The Access to Medical Imaging Coalition (AMIC) has released the results of a poll by Zogby International that suggests Americans recognize the value of medical imaging as a critical component of high-quality healthcare.

Radiologists looking for more success in getting reimbursed for the services they perform should be looking at providing better documentation, according to an article in the September issue of the Journal of the American College of Radiology.

Siemens Healthcare and SurgiVision of Irvine, Calif., have formed an agreement for the co-development and commercialization of a real-time MRI-guided cardiac electrophysiology (EP) system.

Although a third of healthcare providers plan to continue a freeze on all imaging equipment purchases in the midst of a tough economy, many more are once again looking to buy--with MR equipment topping the list of planned purchases--according to a new report from market research firm KLAS.

Diffusion-weighted MRI allows for the noninvasive detection of changes in renal perfusion and diffusion during acute unilateral ureteral obstruction, according to a study in this months issue of Radiology.

In a functional MRI (fMRI) study, neurologists and psychiatrists at Columbia University in New York City have identified an area of the brain involved in the earliest stages of schizophrenia and related psychotic disorders, according to findings published Monday in the Archives of General Psychiatry.

The American College of Radiology (ACR) has created a Liver Imaging Reporting and Data System (LI-RADS) committee with the objective of standardizing reporting and data collection for CT and MR imaging surveillance for hepatocellular carcinoma.

Cationic CT contrast agents are more sensitive for imaging joint cartilage compared with most commercially available contrast agents, according to a study published online Sept. 1 in the Journal of the American Chemical Society.