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September 24, 2012 — Governor Jerry Brown has signed a bill to improve breast cancer detection in women with dense breast tissue. Senate Bill 1538, authored by State Senator Joe Simitian (D-Palo Alto), will require that following a mammogram, women with dense breast tissue be informed of the following: They have dense breast tissue; that dense breast tissue can make it harder to evaluate the results of a mammogram; that it is associated with an increased risk of breast cancer; that information about breast density is given to discuss with their doctor and that a range of screening options are available.
September 24, 2012 
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GE Healthcare, a business division of General Electric Company, announced it is joining with RadNet, a network of outpatient diagnostic imaging centers, to pilot its Best Pathways initiative, a breast cancer detection optimization model. GE Healthcare and RadNet will evaluate the clinical breast cancer detection process to quantify inefficient diagnostic patterns and identify optimal paths to lower cost and improve patient outcomes. This program will focus on subpopulations of women in which guidelines are lacking and substantial variability is observed in clinical practice.
September 21, 2012 News
Mach 7 Technologies (Mach7), a global provider of enterprise clinical image management solutions, has been named the Global Enterprise Imaging Informatics Entrepreneurial Company of the Year by Frost & Sullivan. The Best Practices accolade comes as a result of Frost & Sullivan’s recent analysis of the enterprise medical image archiving market.
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September 20, 2012 — Viztek, a digital imaging solution provider, announced the availability of a wall mounting kit for its small-footprint Opal computed radiography (CR) II X-ray system. The wall-mounted configuration is ideal for a variety of healthcare settings.
September 20, 2012 
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September 20, 2012 — Hospitals, medical facilities, doctors and long-term care facilities this fall are stocking shelves and purchasing items from their wish list and budgets before a new tax on most medical products goes into effect in 2013.
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September 19, 2012 — Aycan Medical Systems announced today it has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) 510(k) clearance for Aycan mobile, an iPad app for teleradiology.
September 19, 2012 
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September 19, 2012 — Elekta recently announced the latest production release of its Monaco treatment planning system, Version 3.20, which offers customers improved VMAT (volumetric modulated arc therapy) planning and delivery support, in addition to support for Elekta's Agility 160-leaf multileaf collimator (MLC).
September 19, 2012 Blog
In a recent article, “The AMA Backs Bills to Stop Medicare Imaging Pay Cuts,” the American Medical Association (AMA) once again is fighting to maintain the status quo. They’ve picked a battle that won’t help them win the war.
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September 19, 2012 — Heart catheter procedures guided by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) are as safe as X-ray angiography-guided procedures and take no more time, according to a pilot study conducted at the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The results of the study indicate that real-time MRI-guided catheterization could be a radiation-free alternative to certain X-ray-guided procedures.
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September 19, 2012 — Merge Healthcare Inc. announced that its board of directors has retained Allen & Company LLC, a New York-based investment bank, to assist in exploring and evaluating a broad range of strategic alternatives including, but not limited to, a sale of the company or a business combination.
September 19, 2012 
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September 19, 2012 — In response to criticism by physicians about the restrictiveness of conditions put forth by the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) for reimbursement for transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR), the American Society of Echocardiography (ASE) is emphasizing the importance of heart team quality and experience in ensuring positive patient outcomes.
September 19, 2012 
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September 18, 2012 — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved U-Systems' somo•v automated breast ultrasound (ABUS) system for breast cancer screening as an adjunct to mammography for asymptomatic women with dense breast tissue. With the approval, the somo•v ABUS system becomes the only device approved specifically for screening women with dense breasts.
September 18, 2012 
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September 18, 2012 — The new Image Gently campaign's “Back to Basics” initiative has developed online teaching materials, checklists and practice quality improvement projects to help providers strengthen radiation protection when performing X-ray examinations on children, particularly as technology shifts from standard screen-film X-ray to digital X-ray imaging.
September 18, 2012 
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First-year medical students at Mount Sinai School of Medicine will be the first in New York to be introduced to a digital-age ultrasound device that can visualize inside the body, and fit directly into the pockets of their brand new white coats.
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