Physicians at University Hospitals Seidman Cancer Center (Cleveland) have started a clinical trial using a new form of stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT) to deliver radiation to a specific area of a cancerous prostate instead of the entire gland.
April 28, 2016 — The American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) and radiation oncologists nationwide hailed the ...
Konica Minolta introduced the latest version of the Sonimage HS1 compact ultrasound system, enabling improved image quality, streamlined workflow and new cardiac functionality for the point-of-care ultrasound market.
eHealth Saskatchewan plays a vital role in providing IT services to patients, health care providers, and partners such ...
Alliance Oncology, a division of Alliance HealthCare Services Inc., announced that one of their radiation therapy centers, Reno CyberKnife, has upgraded their CyberKnife Robotic Radiosurgery System.
Breast cancer patients undergoing treatment with trastuzumab-containing regimens should be monitored for heart damage regardless of age.
April 28, 2016 — G2 Speech, European provider of speech recognition and workflow management solutions, and LogicNets ...
While most women understand the importance of health screenings, an estimated 72 million have missed or postponed a ...
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued a proposal to align and modernize how Medicare payments are tied to the cost and quality of patient care for hundreds of thousands of doctors and other clinicians.
Imaging Advantage LLC, platform provider of cloud-based radiology service, announced the launch of a machine learning research initiative titled Singularity Healthcare.
In the world of molecular imaging, PET/MR is a wild card. But it’s a wild card that’s ready to be played. Three major vendors offer commercial products. The images are spectacular. So…what’s the hold up?
Fujifilm’s APERTO Lucent is a 0.4T mid-field, open MRI system addressing today’s capability and image quality needs ...
Ashley County Medical Center, Crossett, Ark., is the first hospital in the United States to install Carestream’s DRX-Excel Plus radiography/fluoroscopy (R/F) system.
April 27, 2016 — IBA (Ion Beam Applications S.A.) announced the release of Dolphin Online Ready Patient QA and ...
Patterns of brain activity thought to show pain responses have been called into question after researchers saw such patterns in rare patients born without a sense of pain.
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The results of a secondary analysis of the SCOT-HEART trial show that coronary computed tomography angiography (CCTA) leads to a more appropriate and effective selection of invasive coronary angiography for patients with suspected angina due to coronary heart disease.
In a study appearing in the April 26 issue of JAMA, researchers examined the content, readability and understandability of dense breast notifications sent to women following screening mammography.
April 26, 2016 — Repeated head impacts to high school football players cause measurable changes in their brains, even ...
Philips announced that any hospital or healthcare facility with one of its indicated computed tomography (CT) models can now become a lung cancer screening center.
A new study from Elizabeth A. Rafferty, M.D., formerly of Massachusetts General Hospital, and colleagues evaluated the screening performance of digital mammography combined with tomosynthesis compared with digital mammography alone for women with varying levels of breast density.
Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin signed HB2601 into law, making the Oklahoma the 26th state to report a patient's breast tissue composition through the mammography reporting results.
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced that it has created a Web-based guidance tool for developers of health-related mobile applications (health apps).
The American Society of Radiologic Technologists (ASRT) has launched Vascular Interventional Essentials, a new educational program that explores the image-guided procedures of interventional radiology.