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ASRT report highlights enrollment growth in technologist programs

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In 2024, it sent its survey to 1,263 directors of several programs, including the following: radiography, radiation therapy, nuclear medicine technology, sonography, and MR imaging. The ASRT began tracking enrollment data for sonography and MR imaging in 2022. All these programs are approved by the ARRT. "We

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ECR: PET/MRI highly effective for detecting prostate cancer

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However, mpMRI misses about 10% of cases, typically in patients with lower-grade disease and in patients with cribriform pattern disease, a subtype much more likely to recur after surgery or radiation therapy, he noted. Hybrid PET/MRI scanners were introduced about 15 years ago to leverage the advantages of both methods.

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ASRT: Nuclear medicine technologist salaries show greatest gains

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Nuclear medicine technologists experienced the largest average compensation gains, up 20.2% ASRT's survey confirmed that all major disciplines in medical imaging and radiation therapy in the U.S. Magnetic resonance imaging technologists saw an increase of 12.5% have seen wage and salary increases since 2022.

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New guidance issued on PET/CT imaging in breast cancer

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The world’s top nuclear medicine societies have issued international guidelines on the role of PET/CT in patients with invasive ductal carcinoma breast cancer, with the document released May 14 in the European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging. The full article is available here.

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ASRT reports enrollment increases in radiologic technologist programs

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Student enrollment in ARRT-approved radiation therapy programs is estimated at 1,663 students in 2024, up from 1,302 in 2023. Nuclear medicine technology program enrollments increased to 1,403 students enrolling in 2024, up from 903 in 2023. In 2024, an estimated 5,511 students enrolled in ARRT-recognized sonography programs.

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ASRT doubles down on workforce plan in 2025

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American Society of Radiologic Technologists (ASRT) leaders plan to launch by mid-year the first phase of an action plan that they hope will increase the medical imaging and radiation therapy workforce in the U.S. These include medical imaging and radiation therapy professionals, physicians, and medical physicists.

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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.