The American Society of Breast Disease’s Consensus Committee has corroborated that screening MRI is appropriate as an additional test to mammography, clinical breast examination, and ultrasonography for the detection of breast cancer in women who are at high risk. The recommendation was based on the most current data available.

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According to the authors of an article released on April 18, 2008, in The Lancet, venous ultrasonography may no longer be needed to diagnose pulmonary embolisms (PE) when a multislice CT scan (MSCT) is used. Detection of PE currently includes clinical probability assessment (CPA) with subsequent sequential diagnostic tests, such as the D-dimer, ultrasonography and CT scans.

According to US researchers who conducted meta-analysis of 33 prospective studies, ultrasound or MRI should be the imaging modality of choice in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). While colonoscopy and barium examination can also be used, these methods are time consuming. Moreover, colonoscopy is invasive and may result in perforation in severe ulcerative colitis. Reported sensitivities and specificities of other options, such as ultrasonography, CT, MRI and scintigraphy, vary and, hence, are not extremely reliable.