinnie

SEPTEMBER 6, 2024

F-18 fibroblast activation protein inhibitor (FAPI) PET/CT leads to significant upstaging in newly diagnosed breast cancer, according to research published September 5 in Academic Radiology. A team led by Liu Junzhi, PhD, from the China-Japan Union Hospital of Jilin University in Changchun, China, found that the modality leads to upstaging at a higher rate than that of F-18 FDG PET/CT.

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Medical Xpress: Radiology

SEPTEMBER 6, 2024

The brain and spinal cord are the central pillars of the human central nervous system (CNS), orchestrating everything from movement to sensation. Despite significant advances in neuroscience, our understanding of how these two crucial components of the CNS interact remains limited.

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Ben White

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

Or, “Why Independent Radiology is different from most job boards (but also still boring)” So recently I created a simple, small website called Independent Radiology. It’s a boring job board, but it’s also different from most job boards. Jason Fried from 37signals (makers of Basecamp, HEY, and other stuff) argued years ago that software should be opinionated.

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Health Imaging

SEPTEMBER 6, 2024

Harrison.rad.1 can conduct chats related to imaging, identify and localize X-ray findings, generate reports and provide its reasoning based on patient history and clinical context.

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Medical Xpress: Radiology

SEPTEMBER 6, 2024

Researchers at Korea University College of Medicine have identified a new candidate marker for determining the severity and metastasis of sarcoma and developed a molecular sensor that enables fluorescence imaging targeting this marker.

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Radiology Business

SEPTEMBER 6, 2024

Annual private equity investment in healthcare reached $83B billion three years ago, but these transactions have faced little scrutiny to ensure they are in the public’s best interest, sponsors note.

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AuntMinnie

SEPTEMBER 6, 2024

PET/CT imaging with iodine-124 (I-124) evuzamitide may help monitor how patients with cardiac amyloidosis respond to therapy over time, according to a study presented at the American Society of Nuclear Cardiology annual meeting in Austin, TX. Emily Martin, PhD, of the University of Tennessee Medical Center in Knoxville, discussed her group’s latest research on the investigational approach, with repeat scans more than two years after baseline showing changes in cardiac and extracardiac amyloid lo

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Health Imaging

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

MRI exams are crucial for investigating fetal abnormalities, but past concerns have been expressed about whether the modality could affect intrauterine growth.

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Medical Xpress: Radiology

SEPTEMBER 2, 2024

Early detection of breast cancer through mammography screening continues to save lives. However, abnormal findings on mammograms can lead to women being recalled for additional imaging and biopsies, many of which turn out to be "false positives," meaning they do not result in a cancer diagnosis. False positives can also have financial implications for patients and cause significant emotional anxiety.

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Radiology Business

SEPTEMBER 6, 2024

“While the result was surprising and unsatisfying, we are nevertheless pleased that the panel rejected any recovery to UHC," the California-based practice said on Thursday.

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AuntMinnie

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

Allegheny Health Network's (AHN) Allegheny Valley Hospital (AVH) in Natrona Heights, PA has completed a $12 million expansion and renovation of its imaging and radiology department. The new 8,000-sq-ft imaging center, located on the ground floor of AVH, houses advanced ultrasound, 3D mammography, CT scanning, MRI, general radiography, and dual x-ray absorptiometry (DEXA) scanning.

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Health Imaging

SEPTEMBER 6, 2024

When it happened, news of the incident did not circulate, and whether it was reported to any governing body remains unclear.

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ScienceDaily

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

Research discovered a unique and promising avenue for diagnosing Alzheimer's disease (AD) earlier -- by analyzing AD biomarkers in blood -- so that the impacts of dementia can be reduced. The researchers applied inorganic analytical geochemistry techniques, originally developed for cosmochemistry -- for example, to study the formation and evolution of the Earth, the Moon, other planets and asteroid samples -- and adapted these highly sensitive techniques to search for early biomarkers of AD in h

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Atlantis Worldwide

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

The FDA announced that it stands behind the proposed exemption from the Digital Millennium Copywrite Act that would apply “to circumvention (of technological protections) that is conducted solely to

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AuntMinnie

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

Intussusception reduction can be performed within eight hours of ultrasound diagnosis, not necessarily within two hours, according to research published September 4 in the American Journal of Roentgenology. A team led by Livja Mertiri, MD, from Texas Children's Hospital in Houston found comparable success for pediatric intussusception reduction in children who were treated emergently (within 2 hours) and those who were treated urgently (within 8 hours).

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Radiology Business

SEPTEMBER 6, 2024

Allegheny Valley Hospital is offering a new mobile MRI truck, among other upgrades, which will add 40 new appointment slots per week.

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Diagnostic Imaging

SEPTEMBER 6, 2024

A machine-learning-based model demonstrated an 87 percent area under the curve and a 90 percent specificity rate for predicting interstitial lung abnormality on CT scans, according to new research.

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MedImaging MRI

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

A new artificial intelligence-based technology aims to revolutionize the planning of brain radiation therapy and enhance treatment outcomes for children.

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AuntMinnie

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

Annalise.ai parent company Harrison.ai has launched Harrison.rad.1, a radiology-specific vision language model. Harrison.rad.1 is dialogue-based and can perform open-ended chats related to x-ray images, detect and localize radiological findings, generate reports, and provide longitudinal reasoning based on clinical history and patient context, Harrison.ai said.

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Radiology Business

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

The Swiss drugmaker recently started work on a new plant in Indianapolis, which will produce isotopes needed for key radiogland therapies.

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Health Imaging

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

The demand for interventional radiology procedures is growing, but it is a specialty for which health literacy is lacking.

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ScienceDaily

SEPTEMBER 2, 2024

A false-positive mammogram may deter women from future screenings, according to a new study. But staying on schedule remains key to early detection of cancer.

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AuntMinnie

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

A former vice chair of radiology at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center has been indicted by a federal grand jury on charges of sexually exploiting a minor, according to a statement by the U.S. Attorney's Office in Pennsylvania In November 2022, Ashok Panigrahy, 53, transported and attempted to transport material depicting the sexual exploitation of a minor in interstate commerce, as well as possessed material depicting the sexual exploitation of a minor, according to the indictment.

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Radiology Business

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

The University of Nevada, Las Vegas, graduates about 24 students annually, with each able to complete clinical rotations at the physician practice.

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Health Imaging

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

Many of these exams are ultimately deemed normal, and their results often do not affect how patients’ headaches are managed.

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ScienceDaily

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

A study investigated the origin of ataxia in the brain of patients with stroke. A significant number of the stroke lesions in the patients were located outside the cerebellum.

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AuntMinnie

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

Women are less likely to return to breast cancer screening after false-positive mammography results, according to research published September 2 in the Annals of Internal Medicine. A team led by Diana Miglioretti, MD, from the University of California, Davis found that this trend especially goes for women recommended for short-interval follow-up or biopsy.

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