May 20, 2014 — GE Healthcare and Tesla Engineering Ltd. are collaborating to produce 7T human whole-body magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scanners. The companies made the announcement at the joint meeting of the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (ISMRM) and the European Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine and Biology (ESMRMB) in Milan.
May 19, 2014 — GE Healthcare and CorTechs Labs announced the signing of a strategic joint-marketing agreement at the joint meeting of the International Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (ISMRM) and the European Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine and Biology (ESMRMB), held in Milan. The companies will collaborate to co-market an MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) scanning solution combined with NeuroQuant, CorTechs Labs’ MRI post-processing application.
May 19, 2014 — NIA Magellan, a subsidiary of Magellan Health Services Inc., recently launched “RadZone Kids,” an easy-to-use community resource to assist parents and caregivers in preparing their children for various diagnostic imaging tests, including CT (computed tomography) scans, MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) scans and X-rays.
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According to a study presented at the 2014 ARRS Annual Meeting in San Diego, misinformation and misunderstanding about the risks associated with ionizing radiation create heightened public concern and fear, and may result in avoidance of screening mammography that can detect early cancers.
May 19, 2014 — A Japanese multi-institutional study1 of 1,194 patients, has found that individuals with five to 10 tumors treated with Gamma Knife stereotactic radiosurgery alone (no whole brain radiation therapy) fared as well as a group with two to four tumors who received this radiosurgery-only treatment.

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Proton therapy is in the proverbial chicken or the egg scenario. Companies are pulling back on reimbursements to treat some cancers — notably prostate, breast and lung — because of the added expense and limited evidence to back it up.
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May 16, 2014 — Lexmark’s Perceptive Software announced that its 2014 cycle of testing has been successfully completed.
May 16, 2014 — The Comprehensive Cancer Center of Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center is one of only a handful of cancer centers that is attempting to give lung cancer patients out of treatment options a chance to keep the cancer at bay. Two complementary papers published back-to-back recently in the journal Radiotherapy and Oncology and the Journal of Thoracic Oncology outline the treatment success at Wake Forest Baptist.
May 16, 2014 — Novarad Corp. is introducing and demonstrating NovaGlass at the 2014 annual meeting of the Society for Imaging Informatics in Medicine (SIIM) in Long Beach, Calif.
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As the oldest and largest in-patient hospital within its area, Signature Healthcare Brockton Hospital in Brockton, Mass., serves a diverse community of needs. The hospital is home to a transitional residency program, and has a full imaging department. Twenty-one surrounding communities are also served by Signature Medical Group, the largest multi-specialty and multi-provider physician practise group in the area with 11 sites, including mirrored services in CT, MRI, ultrasound, radiology and mammography.
May 15, 2014 — Medweb announced the introduction of several new features for Medweb Collage that will further enable the sharing of information across healthcare systems and promote secure access to patient information from mobile devices. The EHR/EMR Gateway seamlessly integrates patient imaging and reports from Medweb Collage into any EMR (electronic medical record) via industry standards.
May 15, 2014 — Blackford Analysis is demonstrating its suite at the 2014 annual meeting of the Society for Imaging Informatics in Medicine (SIIM) in Long Beach, Calif. Blackford’s technology provides the ability to improve care and increase productivity by boosting image comparison efficiency by 20 to 50 percent.
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Digisonics (Booth #211) will showcase its Enterprise PACS and Structured Reporting Solutions for all imaging study types at this year’s Society for Imaging Informatics in Medicine (SIIM) Annual Meeting in Long Beach, Calif.
Olympus announced the commercial availability of its 510(k) cleared, next-generation Endocapsule 10 system for small bowel capsule endoscopy procedures.
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May 14, 2014 — Olympus Medical Systems Group announced the launch of the next-generation EU-ME2 ultrasound processor, which can integrate endoscopic and endobronchial ultrasound (EUS/EBUS) on a single workstation. The EU-ME2 provides better performance than current solutions and realizes cost savings through cross-departmental functionality for the GI and pulmonary markets.
In May 2011, the U.S. company Prowess filed a lawsuit against RaySearch at a court in Baltimore. Prowess claimed that RaySearch infringed on a U.S. patent to which Prowess holds an exclusive license.
Fujifilm Medical Systems U.S.A. Inc. will present its comprehensive Synapse portfolio for IT professionals at the 2014 annual meeting of the Society for Imaging Informatics in Medicine (SIIM) in Long Beach, Calif., from May 15-17, 2014.
May 14, 2014 — A small group of patients with locally advanced unresectable pancreatic carcinoma suffered no major ill effects – pancreatitis or fistula formation – after undergoing percutaneous computed tomography (CT)-guided irreversible electroporation (IRE) (a nonthermal ablation technology that is safe near vascular and ductal structures) as a therapy.
May 14, 2014 — Dicom Systems will be demonstrating CloudVNA, its new cloud storage solution that runs on users’ own Amazon EC2 environment, at the 2014 annual meeting of the Society for Imaging Informatics in Medicine (SIIM) this week.