Medicare beneficiaries who undergo breast cancer screening with mammography are more likely than unscreened women to undergo other preventive health services like screening for cervical cancer and osteoporosis, according to a major new study appearing online in the journal Radiology. Researchers found that even false-positive mammography findings did not reduce the likelihood of women utilizing these other preventive services.
According to a UCLA Medical Center study, a new technology shows the potential to help doctors better determine when memory loss is caused by treatable issues other than Alzheimer’s Disease. The study was presented at the 2018 American Academy of Neurology Conference, April 21-27 in Los Angeles.
IsoRay Inc. announced the initiation of research funding for brain cancer treatment to Ochsner Clinic Foundation, a not-for-profit health system based in Louisiana.
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June 12, 2018 — Viksit Kumar didn’t know his mother had ovarian cancer until it had reached its third stage, too late ...
During the 2018 Digestive Disease Week (DDW) conference June 2-5 in Washington, D.C., the American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ASGE), in collaboration with Touch Surgery, demonstrated three mobile-accessed and video-based simulations at ASGE’s Learning Center. Working closely with ASGE, Touch Surgery was able to convert endoscopic procedural videos into interactive mini-simulations.
NewYork-Presbyterian, in collaboration with Weill Cornell Medicine, Columbia University Irving Medical Center and the Fire Department of New York (FDNY), is expanding its fleet of Mobile Stroke Treatment Units (MSTU) to Queens and Brooklyn. Thanks to a generous donation by the W.P. Carey Foundation, this makes NewYork-Presbyterian the first health system in the country to operate three of these advanced units.
Despite decades of progress in breast imaging, one challenge continues to test even the most skilled radiologists ...
Whole-body magnetic resonance angiography (MRA) found a surprisingly high prevalence of atherosclerosis in people considered at low to intermediate risk for cardiovascular disease, according to a study appearing online in the journal Radiology. Almost half of all study participants had at least one narrowed artery.
June 8, 2018 — Zebra Medical Vision unveiled its Textray chest X-ray research, which will form the basis for a future ...
IsoRay Inc. announced the upcoming release of its Build-Blu delivery system for real-time prostate brachytherapy.
Bayer Radiology’s Barbara Ruhland and Thom Kinst discuss how radiology departments can address the many different ...
A new report from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) discusses the continued quality, safety and effectiveness of servicing of medical devices by original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and third-party entities.
Konica Minolta Healthcare Americas Inc. announced the release of AeroRemote Insights, a cloud-based, business intelligence and analytics solution. AeroRemote Insights delivers detailed information on asset utilization, department workflow and efficiency, system health and more. The solution provides daily performance data in intuitive visual formats that managers can utilize to optimize department performance and manage digital radiography (DR) assets. This new service also enables managers to act on urgent situations immediately and respond to usage trends intelligently.
Philips announced that it has received 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its Ingenia Elition 3.0T magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) solution and two clinical applications, Philips Compressed Sense and 3D APT. This integrated suite of innovations enables clinicians to perform exams up to 50 percent faster [1], increase diagnostic confidence and improve the patient experience.
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A combination of digital mammography and tomosynthesis detects 90 percent more breast cancers than digital mammography ...
June 5, 2018 — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared the Biograph Vision, a new positron emission ...
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Breast imaging technologies have evolved rapidly in the last two decades to help physicians detect breast cancers at an ...
Value-based care and patient satisfaction are top priorities of radiologists across the field, from imaging ...
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A regional image exchange system is saving lives and reducing radiology costs in Maryland by improving the efficiency ...
Sharon Gibbs, director of the radiology department at VCU Health in Richmond, Va., aims to provide quality, timely and efficient care. To do so, she must define, analyze and track the metrics and quality needs of her large care providing team, which consists of more than 40 faculty radiologists, over 200 technologists and numerous other stakeholders.
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