CT Scanners
February 10, 2025
Are CT Scans Too Slow? February 10, 2025
Is your imaging practice paying attention to the acquisition speed of your CT scans? A new study in AJR suggests that CT pulmonary angiography patients are being scanned at an average speed that’s 30% slower than optimal, resulting in unnecessary imaging artifacts. CT is radiology’s workhorse modality, but recent studies have found wide variation in […]
Breast Imaging
February 6, 2025
Mammography Rates Fall for Women in 40s February 6, 2025
A new study on mammography screening confirms the worst fears of women’s health advocates: screening rates fell for women ages 40-49 after the USPSTF in 2009 withdrew its recommendation that younger women get biennial screening. Breast screening has long been the most controversial cancer screening exam, with screening’s opponents claiming that its “harms” – such […]
Imaging Centers
February 2, 2025
PE Practice Purchases Tick Up February 2, 2025
Private equity acquisitions of radiology practices ticked up in 2024 after two years of declines. A new paper in JACR sheds light on PE purchases in radiology, which have raised concerns about the corporatization of medical imaging in the U.S. Private-sector radiology historically consisted of independent imaging practices run largely by radiologist-owners who contracted with […]
