What were the top 10 radiology news stories of 2025 in The Imaging Wire? This year’s top 10 list as measured by reader views is as follows…
- Bayer Steps Back from Blackford. Pharmaceutical giant Bayer in September announced it would deprioritize its investment in AI platform company Blackford Analysis as part of a general move away from the platform business, including its Calantic Digital Solutions subsidiary. The move sent shockwaves through the radiology AI segment as algorithm developers adjusted their commercialization strategies.
- Radiology Workforce Shortage Tightens. A report published in June showed that radiologist attrition rates have jumped 50% since 2020, and new workforce projections suggest the shortage will only worsen as imaging demand continues to outpace supply. The report projected a tighter supply of radiologists by 2037, a forecast that’s guiding the development of AI-based tools to help radiologists work more efficiently.
- Lunit Acquires Prognosia Breast Cancer Risk AI. AI developer Lunit ramped up its position in breast cancer risk prediction in September by acquiring Prognosia, the developer of a risk prediction algorithm spun out from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. The move complemented Lunit’s existing AI models for 2D and 3D mammography analysis, and Lunit filed for 510(k) clearance in December for a risk prediction model based on Prognosia technology called Insight Risk.
- RadPartners + Envision Consolidate Imaging Services. In a stunning consolidation of the imaging services segment, Radiology Partners took over imaging contracts held by debt-laden national medical group Envision Healthcare. The agreement brought up to 100 imaging sites and hundreds of radiologists into the RadPartners fold, making the country’s biggest private-practice imaging services provider even bigger.
- Radiology AI Approvals Near 1k in New FDA Update. The FDA in July released the long-awaited update to its list of AI-enabled medical devices that have received marketing authorization. The closely watched list showed the number of AI-enabled radiology authorizations approaching the 1k mark, a milestone that was surpassed in December.
- MRI Accident Turns Deadly. A tragic MRI accident in Long Island, New York, turned deadly after a man who was pulled into a mobile MRI scanner by a heavy chain he was wearing died of his injuries. The incident once again raised the question of whether everything possible is being done to keep patients safe during MRI scans.
- Getting Paid for AI – Will It Get Easier? Reimbursement is one of the major stumbling blocks holding back wider clinical adoption of artificial intelligence. But new legislation was introduced into the U.S. Congress in April that could ease AI’s reimbursement path. As of December, it was still working its way through Congress.
- RP Builds AI Mosaic as Company’s IT Foundation. Radiology Partners in July announced a new initiative to guide the rollout of AI across its nationwide network of radiology practices. MosaicOS is the IT foundation connecting RP practices and supporting clinical uses from AI-assisted reporting to report generation and even image management. RP followed up by acquiring vision language model developer Cognita Imaging in November.
- Radiology’s VC Funding Boom? Radiology venture capital funding appeared to be gaining momentum in the first few weeks of 2025 with the release of six funding rounds, led by a massive $260M Series B from preventive medicine firm Neko Health. Unfortunately, that momentum didn’t seem to carry through the rest of the year as most of the radiology VC funding deals got smaller and were spread farther apart.
- FDA AI Approvals Surge Past 1k for Radiology. The number of AI-enabled medical devices granted FDA marketing authorization for radiology surged past the 1k mark in the latest update from the agency. The numbers show that radiology’s share of authorizations remains stable at just over three-quarters of total approvals.
The Takeaway
The Imaging Wire top 10 radiology news stories for 2025 shows that our subscribers remain interested in bread-and-butter issues like the radiologist shortage, but also found favor with industry news, especially consolidation in the radiology AI segment. Stay tuned for coverage of healthcare’s most interesting discipline in 2026.