If you were shocked by Duke geneticist Allan Roses estimate about the ineffectiveness of prescription medicines, you’ll be similarly disturbed to know that between 20% and 50% of the 95 million per year advanced medical images (CT, MRI, PT) do not help in making a diagnosis or treatment.  Sometimes the patients move; other times the machines are old-either way blurred pictures are useless.  Only mammography has legal standards for use; other applications are unregulated, and many imaging centers are not accredited.  Beginning in 2012, however, CMS will only pay for images taken at accredited facilities.  The current market for advanced images in the US per year is $100 b.             MORE