Within the past half-decade, the useful life of workhorse modalities like CT and MR alone have been extended by some two-and-a-half years, according to industry watchers like IMV.
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Burned Out: The Deteriorating State of Mental Health in the Workplace
Feb 1, 2024
or as much as the shortage of incoming professionals is discussed as a deep-seated problem in the medical imaging space, perhaps some comparable amount of attention should be paid to what’s being done to retain their services in the field.
Theranostics and the Promise of Personalized Medicine
Jan 1, 2024
The field of theranostics involves targeting disease states via molecular imaging and radioisotopes to create a form of personalized medicine.
Leadership Vacuum: Where are the next generation of medical imaging leaders, and how do we find them?
Dec 1, 2023
Leaders in the medical imaging space tend to fall into one of two categories. The first are former technologists. Passionate about their work, but often promoted into management roles without any formal leadership training, the tone set in their departments typically begins and ends with their own inclinations and personal experiences from years spent in the field.
Small Victories: Finding Gratitude in Difficult Moments
Nov 1, 2023
At the turn of the season, we asked a handful of medical imaging professionals to share with us, in their own words, the people, moments, and things that have kept them grounded and grateful in 2023.
A New Look: Benefits of Contrast-Enhanced Breast Imaging
Oct 1, 2023
CEM has emerged as a diagnostic tool that adds functional information with which clinicians may identify more quickly whether an abnormality in breast tissue is likely cancerous.
The Long View: Conversations about Imaging Technology Lifespan Planning
Sep 1, 2023
In conversations about the durability of medical equipment, the most commonly constructed analogies – namely those about asset depreciation, maintenance and after-market acquisition – are comparisons involving motor vehicles. But for the first time across both industries, the impact of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic also conjured up another apt comparison: that of supply chain shortages, parts and equipment delays, and confronting the financial challenges that such factors complicate.
The Future of CT
Aug 1, 2023
In the 50 years since the first computed tomographic images in the United States were captured by EMI-made scanners at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, computed tomography (CT) imaging has become an invaluable diagnostic tool.
Lowering the Shields
Jul 1, 2023
In earlier days of medical imaging studies, patients were routinely given lead aprons to shield the parts of their bodies that weren’t involved in the study from ionizing radiation.
The No Surprises Act: Impact of the Federal Price Transparency Rule
Jun 1, 2023
The “No Surprises Act,” embedded within the federal Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021, is meant to curb this practice, banning surprise bills for most emergency services, out-of-network cost sharing, balance billing for out-of-network providers at an in-network visit, and up-front notice about billing procedures and complaint disputes.