Diagnostic Imaging's Weekly Scan: August 21-August 27

Prior COVID-19 infection was associated with a 28 percent higher progression of total percent atheroma volume (PAV) annually and over a 5 percent higher incidence of high-risk plaque in patients with coronary artery lesions, according to CCTA findings from a new study.

In the third episode of a three-part podcast, Anand Narayan, M.D., Ph.D., and Amy Patel, M.D., discuss the challenges of expanded breast cancer screening amid a backdrop of radiologist shortages and ever-increasing volume on radiology worklists.

The artificial intelligence (AI)-enabled software Lumina 3D reportedly provides reconstructions of computed tomography angiography (CTA) images of the head and neck in minutes.

In the second episode of a three-part podcast, Anand Narayan, M.D., Ph.D., and Amy Patel, M.D., discuss recent studies published by the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) that suggested moving to more of a risk-adapted model for mammography screening.

Could there be a simpler more secure alternative to the daily dance with password managers, VPNs, and authenticator apps?

Text messaging may go a long way toward reducing the costs and potential health repercussions that can occur with cancellations, no-shows and no-gos in radiology practice.