Dermal Filler Recently Approved by FDA Could Skew Breast Imaging Results, Experts Warn
The FDA approved Merz Aesthetics' Radiesse dermal filler for use in the décolleté area of adults 22 and older. Radiesse contains hydroxyapatite microspheres that can be visible on medical imaging, raising concerns that it may obscure breast tissue on mammograms. Radiologists warned the filler could mask small lesions, potentially delaying cancer detection. The agency has mandated a post‑market study of 30 patients to assess imaging impact, while Merz maintains the product’s safety.
Imaging AI Targeting Parkinson's Earns FDA's De Novo Classification
Neuropacs Corp. received FDA De Novo classification for its AI‑driven MRI software that differentiates Parkinson’s disease from atypical parkinsonian syndromes. The tool quantifies MRI patterns of multiple system atrophy Parkinsonian variant and progressive supranuclear palsy, achieving a 96% AUC in...
Private Equity-Backed Groups More Likely to Offer Radiologists Remote Roles
RadBoard’s analysis of more than 4,000 radiology job postings shows that roughly one in four openings now offer fully remote work. Private‑equity‑backed radiology groups dominate the remote market, accounting for 49% of those positions, while hospital systems provide remote options...
Widow of Man Killed in New York MRI Accident Sues Radiology Providers
Adrienne Jones McAllister has filed a lawsuit in Nassau County Supreme Court against Nassau Open MRI, East Coast Radiology PC, and related parties over the death of her husband, Keith McAllister, who was pulled into an MRI scanner by a 20‑pound weight‑training necklace....
Radiology Pushes for $45M to Fund Federal Physician Burnout Program
The American College of Radiology, together with dozens of physician societies, urged Congress to allocate at least $45 million to the Lorna Breen Mental Health Act, the nation’s only federal program aimed at preventing physician burnout and suicide. Since its 2022 launch,...
Siemens Healthineers Partnership Seeks to Boost Supply of Novel PET Imaging Agent
Siemens Healthineers has signed a clinical supply agreement with Australian biotech Radiopharm Theranostics to manufacture and distribute the novel PET imaging agent RAD101 in the United States. The fluorine‑18‑labeled small molecule targets suspected recurrent brain cancer that has metastasized and...
AI Is Everywhere ... Except in Radiology Job Postings, New Data Reveal
A new RadBoard analysis of 4,333 radiology job listings from Q1 2026 finds only 28% mention PACS or AI, despite over 1,000 FDA‑cleared AI tools and 90% of hospitals claiming AI use. Private‑equity‑backed firms lead AI mentions, while academic, hospital,...
How Leadership Changes Impact Radiologist Well-Being
A recent Academic Radiology report shows that changing divisional leadership can swiftly improve radiologist well‑being. Survey data from a large academic institution revealed the Physician Well‑Being Index fell from 1.83 in 2023 to 0.89 in 2024, with the steepest gains...
Interventional Radiologist 1st in World to Deliver Newly Approved Cancer Treatment
Interventional radiologists at Mount Sinai performed the world’s first TheraSphere Y‑90 Any Day Dosing procedure for hepatocellular carcinoma, following the FDA’s March 2026 clearance. The treatment uses microspheres to deliver targeted radiation directly to liver tumors while sparing healthy tissue. The...
New Survey Explores Women’s Willingness to Pay for Breast Cancer AI
A new JACR survey of 2,500 women aged 40 and older examined willingness to pay for AI‑enhanced mammography. Participants faced price points of $50, $200 and $500 and varied information frames, with 27% opting in when shown an advertisement and...
AI Software More than Halves Hospital's MRI Exam Times
Experts at the Antoni van Leeuwenhoek Hospital in Amsterdam have integrated AI‑driven synthetic imaging software into their MRI scanner, cutting abdominal exam times from roughly 23 minutes to nine minutes. The AI fills in missing slices, allowing technologists to acquire...
Join Us Tomorrow: How Capitol Imaging Is Using AI-Enabled RIS, Scheduling Bots and Smart Staffing Strategies to Take Care of...
Capitol Imaging Services, a 60‑location outpatient imaging network in the Gulf South and Southeast, is piloting an AI‑enabled radiology information system (RIS) to automate front‑office tasks. Partnering with AbbaDox, the group uses an AI voice agent named Abby to parse...
Certain Radiology Subspecialties Less Likely to Score Promotions than Others
A new study of nearly 7,000 academic radiologists reveals stark promotion disparities across subspecialties. Breast imaging and pediatric radiology exhibit the lowest full‑professor attainment rates, while nuclear medicine and musculoskeletal imaging lead. Publication metrics account for only 31‑37% of rank...
Pennsylvania Private Radiology Practice Exits Ownership Stake in Hospital Joint Venture
Lancaster Radiology Associates and Penn Medicine Lancaster General Health have dissolved their joint ownership of the MRI Group and PET Partnership, giving Penn Medicine sole control of six imaging centers in Lancaster and Chester counties. The transaction transfers real estate...
Radiology Groups Fight State Proposal to Expand Nonphysicians’ Scope of Practice
Radiology groups, led by the American College of Radiology, are opposing Ohio Senate Bill 324, which would let certified nurse practitioners and physician assistants supervise X‑ray machine operators without traditional licensure. The bill aims to address staffing shortages, but critics...
Recent Billing Code Changes Wreaking Havoc for Radiation Oncologists, New Survey Finds
On Jan. 1, 2026, the CPT Editorial Panel introduced three-tier radiation‑therapy billing codes, eliminating code 77014 and adding a professional‑component code. A survey of 160 ASTRO members shows more than two‑thirds experiencing payment drops of 10% or higher, with some cuts exceeding...
Private Equity-Backed Teleradiology Group Continues to Grow Through Acquisition
Premier Radiology Services, a Miami‑based teleradiology firm backed by Grovecourt Capital Partners, announced the acquisition of Global Imaging Solutions (GLOBIS), which processes roughly 350,000 studies a year across 28 states. The deal follows Premier’s earlier purchases of National Radiology Solutions...
Radiopharma Firm Secures $85M to Expand Domestic Production of Radioisotopes
Indiana‑based SpectronRx announced an $85 million investment from OrbiMed to expand its U.S. radioisotope production capacity. The funding will support construction of a 150,000‑square‑foot facility on its Grissom Aeroplex campus, adding to existing 200,000‑square‑foot manufacturing space and bringing total global capacity...
Radiologists Urge Medicare Contractor to Exempt Professional Component From New Pay Restriction
Radiologists, backed by the RBMA and ACR, have asked Noridian Healthcare Solutions to exempt the professional component of CPT 74177 (CT abdomen/pelvis with contrast) and CPT 72148 (MRI spine without contrast) from a new pre‑payment review. Noridian instituted the review citing high...
Philips Issues Urgent Device Correction Notice for Thousands of Imaging Units
Philips Healthcare has issued an urgent correction notice for its Allura and Azurion interventional fluoroscopy systems after discovering a foot‑switch design flaw that can prevent or intermittently enable X‑ray imaging. The U.S. FDA classified the issue as a Class 2 recall,...
Hospital's Digital Intelligence Platform Cuts Imaging Wait Times, but with a Caveat
Researchers at Tongji Hospital in Wuhan built a closed‑loop digital intelligence platform that integrates scheduling and report dispatch into the electronic health record. Post‑implementation, exam volume rose 66.4% while CT appointment times fell 72.4% and MRI times dropped 33.8%. However,...
Experts Call for Lung-RADS Updates Amid Concern About Certain Incidental Findings
Researchers at Brown University analyzed over 75,000 low‑dose CT scans from the National Lung Screening Trial, covering more than 26,000 participants. They found that about 7% of exams contained significant incidental findings (SIFs) that were cancerous, and roughly 3% of...
Imaging Interpretation Turnaround Times More than Double over a Decade
Imaging interpretation turnaround times more than doubled between 2014 and 2023, climbing from roughly 2 hours 11 minutes to 4 hours 37 minutes – a 113% increase. The study of 2.6 million Medicare imaging claims shows the steepest jumps in CT (318%) and MR (256%) scans. A...
CEO of America’s Largest Public Hospital System Says He’s Ready to Replace Radiologists with AI
Mitchell H. Katz, CEO of NYC Health + Hospitals, announced the system is prepared to let artificial‑intelligence algorithms perform first‑read radiology interpretations once state regulations allow. He highlighted AI’s growing role in mammogram and X‑ray analysis and the potential for...
Hospital System Investing Nearly $23M to Expand Interventional Radiology Services
BayCare, a west‑central Florida hospital system, is allocating roughly $22.5 million to centralize and expand interventional radiology (IR) services at St. Anthony’s Hospital in St. Petersburg. The investment will fund two new bi‑plane suites, 12 pre‑ and post‑procedure bays, and dedicated patient waiting...
FDA Suspends Medical Spa's Mammography Operations Amid 'Serious Concerns' About Quality
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration ordered the Greenbrier Clinic in Sulphur Springs, West Virginia, to suspend its mammography services after an American College of Radiology review flagged serious quality concerns. The FDA’s action covers exams performed between October 28, 2023 and...
Breast Cancer Screening Rates Saw a 10% Drop Among Several Groups of Women over the Last 2 Decades
A new JAMA analysis of more than 2.6 million women shows mammography use among 40‑ to 49‑year‑olds fell roughly 10% between 2002 and 2022. The decline was modest overall but reached up to 12% in specific sociodemographic groups, including uninsured women...
Northwestern Deploys New Mobile Stroke Unit Equipped with 32-Slice CT Scanner
Northwestern Medicine has upgraded its mobile stroke unit (MSU) with a 32‑slice CT scanner, replacing the older 16‑slice system. The new, smaller‑footprint vehicle can perform advanced imaging en route, allowing clinicians to differentiate ischemic from hemorrhagic strokes before hospital arrival....
Cryoablation Outshines Radiation Therapy, Surgery for Treating Certain Lung Cancers
New research published in the Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology shows percutaneous cryoablation delivers high local control for medically inoperable stage IA non‑small cell lung cancer, especially tumors under 2 cm. In a single‑center analysis of 176 patients, one‑year and three‑year...
Imaging Manufacturer Guerbet Faces Financial Challenges Following Recent FDA Warning
French imaging contrast agent maker Guerbet is confronting a severe FDA warning after inspectors found significant good manufacturing practice violations at its Raleigh, North Carolina plant. The citation has already depressed Americas revenue by 4% year‑over‑year and reduced MRI‑related sales,...
Fraudster Faces 3 Years in Prison for Role in $14M Imaging-Related Scheme
A Los Angeles woman, Sophia Shaklian, was sentenced to 35 months in federal prison for orchestrating a Medicare fraud scheme that siphoned more than $14 million through fake diagnostic imaging and hospice services. She owned multiple sham providers and submitted fraudulent...
Beyond AI: How 3D Surgical Intelligence Is Expanding Radiology’s Clinical Impact
Radiology is extending its diagnostic role by delivering patient‑specific 3D surface models that surgeons can manipulate for pre‑operative planning. Studies show these digital models reduce operating‑room time, lower complication rates, and improve surgical predictability across orthopedics, oncology, and reconstructive procedures....
Appeals Court Rejects RadNet’s Attempt to Toss Labor Board Ruling over Fired Union Worker
An appeals court rejected RadNet’s bid to overturn a National Labor Relations Board ruling that ordered the imaging‑center operator to reinstate a fired union technologist and provide back pay. The 9th Circuit affirmed that the NLRB’s finding of a breach of...
MRI-Guided Ablation as Effective as Surgery for Prostate Cancer Treatment
MRI‑guided TULSA ablation matches or exceeds robotic radical prostatectomy for intermediate‑risk prostate cancer. In the CAPTAIN trial of 211 patients, TULSA halved rates of erectile dysfunction and urinary incontinence, eliminated blood loss, and shortened hospital stays. Functional recovery was faster,...
Man Wins $10M Jury Verdict After ED Physicians Order Wrong Imaging Exam
A Washington man was awarded a $10 million jury verdict after emergency‑department physicians ordered the wrong imaging study, delaying treatment of a spinal epidural abscess. The misstep resulted in a 17‑hour wait, during which his paralysis progressed and became permanent. The...
'Meaningful' FDA Clearance Opens New Osteoarthritis Treatment Pathway
The FDA has granted clearance for Siemens Healthineers’ Varian radiotherapy platforms—including TrueBeam, TrueBeam STx, VitalBeam and Edge—to treat medically refractory osteoarthritis in adults. Low‑dose radiation therapy offers a non‑invasive alternative to steroid injections, physical therapy, and ultimately joint replacement surgery...
Match Day 2026: Radiology Programs Offer More Positions than Ever, but Applicant Pool Declines
The 2026 NRMP match shows radiology programs offering a record 1,478 residency slots, a 5% increase from 2025. Despite the growth, the pool of PGY‑1 diagnostic radiology applicants shrank to 1,741, a 1% dip and a 14% decline over three...
Radiologists, Rad Techs, Physicists and Nuclear Medicine Urge HHS to Fix Costly Image-Sharing Processes
Healthcare societies representing radiologists, technologists, physicists and nuclear medicine wrote to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services urging a fix to costly, outdated image‑sharing practices. They highlighted that despite broad adoption of the DICOM standard, inconsistent implementation forces...
UCLA Interventional Radiologist 1st to Perform 'Breakthrough' Procedure
UCLA interventional radiologist Edward Lee performed the first percutaneous spleno‑renal shunt on a 6‑year‑old boy suffering severe portal hypertension. The minimally invasive procedure relieved the child’s blocked portal vein, stopping recurrent bleeding episodes that had threatened his life. Lee’s success...
FDA Clears 2 New MR-Guided Breast Biopsy Tools
The FDA has cleared Mammotome’s Mammotome Prima MR Dual Vacuum‑Assisted Breast Biopsy System and its HydroMARK Plus MR biopsy site marker, marking the first in‑room MR‑guided biopsy solution. The system positions the vacuum‑assisted device beside the patient in the scanner, reduces...
Philips-Nvidia Team-Up Strives to Create a ‘Self-Driving MRI’ Machine
Philips and Nvidia have unveiled an AI‑driven preview that generates a synthetic MRI image before the scan begins, using Philips' MR foundation model combined with Nvidia's NV‑Segment, NV‑Generate, and NV‑Reason tools. The preview ingests patient data and protocol settings to...
FDA Pushes Back Its Review of New PET Imaging Agent From Lantheus
The U.S. FDA has extended its review of Lanteus’ PET imaging agent LNTH‑2501 by three months, moving the PDUFA target date to June 29. LNTH‑2501, a Ga‑68 edotreotide kit for detecting neuroendocrine tumors in adults and children, remains unapproved and...
Hospital Opens New $3M Interventional Radiology Suite, the First in Its Region
Rapids Regional Medical Center in Alexandria inaugurated a $3 million interventional radiology (IR) suite, the first of its kind in central Louisiana. The state‑of‑the‑art facility supports image‑guided procedures such as biopsies, embolizations, ablations and on‑table CT‑guided radiation therapy. Hospital leadership highlighted...
GE HealthCare Finalizes $2.3B Intelerad Acquisition
GE HealthCare completed its $2.3 billion acquisition of imaging‑software firm Intelerad, integrating the cloud‑enabled platform into its AI‑driven imaging suite. The deal is expected to generate roughly $270 million in revenue during the first full year, with 90 % recurring and an EBITDA...
New Real-World Evidence Supports the Use of AI in Lung Cancer Screening
A prospective trial of 911 asymptomatic patients undergoing low‑dose chest CT showed that AI‑assisted nodule detection modestly increased interpretation time by about 15 seconds but significantly boosted the identification of Lung‑RADS‑positive nodules. Radiologists using the AI tool reported roughly double...
Insurer and Business Lobbying Interests Kill Supplemental Breast Imaging Bill in 1 State
Kansas Senate Bill 409, which would mandate insurers to cover supplemental breast imaging after mammography, failed to advance as the legislative session progressed. Insurer Blue Cross and business groups such as the Kansas Chamber of Commerce opposed the bill, labeling...
'Cybersecurity Vulnerability' Spurs FDA Recall of GE HealthCare Image Viewers
GE HealthCare has initiated a Class 2 FDA recall of its Centricity Universal Viewer after discovering a cybersecurity flaw that could expose user login credentials on local workstations. The vulnerability threatens system availability and data integrity, prompting an Urgent Medical Device...
‘Compensation Remodeling’ and 9 Other Solutions to Help Preserve Radiology’s Core Mission
The American College of Radiology’s 2025 Intersociety Meeting produced ten actionable solutions to halt the erosion of academic radiology’s core mission of patient care, education, and research. Experts cite practice consolidation, rising imaging volumes and burnout as primary threats. Recommendations...
Hospital Apologizes After Leaving Patient on MRI Scanner for 6 Hours
Tongji Hospital in Wuhan apologized after a patient was left inside an MRI scanner for nearly six hours due to a failed shift‑handover. The attending physician marked the exam complete at 12:10 a.m., but the patient remained immobile until cleaning staff...
Radiology Groups Push UnitedHealthcare and Cigna to Update Payment Policies for Key Service
Ten medical societies, including the American College of Radiology, have written to UnitedHealthcare and Cigna urging them to revise their coverage policies for peripheral nerve stimulation (PNS), a minimally invasive chronic pain treatment. The insurers currently classify PNS as experimental,...
