ACR Launches Contrast-Enhanced Mammography Screening Trial for Women with Dense Breasts

ACR Launches Contrast-Enhanced Mammography Screening Trial for Women with Dense Breasts

The American College of Radiology (ACR), in collaboration with the Breast Cancer Research Foundation (BCRF) and GE Healthcare, is about to launch the Contrast-Enhanced Mammography Imaging Screening Trial (CMIST). The trial aims to ascertain whether contrast-enhanced mammography increases breast cancer detection and lowers false positives in women with dense breasts. Dense breasts account for 43%…

Read More

No more billing and admin tasks helped this group grow to 20 times its size

No more billing and admin tasks helped this group grow to 20 times its size

Jessica Kania | Radiology Business Journal This practice expanded from 3 to 60 radiologists in under 2 years, without private equity overlords. Here’s how. In late 2020, KC Tan MD Medical Corporation was a three-physician radiology group in Arcadia, Calif., covering three hospitals. Today, the group is a 60-radiologist, multispecialty practice consisting of radiologists, neuroradiologists…

Read More

Echocardiographers Face Higher Radiation Exposure during Certain Cardiac Procedures

Echocardiographers Face Higher Radiation Exposure during Certain Cardiac Procedures

    Researchers recently revealed in a study published in JAMA Network Open that echocardiographers experience significantly higher exposure to radiation than interventional cardiologists. A research team at a Michigan hospital system measured head-level radiation levels for echocardiographers performing particular procedures, which necessitated them to stand near the radiation source and the patient. Echocardiographers assist…

Read More