Brian Casey

Brian joined AuntMinnie.com in 1999 and was the website's founding editor in chief. He has 26 years of experience in radiology journalism, previously working for Diagnostic Imaging Scan newsletter and Diagnostic Imaging magazine.

He holds a bachelor's degree in radio-television from the University of Arizona and a master's degree in radio-television from San Francisco State University. His area of focus is in digital x-ray technologies. 

Articles by this author
Breast density advocate Cappello tells her story in JACR
December 1, 2013 -- The driving force behind the breast density notification movement -- Nancy Cappello, PhD -- tells her side of the story in the December issue of the Journal of the American College of Radiology. In the piece, she rebuts many of the arguments made by critics of mandatory density notification.  Discuss
MICI Q4: No hope on the horizon for scanner purchasing
November 14, 2013 -- If you were hoping for good news on a comeback in radiology before this year's RSNA meeting, you may have to wait a little longer. Radiology administrators continue to have a pessimistic outlook for the fourth quarter of 2013, according to new data from the Medical Imaging Confidence Index (MICI).  Discuss
New taxonomy could improve rad therapy incident reporting
November 5, 2013 -- Everyone agrees that improvements are needed in reporting incidents during radiation therapy treatments that can affect patients. But such reporting is tricky, especially if radiation oncology facilities aren't even using the same language to describe incidents.  Discuss
Winners of 2013 Minnies highlight CT's resilience
October 30, 2013 -- CT remains the workhorse medical imaging technology that's still making headlines some four decades after Sir Godfrey Hounsfield figured out a way to put EMI's Beatles royalties to work. This is nowhere more evident than in this year's Minnies awards, where candidates related to CT won many of the categories.
Better together: Tomo and energy subtraction enhance chest DR
October 23, 2013 -- Japanese researchers have found that combining two advanced digital radiography (DR) techniques -- tomosynthesis and energy subtraction -- results in major improvements over conventional digital x-ray energy subtraction when imaging pulmonary nodules, according to an article in the November issue of Academic Radiology.  Discuss
vRad patent lawsuit ensnares teleradiology providers
September 18, 2013 -- A patent lawsuit filed by teleradiology giant Virtual Radiologic (vRad) hinges on a group of former employees who broke away to start their own firm, Tandem Radiology, to develop teleradiology software. But the case has also ensnared several of Tandem's clients, who hint that vRad may have competitive motives for including them in the litigation.  Discuss
Tough love: Pulling infant pads may reduce x-ray dose
September 16, 2013 -- Removing comfort pads from underneath babies in the neonatal intensive care nursery prior to portable radiography exams could potentially reduce the radiation exposure the children receive, according to a study in the October edition of Academic Radiology.  Discuss
Ultrasound developer InnerVision looks for partner
September 11, 2013 -- Looking to accelerate its path to market, ultrasound developer InnerVision Medical Technologies has begun to search for a corporate partner to license its version of synthetic aperture technology. The company believes the technology produces a big boost in ultrasound resolution, particularly in scans of obese patients.  Discuss
MICI Q3: Medicare outlook still bedevils rad administrators
September 3, 2013 -- Radiology administrators remained deeply concerned about future Medicare reimbursement rates, showing little confidence that they will receive adequate Medicare payments in the third quarter of 2013, according to data from the Medical Imaging Confidence Index (MICI).  Discuss
Kan. radiologist indicted in $7M Army fraud scheme
August 2, 2013 -- A radiologist and former U.S. Army officer from Kansas has been indicted along with two other individuals on charges of running a contracting scheme that allegedly defrauded the Army of more than $7 million for medical imaging products and services.  Discuss