Researchers from the John Hopkins University have reported that they have recently developed a predictive method that can determine, with 95 percent accuracy, which stroke victims will serve to benefit from intravenous clot-busting drugs and which serve to suffer dangerously, with potential fatal bl...

Based on a new study, an old concept of re-treating lung tumors has come back into the fold, this time with modern technology on its side. The Comprehensive Cancer Center of Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center is one of only several cancer centers that is trying to give lung cancer patients out of t...

With bird's eye imaging, cardiologists see the earliest signs of heart disease or existing heart disease not diagnosed with other testing modalities. "With one heartbeat, within one second, we can get an entire 3-D image of the heart that allows us to look at arteries and heart anatomy with excelle...

Based on a recent study conducted by a team of Mount Sinai researchers, utilizing portable ultrasound as a first-line imaging exam in kids with suspected appendicitis significantly helps deduct emergency room length of stay and decreases the need for CT scans. Other than ultrasound, often referred ...

As hospitals and doctors' offices throughout the country race to join online systems that enable them to share medical information securely, a new study proposes that these systems may already be reducing and cutting unnecessary care. Based on new findings by University of Michigan researchers publ...

Based on the results of a recent study, health care professionals are doing everything in their power to let Butte County smokers, who are at risk for contracting lung cancer know that there is a screening tool that could potentially save their lives. Results of the study verified that using low-...

As 2013 comes to a close, expert radiologists provided their input on how to improve performance in the coming year. 1- Only use final reads: Radiology groups using nighttime coverage services or depending on the emergency physician to perform preliminary reads may be causing themselves extra wor...

Based on an international study, an ultrafast, 320-detector computed tomography (CT) scanner that displays both anatomy within coronary arteries and blood flow can accurately pick out which people require, or don’t require, an invasive procedure to classify coronary blockages. The researchers sug...

German researchers employed a CT scanner and a 3-D printer to re-create a copy of a dinosaur fossil that has been wrapped up in protective plaster for decades, with the real trick being that they could accomplish such a feat without ever removing the plaster. In this week's issue of the journal Rad...

Based on a recent study conducted at the University of Colorado Cancer Center and published in the journal Physics in Medicine and Biology reveals that endorectal balloons generally used during exact radiation treatment for prostate cancer can distort the prostate in a way that could make radiation ...