CATALINA RADIOLOGY
Radiology News
RadiologyInfo.org is the RSNA-ACR (American College of Radiology) public information website which has seen significant expansion since its inception in 2000. Marketing research shows this is the third most utilized healthcare website, offering information on more than 150 procedures, exams and disease topics. Read more here.
When a non-radiologist physician refers their patients to imaging facilities in which they have a financial interest (self-referral), the result can be over-utilization and unnecessary healthcare costs, as was shown in this recent study of knee MRI examinations.
Cryoablation, a treatment method that destroys cells by freezing them, appears to kill metastatic lung cancer according to preliminary results of an ongoing study.
Uterine fibroid embolization is an angiographic procedure in which a tiny catheter is inserted into the blood supply to the uterus and fibroids and tiny particles are injected to block the blood supply to the fibroids. Since this is minimally-invasive, patients are usually able to go home the same day and quickly return to normal activities. Read more here.