Donna Domino[email protected]EconomicsCMS forecasts 'modest' growth in healthcare spendingThe U.S. will see a "modest" increase in healthcare spending through 2024, but the projected 5.8% annual rate of growth is much lower than the rapid pace seen prior to 2008, according to a new report from the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS).July 28, 2015Practice ManagementMont. radiologist gets $4M in privileging settlementA Montana hospital has agreed to pay $4 million to a radiologist to settle a breach of contract lawsuit that accused hospital officials of reducing his staff privileges because he worked for a competing imaging center.November 11, 2010CTCourt transcripts don't resolve questions in Mad River CT caseDespite the recent release of court transcripts from the Mad River CT overdose case, questions still remain as to how a Northern California radiologic technologist performed 151 CT scans on a 2-year-old boy in 68 minutes -- resulting in a massive radiation overdose.June 30, 2010Digital X-RayFla. firm uses unique pitch for mobile fluoroscopy unitA Florida company is raising eyebrows in marketing a fluoroscopy system to chiropractors via a website that touts the unit's ability to generate higher insurance settlements in cases of chronic spinal trauma. The issue could be another front in the ongoing debate over the appropriate clinical use of medical radiation.June 22, 2010Radiation Oncology/TherapyPostmastectomy RT reduces recurrence risk for somePostmastectomy radiation therapy (RT) can reduce the risk of recurrence for some breast cancer patients by 28% and increase five-year overall survival by 43%, according to a study in the June issue of the International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics.June 6, 2010CTSettlement reached in Mad River pediatric CT radiation caseThe family of a 2-year-old boy who received a massive overdose of radiation during a series of CT scans in 2008 has reached a settlement with the Northern California hospital where the incident occurred.May 23, 2010CTChicago zoo uses new CT scanner for animal imagingJessi the aardvark's teeth are in good shape, say veterinarians at Chicago's Brookfield Zoo, which recently became only the second zoo in the U.S. to have an onsite CT scanner. The zoo's extensive imaging suite also boasts digital x-ray, mammography, ultrasound, and a PACS network to check the health of its animals.April 5, 2010PACS/VNARadiologist hacks hospital PACS to access patient recordsA small Connecticut hospital has notified nearly 1,000 patients that their imaging records have been breached by a radiologist who hacked into the PACS network for a month after being fired in February -- with the apparent goal of stealing the hospital's patients.March 30, 2010Industry NewsTomografía computada de la momia Pa-Ib devela sus secretosSegún el refrán, los muertos no hablan, pero una momia de 4 mil años de antigüedad que fue reexaminado por un escáner de TC de 64 cortes develó muchos de sus secretos a los expertos en la paleoradiología.February 28, 2010CTNew CT scans of Pa-Ib mummy unveil more secretsIt's said that "Dead men tell no tales," but a 4,000-year-old female mummy that was recently re-examined with a 64-slice CT scanner revealed many of her secrets to paleoimaging experts. Connecticut researchers used CT to learn important details about her life in ancient Egypt.February 10, 2010Page 1 of 2Next PageTop StoriesMolecular ImagingBeta-amyloid testing results have limited emotional impact for patientsReceiving results from amyloid beta testing did not have a significant negative emotional impact on patients, whether negative or positive, findings from a new study show.Molecular ImagingPET/MRI reveals how brain stimulation technique worksCTImaging findings of Marfan syndrome: What radiologists need to knowMolecular ImagingWhole-body PET shows how naloxone blocks opioidsWomens ImagingKomen rails against proposed federal cuts to women's health program
