Week in Review: RSNA 2025 coverage | Medical Imaging Confidence Index update | Blockbuster acquisition

Dear AuntMinnie Member,

The most important week in radiology begins on Sunday, when RSNA 2025 gets underway in Chicago.

AuntMinnie editors will be onsite at McCormick Place to report on the latest research as well as developments from the technical exhibits. Make sure you don’t miss any big news by visiting our RSNA RADcast, which will be updated daily with articles and video interviews.

But before we get to RSNA 2025, let’s take a look at some of our most popular stories from last week. The fourth-quarter update to the MarkeTech Group’s Medical Imaging Confidence Index (MICI) has been published. How are radiology administrators feeling about the future? Find out in our coverage of the MICI Q4 report.

GE HealthCare’s planned $2.3 billion acquisition of Intelerad generated substantial interest among AuntMinnie members, as did the reintroduction of the Find It Early Act in the U.S. House of Representatives. The bipartisan legislation aims to expand insurance coverage of diagnostic breast imaging.

How are imaging modalities portrayed in the movies? Researchers recently found that movies and documentaries are more likely to highlight harmful findings or procedural problems.

See below for the full list of our top stories from last week.

  1. MICI Q4: Radiology admins’ confidence varies regarding medical imaging

  2. GE HealthCare inks deal to acquire Intelerad for $2.3B

  3. House members reintroduce Find It Early Act

  4. Art and radiology: Seeing beauty and value in images

  5. How are imaging modalities portrayed in movies?

  6. Radiologist performance, patient factors tied to interval cancer risk

  7. Does the shape of our buttocks signal diabetes?

  8. Higher muscle mass, decreased belly fat equals a healthy brain

  9. Image-only AI model improves breast cancer risk assessment

  10. Brain MRI reveals pro fighters’ risk of waste clearing system damage

  11. MRgFUS opens blood-barrier brain for chemotherapy

  12. Electrical bone stimulation may improve bone health in women

  13. Use precontrast, low attenuation CT to better identify liver cancer

  14. New SPECT/CT tracer visualizes distribution of ALS drug

Erik L. Ridley
Editor in Chief
AuntMinnie.com