The effect shows up on functional MRI as increased brain activity in regions involved in pain, emotion and attention—not only during the procedure but also afterward, when patients remember the experience and score its discomfort level.

Six radiologists interpreting around 500 chest radiographs with an assist from AI bested unaided radiologists in measures of efficiency and/or accuracy in a new comparative performance study.    

Mammography practices need to continue supporting pre-Digital Age channels for patients to schedule appointments, participate in community health programs and receive annual screening exams in mobile settings close to where they live. 

A governmental healthcare provider in Canada has begun reviewing mammography results from around 3,000 patients imaged over the past three years.

This goes for generalists as well as neuroradiologists.

Question 1. Is the CMS policy that requires documenting shared decision-making for lung cancer screening even working?

Last week CMS dug in with its decision to put off finalizing an alternative value-based payment model for radiation oncology services to “a date to be determined through future rulemaking.”

For this reason, these patients may need pointed guidance upon ED discharge lest cancers go undetected in early stages.