As the healthcare industry continues to rapidly evolve, hospitals and healthcare providers find themselves having to be more adaptable. Changes in technology and payment are altering how treatment is delivered, with a greater emphasis on moving patients in and out of the hospital more quickly while still delivering a high quality of care. For radiology, this means increasing patient throughput and providing imaging study results faster. These conditions have contributed to the rise of mobile digital radiography (DR) systems, which are helping streamline operations throughout the hospital.
Manually soaking ultrasound probes has long been the standard. But ultrasound users and administrators know well the challenges that come with it. New technologies are helping to overcome them, offering quick, easy and cost-effective methods of high-level disinfection (HLD) to improve patient safety, staff efficiency and audit compliance.
I recently attended the 2016 Annual Meeting of the Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (SNMMI) in San Diego. This year’s meeting included a celebration of the 40th anniversary of FDG, a radiopharmaceutical used in the medical imaging modality positron emission tomography (PET) that has had a pervasive impact on molecular imaging. At the opening plenary session, the Henry Wagner Lecture was given by Joanna Fowler, Ph.D., Brookhaven National Laboratory, on “Designing and Synthesizing FDG for the First Human Studies in 1976.” Signage throughout the convention center featured FDG pioneers and quotes on FDG by past presidents.
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Navidea Biopharmaceuticals Inc. announced results from three investigator-initiated studies of the Lymphoseek injection at the 2016 Annual Meeting of the Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (SNMMI), June 11-15 in San Diego.
Pentax Medical announced the launch of a new high-definition (HD) pulmonology endoscopy system in the European, Middle Eastern & African (EMEA) markets.

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IBA (Ion Beam Applications S.A.) and the Institute Curie in Paris, France, announced the signature of an agreement for the manufacturing, delivery, installation and maintenance of a new research beam line. This line will be connected to the existing beam transport line. This agreement also includes future research projects to be performed jointly by the two organizations over the coming 10 years.
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Helium is essential for many modern technologies, including magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scanners. Now, researchers have developed systematic search methods to discover one of the world’s biggest helium gas fields, associated with volcanoes in the Tanzanian Rift Valley in Africa.
Mach7 Technologies announced it will participate in the Radiological Society of North America’s (RSNA) pilot program, Image Share Validation. The company will also be exhibiting at the annual Society of Imaging Informatics in Medicine (SIIM) meeting, June 29 - July 1 in Portland, Ore.
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Vital Images Inc. announced the launch of the latest addition to its enterprise clinical data suite — the application neutral architecture (ANA) platform. This next-generation approach focuses on customer-centered vendor interoperability, rather than creating additional silos of large data prevalent in the “big bang” vendor neutral archive (VNA) realm. The company launched its ANA at the annual meeting of the Society for Imaging Informatics in Medicine (SIIM), June 29 – July 1 in Portland, Ore.
Visage Imaging Inc. announced they have released new versions of Visage Ease and Visage Ease Pro, available via the Apple App Store.
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A single oral dose of methylene blue results in an increased magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)-based response in brain areas that control short-term memory and attention, according to a new study published online in the journal Radiology.
Vital Images Inc. recently launched version 7 of its Vitrea advanced visualization software. This application-based platform delivers full-powered solutions for 2-D, 3-D and 4-D medical imaging and comprehensive user workflows, including computed tomography (CT), magnetic resonance (MR) and X-ray angiography (XA) applications.
Based on its recent analysis of the breast imaging reporting solutions market, Frost & Sullivan recognized Ikonopedia with the 2016 Frost & Sullivan Enabling Technology Leadership Award in the Breast Reporting System Market.
Fujifilm Medical Systems U.S.A. Inc. will present its comprehensive Synapse portfolio at the Society for Imaging Informatics in Medicine (SIIM) 2016 Annual Meeting, June 29-July 1 in Portland, Ore.
Accuray Inc. announced it has received 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its Radixact Treatment Delivery Platform for radiation therapy. Accuray also received 510(k) clearance for its new treatment planning and data management systems, Accuray Precision Treatment Planning System and iDMS Data Management System.
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HeartFlow Inc. announced that it is launching its next generation of the HeartFlow FFR-CT Analysis. The result of years of development, the next-generation platform includes major advancements in the process and algorithms HeartFlow uses to calculate fractional flow reserve-computed tomography (FFR-CT) values.