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The 35 Best Radiology Sources

Our list of the top radiology news sources last year generated a lot of excitement, so we’re updating the list for 2024 with the people and publications we rely on to find the most interesting medical imaging stories. 

Top Radiology Sites

From a radiology newsletter with a laser focus on AI to an educational site with thousands of radiology cases, you’re sure to find something that meets your needs from the list below.

• AI for Radiology – A great source for news on AI, including the Project AIR testing clearinghouse.
• DI Europe – Two European journalists reviving one of radiology’s most venerable brands.
• Medality Radiology Report Podcast – Medality CEO Daniel Arnold interviews the biggest names in medical imaging. Think Howard Stern for radiology.
• radHQ.net Forums – In a short time this has become the go-to public bulletin board for radiologists. Bring popcorn. 
• Radiopaedia – The best site for educational radiology content, bar none.
• Signify Research – Home of the best radiology market analysis, backed by actual market data.

Top Radiology Key Opinion Leaders

Radiology is fortunate to have a wealth of really smart people sharing their thoughts on medical imaging technology. Here are a few of the best.

• Jan Beger – OEM executive with insightful high-level thoughts on AI.
• Mike Cannavo – The one and only PACSman, with invaluable insights on AI and enterprise imaging.
• Francis Deng, MD – Great analysis of radiology education and residency trends.
• Rich Duszak, MD – Always a superb source for radiology leadership and responsible imaging.
• Tobias Gilk – Radiology’s conscience on MRI safety. 
• Tom Greeson – The authority for perspectives on legal issues in radiology.
• Laura Heacock, MD – A leading voice on AI research and advancements.
• Saurabh Jha, MBBS – Delivers keen radiology insights with a biting wit.
• John Kalafut, PhD – Former vendor executive now offering AI wisdom.
• Woojin Kim, MD – One of radiology’s best sources for keeping up with the latest AI research. 
• Amine Korchi, MD – A radiologist with an eye for business news.
• Nina Kottler, MD – Eloquent and informed insights from the frontlines of imaging. 
• Curt Langlotz, MD, PhD – The first place we look for imaging AI context.
• Rizwan Malik, MD – Incredibly insightful and uniquely autobiographical. 
• Geraldine McGinty, MD – New platform, but still the moral compass of radiology.
• Herman Oosterwijk – The unquestioned authority on DICOM and enterprise imaging.
• Sebastian Schmidt – OEM executive with insightful analysis on CT lung cancer screening.
• Vikas Shah, MD – Radiopaedia managing editor. Come for the educational content, stay for the dart takes. 
• Ben White, MD – Excellent insights into the vagaries of being a working radiologist.
• Reza Zahiri – Detailed LinkedIn posts that deconstruct the financial positions of medical imaging vendors.

Healthcare Newsletters and Sites

Looking to get out of the radiology niche and broaden your horizons? Check out some of these healthcare newsletters and websites.

• Cardiac Wire (of course)
• Digital Health Wire (of course)
• Fierce Healthcare 
• Health Leaders
• KFF Health News 
• Medscape
• Second Opinion
• Stat News
• Talking Healthcare Technology

The Takeaway

This list should cover all your bases for staying informed about the latest developments in radiology news, especially in the red-hot AI segment. Or, just sign up for The Imaging Wire and we’ll do it for you.

PS – As always, if there’s any radiology publications or healthcare news sources that should be on this list, let us know!

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• RP’s Big Raise: US radiology practice giant Radiology Partners closed a massive $720M growth equity investment (total raised now $2.15B), while completing debt refinancing transactions that extend its debt maturity dates from 2028 to 2030. RP will retain more than $500M of its new capital, using it to fund continued growth and innovation, while applying the remaining ~$200M-$220M to reduce its debt burden.

• Change Hack: Healthcare cybersecurity dominated the headlines again last week after a cyberattack — allegedly perpetrated by a nation-state — forced Change Healthcare to shut down many of its services. Change Healthcare, which is part of UnitedHealth’s Optum business, identified the breach on Wednesday and quickly disconnected its services related to prescription processing, medical imaging, and payments. The AHA urged healthcare facilities to similarly disconnect from Optum until it is deemed safe to reconnect, and check their systems for vulnerabilities. 

• Philips’ LumiGuide Launches: Philips announced the US and European launch of its LumiGuide interventional navigation system. Powered by Philips’ Fiber Optic RealShape (FORS) technology, LumiGuide uses light reflected along an optical fiber inside a guidewire to generate 3D high-resolution color images of devices (e.g. catheters) – in real time, from any angle, and without radiation. As part of a limited 2023 release at nine aortic centers (n=900), the LumiGuide system cut complex aortic procedure time and radiation exposure by 37% and 56% compared to X-ray.
  
• Michigan’s PCI Safety Improvements: A statewide initiative from 2016 to 2022 led to a 34% drop in PCI radiation doses across Michigan. Even after adjusting for variables that are known to influence radiation dosage, each year of the initiative brought a 7.6% average reduction in radiation exposure per procedure. The observed reductions were due to a combination of changes, but centered around reducing X-ray dose per pulse and X-ray pulse frequency.

• Expanding Lung Cancer Screening: A program in Kentucky is boosting rates for CT lung cancer screening and enabling earlier detection. The Kentucky LEADS program is a collaborative initiative that encourages screening in line with guidelines, which advise a yearly CT scan for people aged 50-80 with certain smoking histories. The number screened at Appalachian Regional Healthcare rose from 372 in 2017 to 3,071 in 2023, while across Kentucky, 10.6% of eligible adults were screened in 2022, compared to 4.5% nationwide.

• Imaging AI Guides Immunotherapy: A new research analysis in European Radiology shows the broad potential for AI models with PET/SPECT imaging in guiding immunotherapy treatment of cancer. For the analysis, researchers evaluated 24 articles on the topic and found lung cancer was most commonly studied (58.3%) followed by lymphoma and melanoma (16.7% each). Univariate radiomics was used to build predictive models in 29.2%, radiomics in 50%, and deep learning in 20.8%. Prognostication and description of tumor phenotypes were the most common uses (25% and 20.8%). 

• CEM Guides Biopsies: A retrospective study in European Journal of Radiology shows contrast-enhanced mammography (CEM) is fast and effective for guiding biopsies of lesions detected only on MRI. In 28 patients with 29 MRI-detected lesions treated at a tertiary breast clinic, CEM’s biopsy success rate was 93.1% and the PPV was 33.3%, with minor complications in 25.9%. CEM-guided biopsies required only 14 minutes and could be a faster, cheaper alternative to MRI guidance, which took 24 minutes at the study site.

• Low-cost X-ray Solution Suits Zimbabwe: A low-cost X-ray system based on a digital camera is broadening access to imaging in rural Zimbabwe as part of a humanitarian effort by the GlobalRad Foundation, Saving African Families Enterprise, and imaging software company Novarad. It cost a total of $2,000 to build the unit, which includes a Nikon digital camera, a phosphor plate, a DR processor, and a portable X-ray generator. The device is in use at the Rusitu Mission Hospital. 

• CMR-ECGI for HCM Detection: A new study highlighted cardiovascular MR-guided electrocardiographic imaging’s (CMR-ECGI) potential to detect biomarkers of subclinical hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM), paving the way for earlier treatment. In the study of 211 people, subclinical HCM gene mutation carriers showed abnormal electrophysiology in their CMR-ECGI exams that was not evident with their 12-lead ECG exams, while those with overt HCM had more severe CMR-ECGI abnormalities. This is the latest in several studies highlighting CMR-ECGI’s potential.

• Superiority of CT-FFR: A new meta-analysis found CT-derived fractional flow reserve (CT-FFR) is superior to coronary CT angiography (CCTA) in patients with lower coronary calcium scores. Researchers found CT-FFR was superior when the CACS is lower than 400, with a per patient AUC compared to 0.9, and a per vessel AUC of 0.8 versus 0.74. In fact, CT-FFR performed significantly better for all CACS subgroups under 400; for example the per-vessel AUC in CACS2 was 0.92 compared to 0.66. 

• iCardio.ai’s AS Detection Designation: Echo AI startup iCardio.ai announced that its aortic stenosis detection solution landed FDA Breakthrough Device Designation, potentially streamlining its path towards approval and reimbursement. The designation notably covers iCardio.ai’s AS solution for screening outside of the echo lab, such as in primary care settings, which could have a big impact on early AS detection and treatment. That would be a significant change from current AS detection pathways, but the solution has performed fully-automated AS detection with high accuracy in previous studies.

• Cleerly’s FFR Code: Cleerly announced that its ISCHEMIA solution is billable with the AMA’s new Category I CPT code for CCTA-based and AI-driven noninvasive fractional flow reserve estimations (75580). The AMA launched its new CPT I FFRCT code in January, replacing four existing Category III CPT codes (0501T-0504T), allowing RVU-based payments to physicians across a range of settings (hospital outpatient, physician offices, or imaging center), and apparently expanding AI solutions that qualify for FFRCT reimbursements.

• In-Network Utilization Spike: In-network care unsurprisingly saw a major spike following the No Surprises Act, which protects patients from unexpected charges from out-of-network providers. A FAIR Health report showed that the share of in-network care increased from 84% to 90% across all specialties and settings, with an obvious jump in January 2022 following the new legislation. The specialties that saw the most immediate impact were also the most common sources of surprises, including anesthesiology, emergency medicine, pathology, and radiology.

Home-Based Cardiac Ultrasound

How is home-based AI-aided cardiac ultrasound poised to change global healthcare? In this article from Us2.ai, hear from Izabella Uchmanowicz, RN, on how the CUMIN study is empowering nurses to perform AI-POCUS.

Meet Gleamer at ECR 2024

Learn all about Gleamer and its portfolio of AI solutions, including its BoneView algorithm for detecting fractures in adults and children, at the upcoming ECR 2024 conference. Schedule a meeting today.

An Integrated Approach to Radiology AI

AI automates what radiologists can’t stand, surfaces what radiologists can’t see, and identifies what radiologists can’t miss. But only if it’s implemented in the way radiologists work. See how Nuance helps radiologists achieve these results through a single, streamlined, end-to-end AI experience.

The Resource Wire

• Give Your Patients the Experience They Want: Empower patients to take control of their healthcare journey by giving them mobile access to their records and images with Clearpath, the world’s first digital fulfillment platform for records and films. Book a demo today. 

• The Importance of Workflow in SPECT/CT: SPECT/CT can impact everything from patient satisfaction to exam efficiency. In this video, learn from two technologists and a physician how Siemens Healthineers’ Symbia Pro.specta SPECT/CT system impacts their daily work, their patients, and their department’s efficiency. 

• Missed Appointments and No-Show Costs Can Add Up: Every missed appointment can cost providers an average of $200. Find out how providers are reducing no-show rates by up to 30% with Appointment Reminders by PocketHealth.

• Maximize Your Return on Investment: Looking for ways to maximize your return on investment in healthcare IT? Check out this white paper from Enlitic to learn how the company’s intelligent healthcare solutions can help you harness the power of AI and deep learning to unlock ROI. 

• Best in KLAS for Cardiovascular Imaging: The Merge Cardio and Merge Hemo solutions from Merge by Merative have been named Best in KLAS 2024 for Cardiology and Hemodynamics. Learn more about the solutions that have dominated both KLAS categories since 2007.

• Visit TeraRecon at ECR 2024: Discover how TeraRecon’s solutions can deliver clinical decision support across your enterprise and explore the latest updates to their industry-leading advanced visualization software at ECR 2024. Schedule a meeting today. 

• AI Platform’s Benefits Beyond Stroke Triage: How did the VA’s National Teleradiology Program (NTP) use Blackford Platform to respond to stat reads for intracranial hemorrhage from 120 facilities across the US — enabling AI to deliver benefits beyond stroke triage? Find out in this case study. 

• Optimizing Lung Cancer Detection with AI: Progress has been made to expand CT lung cancer screening guidelines and capture more lung cancers early. But less than 6% of eligible individuals undergo recommended screenings. Learn what GE HealthCare is doing to leverage CT and AI to make a difference. 

• Monitoring, Benchmarking, Data Privacy, and Ethics in AI: Join Bayer’s Calantic Digital Solutions for a February 28 presentation at ECR 2024 exploring how ethics shape AI’s trajectory, societal impact, and deployment. See Calantic’s entire program and schedule your demo today. 

• Start at the Source to Improve MRI: Looking for ways to improve MRI speed and image quality while addressing broader concerns in healthcare? The answer may lie in proven MRI physics in your existing scanner – learn how to unlock it with STAGE from SpinTech MRI. 

• Solutions to Support Breast Density Reporting: The FDA has ruled that healthcare providers must inform patients of their breast density status. Learn how Intelerad’s solutions can help mammography facilities comply with this new rule well ahead of next year’s deadline. 

• Connect with CARPL at ECR 2024: Experience the world’s largest radiology AI marketplace and accelerate radiology AI adoption with CARPL.ai at ECR 2024. Schedule your meeting today. 

• What Can We Do About Physician Burnout? Clinical burnout is widespread in healthcare. What can be done to combat burnout in imaging? Listen to Sonia Gupta, MD, of Change Healthcare as she addresses the concerns and offers possible solutions that you can use right now.

• Get a Clear Perspective at ECR 2024: Visit Riverain Technologies at ECR 2024 and get a clear perspective on the company’s ClearRead solutions to help identify lung abnormalities on CT and X-ray. Visit the company’s booth #A1-19 in Expo X1. 

• Treating Local Patients Like Family: Holzer Health System in the rural community of Jackson, Ohio, treats local patients like family, offering the same level of top-quality care that can be found anywhere. Find out how United Imaging’s Software Upgrades for Life program helps them stay current.