Results of the PLATFORM trial indicate fractional flow reserve computed tomography (FFR-CT) can obviate the need for invasive tests in up to 61 percent of patients with chest pain and suspected coronary artery disease. The results were presented at the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) Congress 2015.
Linköping University Hospital in Sweden has installed SyMRI Neuro from SyntheticMR in order to improve the follow-up of patients with multiple sclerosis (MS).
Significant national and international momentum is building to include a proton therapy unit as part of the planned expansion of SAHMRI, South Australia’s Health and Medical Research Institute. It would be the first facility in the Southern Hemisphere to deliver proton therapy.
Radiology departments have many different needs and face a wide variety of challenges that can impact their departments ...
Varian Medical Systems has added a new cloud-based toolkit to the company's OncoPeer interactive online forum, making development tools available for research that has the potential to lead to next-generation cancer treatment technologies.
Men with relatively unaggressive prostate tumors whose disease is carefully monitored by urologists are unlikely to develop metastatic prostate cancer or die of their cancers, according to a study from the Brady Urological Institute at Johns Hopkins.
September 2, 2015 — Findings presented at the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) Congress 2015 indicate that a small ...
Despite decades of progress in breast imaging, one challenge continues to test even the most skilled radiologists ...
Based on its recent analysis of the cardiovascular image management market, Frost & Sullivan recognizes Pie Medical Imaging (PMI) with the 2015 European Frost & Sullivan Award for Technology Leadership.
University of Maryland Medicine and its Center for Metabolic Imaging and Image-Guided Therapeutics (CMIT) has begun to use magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)-guided focused ultrasound on a deep structure within the brain related to Parkinson’s disease.
Konica Minolta Medical Imaging announced the new Sigma II CS-7s computed radiography (CR) system, designed to deliver enterprise level imaging to community hospitals, clinics and private practices.
Bayer Radiology’s Barbara Ruhland and Thom Kinst discuss how radiology departments can address the many different ...
The American Society for Radiation Oncology’s (ASTRO’s) 57th annual meeting will be held at the Henry B. González Convention Center, Oct.18-21, 2015, in San Antonio.
Researchers using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) have found that even first-episode psychotic patients process information differently from a control group.
Carestream Health introduced its third generation of DRX detectors, the Carestream DRX Plus 3543 and DRX Plus 3543C. The new detectors are faster and lighter than previous generations and offer a host of features to help users achieve higher productivity and improved image quality.
eHealth Saskatchewan plays a vital role in providing IT services to patients, health care providers, and partners such ...
Fifty-seven percent of American women believe they should receive a mammogram annually, according to the Truven Health Analytics-NPR Health Poll. However, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) issued guidance earlier this year which suggested that women should get a mammogram every two years starting at age 50, provided they do not have a family history or find a lump.
NorthStar Medical Radioisotopes LLC has received approval to begin routine production of molybdenum-99 (Mo-99) at the University of Missouri Research Reactor (MURR) facility in Columbia, Missouri.
Novarad has developed its own specialty viewer with advanced hanging protocols and workflows designed especially for digital mammography. While Novarad customers have been using a third-party mammography viewer for years, the new viewer is completely native to the NovaPACS enterprise viewer.
Most people assume strokes only happen to octogenarians, but recent evidence suggests that survivors of childhood cancer ...
HealthMyne, an imaging informatics company, today announced 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration ...
The American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) has selected seven leading physician-researchers to receive a total ...
In the midst of a growing trend for Medicare patients to receive observation care in the hospital to determine if they ...
Women who are obese have a higher risk and a worse prognosis for breast cancer, but the reasons why remain unclear. A ...
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