May 22, 2012 — Peter B. Bach, M.D., of the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, and colleagues conducted a systematic review to examine the evidence regarding the benefits and harms...
May 22, 2012 -- Accuray Inc., a radiation oncology company, announced the signing of a multi-year master research and collaboration agreement with the German Cancer Research Center...
May 22, 2012 - The American Society of Radiologic Technologists hosted a Capitol Hill briefing on May 17 to educate lawmakers and their staffs about the role of the diagnostic imaging team and the...
May 22, 2012 -- The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) will begin a three-month amnesty program on June 1 to help identify unregistered...
May 21, 2012 — Neusoft Medical Systems Co. Ltd., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Neusoft Corp., announced the introduction of its NeuViz 64 multi-slice...
May 21, 2012 — The Kimmel Cancer Center and the Department of Radiology at Thomas Jefferson University in Pennsylvania has received a five-year, $2.6 million grant from the National...
Cardiovascular IT strategy is of critical importance both in helping deliver cost-effective patient services and contributing to optimal patient outcomes. While many procedure volumes are...
May 21, 2012 — Researchers from UCLA and Harvard Medical School reported in the May 16 issue of the journal PLoS ONE that the rod that drove through Phineas Gage's brain in 1848 did more...
May 21, 2012 — The Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) has submitted comments to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) in response to two Notices of Proposed...
May 18, 2012 — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has published a draft guidance document entitled "Pediatric Information for X-ray Imaging Device Premarket Notifications." The document...
May 18, 2012 — In April the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Avid Radiopharmaceuticals’ (now part of Eli Lilly) Amyvid, a brain plaque diagnostic tool using florbetapir (F-AV-45)....
May 18, 2012 - New research from the University at Buffalo suggests that cardiologists may have a new way to identify patients who are at the highest risk of sudden cardiac arrest, and the most...
May 18, 2012 — DICOM Grid, provider of a cloud software-as-a-service (SaaS) platform for medical imaging applications, this week announced the close of a $5 million financing expansion round...
May 16, 2012 — Steinberg Diagnostic Medical Imaging Center (SDMI) in Las Vegas has installed the first Aquilion Prime 160 series from Toshiba America Medical Systems Inc. in the United States...
May 16, 2012 — Philips Healthcare has established a five-year agreement with St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center in Phoenix to pursue research to help accelerate the advancement of...
May 16, 2012 — A large multicenter study found that the Breast Imaging and Reporting Data Systems (BI-RADS) terminology used by radiologists to classify breast imaging results is useful in...
May 15, 2012 -- Viztek, a digital imaging solution provider, announced the availability of Opal-Mammo, a complete women's health solution with the industry's leading combination of a Web-...
May 15, 2012 -- European cancer experts have reported their progress with promising new radiosurgical techniques for treating cancer and other conditions using new linear accelerator...
May 15, 2012 - Breast brachytherapy with a strut-based applicator is a well-tolerated and effective treatment for early-stage breast cancer, according to a multi-site study with a median follow-up...
May 15, 2012 – International medical technology company, Sectra, announced an agreement to distribute MagView mammography reporting, mammography tracking and compliance software fully...
May 14, 2012 — On May 9, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced that it is seeking public comment on a proposal encouraging manufacturers to consider the safety of children in the design...
May 14, 2012 — Respiratory movement during radiotherapy makes it difficult to hit the right treatment target and this, in turn, can lead to an under-dose of radiation to the tumor or a potentially...
May 14, 2012 — Viztek announced the availability of its integrated mammography suite, Opal-Mammo. The women’s health solution features a multi-modality mammography viewer that offers streamlined...
May 14, 2012 — U-Systems, a leader in automated breast ultrasound, announced today it has received a PMA approvable letter from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the company’s somo•v...
May 14, 2012 — Lantheus Medical Imaging Inc. announced new manufacturing and supply agreements with Jubilant HollisterStier LLC (JHS). Under separate agreements, JHS will manufacture Cardiolite...
May 14, 2012 — GE Healthcare introduced a new version of its Vscan pocket-sized visualization tool, developed to deliver imaging capabilities at the point of care. Based on feedback from current...
May 14, 2012 — Using a concentrated, highly targeted dose of radiation to the breast has equally as good results as irradiating the whole area, with no adverse effects on survival and a much...
May 4, 2012 – PACSGEAR, a provider of imaging connectivity for electronic health records (EHRs), announced the PACSGEAR Image Exchange, a cloud-based solution designed to securely upload and share...
May 11, 2012 — A team of scientists led by Stanley Fricke, M.D., of the Children's National Medical Center in Washington, D.C., broke the "magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) sound barrier," a...
May 11, 2012 – The use of single positron emission computed tomography (SPECT)/computed tomography (CT) has been reported to change clinical management in a significant number of thyroid cancer...
May 11, 2012 – Fovia Medical Inc., a provider of volume rendering technology, and iCRco, a provider of digital imaging solutions, announced a groundbreaking collaboration to deliver High...
May 11, 2012—CoActiv Medical announces this week at the Health Connect Partners 2012 Radiology and Imaging Center Conference an expanded relationship with PenRad Technologies. The new agreement...
May 9, 2012 – The College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME) submitted its comments on the proposed rules for Stage 2 Meaningful Use (MU), calling for more time to allow...
May 9, 2012 -Breast brachytherapy with a strut-based applicator appears to be an effective treatment for women who have ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) of the breast, according to a groundbreaking...
May 9, 2012 - The American Society of Breast Disease (ASBD) is concerned about misleading information in a recent study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA),...
May 9, 2012 —Radiology Associates of Fox Valley (RAFV) in Neenah, Wisc., has elected McKesson Revenue Management Solutions (RMS) to help the group modernize its revenue cycle operations and...
May 9, 2012 — Two studies presented at the Society of Surgical Oncology 2012 Annual Cancer Symposium found that the SurgicEye declipseSPECT may improve the accuracy of non-imaging gamma probes by...
May 8, 2012 – Hitachi Medical Systems America Inc. announced U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) clearance to market its Echelon Oval 1.5T ultra-wide magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) system...
May 7, 2012 — Wide Beam Reconstruction (WBR) reduces the required radiopharmaceutical dose and image acquisition time by 50 percent for diagnostic quality myocardial perfusion imaging (MPI) single...
May 7, 2012 - On May 4, the American College of Radiology (ACR) submitted comments to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and the Office of the National Coordinator for HIT (ONC)...
May 7, 2012 - Mindray Medical International Limited (NYSE: MR), a developer, manufacturer and marketer of medical devices worldwide, announced that it will introduce the new DC-8...
May 7, 2012 - medQ , a provider of information technology and service solutions in radiology, announced a signed agreement with Community Portable X-ray to provide a complete workflow solution...
May 7, 2012 - IsoRay Inc., a medical technology company and innovator in seed brachytherapy and medical radioisotope applications, announced it will host a booth at the world brachytherapy meeting...
May 7, 2012 — Prime Minister of India Manmohan Singh honored the Bhubaneswar Borooah Cancer Institute (BBCI) by presiding over the inauguration of its Elekta Synergy linear accelerator on April 20...
May 7, 2012 — The American College of Radiology’s (ACR) Radiology Leadership Institute (RLI) — radiology’s most comprehensive professional development and leadership academy — is now open for...
May 7, 2012 — Carestream has debuted new software features for three of its computed radiography (CR) systems that offer important advantages in the areas of quality and exposure control,...
May 4, 2012 — Ziehm Imaging has been involved in mobile X-ray-based imaging for 40 years and is a major player in mobile C-arms. Since the company was founded in 1972, more than 10,000 Ziehm...
May 3, 2012 — Brit Systems Inc. and Medic Vision Imaging Solutions Ltd. jointly announced an agreement for Brit Systems to support the U.S. installations of the SafeCT...
May 3, 2012 — When 300 of the nation’s top college football players converged on Indianapolis in February for the National Football League (NFL) Scouting Combine, they were evaluated with one of...
May 3, 2012 — Accuray Inc. announced the launch of the Prostate Advances in Comparative Evidence (PACE) study, an international multicenter randomized study to compare CyberKnife Stereotactic Body...
May 1, 2012 - The use of a dedicated pediatric imaging department, with dedicated pediatric computed tomography (CT) technologists, for pediatric CT scans significantly reduces the radiation dose...
May 1, 2012 -- Merge Healthcare, a provider of enterprise imaging and interoperability solutions, announced the release of Merge Honeycomb Archive, a new image archiving application...
May 1, 2012 -- SonoSite Inc., tspecialist in bedside and point-of-care ultrasound, announced a partnership with the African Institute of Innovation and Technology (AIIT), a Kenyan education trust...
May 1, 2012 – Toshiba America Medical Systems Inc. announces the FDA clearance of the AquilionTM PRIME 80 series CT system, the latest addition to the Aquilion CT product line. Producing high-...
May 1, 2012 - Philips announces the release of EasyDiagnost Eleva DRF 5.0, now available with a wireless portable detector and detector sharing functionality. The device is Philips’ latest...
May 1, 2012 — Imaging Technology News has received the Gold Award for Best Publication Redesign in the 2012 American Society of Healthcare Publication Editors (ASHPE) competition. ASHPE...
April 27, 2012 — Amidst growing concerns over healthcare costs, the Society of Nuclear Medicine (SNM) is offering a solution to help cut back on federal spending in its new report, “Imaging with...
April 27, 2012 — Matakina International Ltd. of Wellington, New Zealand, announced that it has signed a distribution agreement with Commit; Oy of Finland to distribute Volpara to...
April 27, 2012 — GE Healthcare, a unit of General Electric Company, announced the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) clearance and availability of the latest version of its Vivid E9...
April 27, 2012 – Toshiba America Medical Systems Inc. announced the FDA clearance of Adaptive Iterative Dose Reduction 3D (AIDR 3D), the company’s newest dose-reduction technology. Toshiba will...
April 27, 2012 - More than 150 molecular imaging professionals gathered last week at the Society of Nuclear Medicine’s third Multimodality Cardiovascular Molecular Imaging Symposium held at the...
April 26, 2012 — St. Vincent's Private Hospital in Dublin, Ireland, has installed Oncentra Brachy, becoming the site of the 1,000th brachytherapy treatment planning software manufactured by...
April 26, 2012 — Devicor Medical Products Inc. announced the commercial launch of the Mammotome elite Biopsy System, the only tetherless single insertion, multiple sample, vacuum-...
April 26, 2012 — Biodex Medical Systems Inc. has announced the availability of its new Clear-Lead Panels. Clear-Lead is ideal for shatter resistance when a large undistorted radiation protection...
Varian Medical Systems and Siemens Healthcare announced the signing of a strategic global partnership to provide advanced diagnostic and therapeutic solutions and services for treating cancer with...
April 24, 2012 — The secondary cancer risk from multi-detector computed tomography (MDCT) scans is low among older adults, according to a study from Stanford University in the April issue of the...
April 24, 2012 — The American Lung Association (ALA) releases new interim guidelines to help physicians, patients and the public in their discussions about lung cancer screening.
April 24, 2012 — Computed tomography (CT) utilization in pediatric patients with non-traumatic abdominal pain increased in emergency departments each year between 1999 and 2007, according to a new...
