Technology
April 20, 2010 - For radiologists working on their own, it may be difficult to justify purchasing a full-featured picture archive and communication system (PACS) and radiology information system (RIS).
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April 19, 2010 - Merge Healthcare Inc. (Merge) today announced the pricing of its $200 million aggregate principal amount of 11.75 percent senior secured notes due 2015. The issue price is 97.266 percent of the principal amount of the notes.
April 19, 2010 News
April 19, 2010 - President Barak Obama signed a bill granting temporary relief through June 1, 2010, from looming cuts to Medicare reimbursement rates, however, Michael Graham, Ph.D., M.D., president of the Society of Nuclear Medicine (SNM), stresses a need for a long-term solution.
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April 19, 2010 – The Fibroid Treatment Collective (FTC) has launched an annual observance called Fibroid Awareness Week scheduled this year for April 19-23, which is dedicated to education about fibroids that affect upwards of 50 percent of all women.
April 19, 2010 
Feature | Gordon L. Grado, M.D., FACRO, FACR, founder and medical director of the Southwest Oncology Centers and the Grado Radiation Centers of Excellence.
Cancer doesn’t discriminate by gender, age or where a person resides. But in many cases, the quality of care a patient receives can depend on where they live. For patients who live in rural areas or far from major cities with premier cancer treatment centers and research universities, the barriers to getting access to cutting-edge care can be almost insurmountable.
April 19, 2010 
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April 14, 2010 - New algorithms for breast ultrasound (US) are making waves in the breast imaging community, which has led to a new arena of whole breast ultrasound technology.
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April 14, 2010 – The Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York has become the first facility in the United States to commercially use a new cardiac nuclear imaging system that drastically reduces imaging time and radiation exposure.
April 14, 2010 
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April 14, 2010 - As doctors become more mobile, requiring access to clinical data at remote workstations or at the point-of-care, the American College of Radiology (ACR) has launched the ACR Appropriateness Criteria Anytime, Anywhere application (app).
April 14, 2010 News
April 14, 2010 - When college football’s elite enter Radio City Music Hall April 22 for the 2010 National Football League (NFL) draft, it will be after much public analysis of their stats and accomplishments. Also important to a player’s prospect of being drafted is the outcome of diagnostic tests including X-rays, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and cardiac evaluations.
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April 14, 2010 - A diagnostic imaging center expands its services to offer image-guided radiation therapy (IGRT) and integrates TomoTherapy technology into its workflow. With the only linear accelerator installed in the Valle d’Aosta region, Ospedale Regionale Umberto Parini installed the Hi·Art treatment system, which features TomoHelical and TomoDirect delivery capabilities.
April 14, 2010 
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April 14, 2010 - For the first time, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) gave 510(k) clearance to a gamma camera indicated for endocavity imaging.
April 14, 2010 
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April 14, 2010 - One of the biggest challenges in radiation therapy is delivering the dose without damaging surrounding healthy tissue. This is particularly difficult with tumors that move due to patient respiration. A new motion management system is designed to monitor and adjust for tumor motion during standard treatment and respiratory gating treatment.
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April 14, 2010 - There will be greater personal interaction, exchange, and networking among attendees and exhibitors, at the Society for Imaging Informatics in Medicine's (SIIM) 2010 Annual Meeting, June 3-6 in Minneapolis. SIIM this year will debut two new additions to the integrated learning program: "Vendor tie-in" sessions and the Shared learning community.
April 14, 2010 
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April 14, 2010 - The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) has awarded the Society of Nuclear Medicine (SNM) a $48,000 grant to hold a conference to develop research on the comparative effectiveness of positron emission tomography (PET) and other molecular imaging techniques.
April 14, 2010 
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April 14, 2010 - Researchers found a new amyloid imaging agent for positron emission tomography (PET) to be efficacious in assigning patients with clinically probable Alzheimer's disease (AD) or amnestic mild cognitive impairment (MCI).
April 14, 2010 
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April 9, 2010 - As breast magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) becomes increasingly important as a method for screening women who are at high risk for developing breast cancer, the American College of Radiology (ACR) is addressing the need for regulating the technique.
April 09, 2010 
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April 9, 2010 - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will no longer allow a third party review process on new radiotherapy equipment. The announcement came in a letter the FDA sent to 93 makers of radiation treatment devices, urging them to attend a workshop to address concerns about patient exposure to excess radiation from medical treatments and procedures.
April 08, 2010 
Technology
April 8, 2010 - Lung tumors have been among the most challenging radiation therapy targets because the patient's breathing causes tumors to move.
April 08, 2010 
Case Study
The Kearney Breast Center at Southwest Washington Medical Center in Vancouver, Wash., has one mission: to provide breast cancer screening, diagnosis and treatment with state-of-the-art care in a compassionate environment.
April 07, 2010 Feature
April 7, 2010 - The lack of radiation therapy treatment African-American women receive is not responsible for the poorer survival noted among African-American patients.
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