UCHealth (Colorado) has expanded their use of Riverain’s ClearRead Bone Suppression and ClearRead Confirm software to all five of their flagship hospitals. The expansion will ensure patients across the entire network benefit from the same tools designed to aid in more effective detection of lung disease, including lung cancer. Utilization of the ClearRead tools across UCHealth ensures patients and clinicians benefit from the technology independent of the imaging location within the network.

Elekta announced recently that its high-field magnetic resonance linear accelerator (MR-linac) was the focus of multiple presentations at the American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) 2016 Annual Meeting, held Sept. 25 – 28 in Boston. Additional abstracts presented by members of Elekta’s MR-linac Consortium also highlighted the need for adaptation of radiation therapy to address moving tumors and nearby organs during treatment sessions. Naturally occurring physiological movements currently limit the ability to conform the treatment to the target and increase exposure of radiation to healthy tissues.

The American College of Radiology (ACR) announced in a recent statement that if Congress does not act, millions of women may lose insurance coverage for annual mammograms. Patient groups, minority healthcare advocates and breast cancer experts are urging Congress to extend a federal mandate that effectively requires insurers to fully cover annual screening mammograms for women ages 40 and older.