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The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA), an infection control organization, issued voluntary recommendations regarding physician attire in Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology. White coats, neckties, and wrist watches can become contaminated and may potentially serve as vehicles to carry germs from one patient to another.
January 27, 2014 
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myMedImage has launched a $200,000 crowd funding campaign on IndieGogo to provide free access to a DICOM compliant PACS system through which physicians can store, share and access medical images from around the world.
January 24, 2014 
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EOS Imaging received the 2013 North America Frost & Sullivan Award for Product Innovation Leadership.
January 24, 2014 Sponsored Content
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Orfit Industries America, North American subsidiary of Orfit Industries, received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) clearance to market its Nanor hybrid thermoplastic technology for use in immobilization masks for radiation therapy. The company estimates immobilization products using the advanced technology will become available for sale in the United States during the first half of 2014.
January 24, 2014 News
Results of clinical research that treated mesothelioma with radiation before surgery show the three-year survival rate more than doubled for study participants afflicted with this deadly disease, compared to treating with surgery first.
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) gave 510(k) clearance to Delphinus Medical Technologies Inc. for its SoftVue whole breast ultrasound tomography system, approved for diagnostic breast imaging.
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Men with enlarged prostates can find relief with a non-surgical treatment that shrinks the gland, suggests research done on more than 100 patients and presented at the 26th annual International Symposium on Endovascular Therapy (ISET).
January 23, 2014 
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iCRco, a global leader in medical-imaging products, announced that it has partnered with the Filipino American Television Network (FILAM TV) in an effort to help those impacted by the devastating Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines. iCRco has donated three VertX single-plate CR units with onboard touchscreen acquisition workstations and mobile carts to restore diagnostic imaging capability for residents of the area devastated by Typhoon Haiyan.
January 23, 2014 News
New Jersey Governor Chris Christie has signed the state’s breast density inform/insurance bill (S792) into law. New Jersey becomes the 14th state to enact and raises to 48 percent the number of American women living in states with mandatory breast density notification.
January 23, 2014 Sponsored Content
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An international research team at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai is testing a sugar-based tracer contrast agent to be used with positron emission tomography (PET) imaging to help identify dangerous inflammation and high-risk vulnerable atherosclerotic plaque inside vessel walls that causes acute heart attacks and strokes.
January 23, 2014 
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Physicists at the McLaren Proton Therapy Center (MPTC) in Flint, Michigan conducted clinical testing of ProTom International, Inc.’s Radiance 330 Proton Therapy System.
January 22, 2014 
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Cianna Medical, Inc., a women’s health company, today announced the outcomes of a large, retrospective study demonstrating the safety and efficacy of the SAVI breast brachytherapy applicator. Researchers reported favorably low recurrence rates, high rates of survival and excellent cosmetic outcomes. SAVI is a strut-based applicator that delivers a form of accelerated partial breast irradiation (APBI) known as breast brachytherapy, a 5-day course of targeted radiation for early-stage breast cancer.
January 22, 2014 Sponsored Content
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Seno Medical Instruments, Inc., the company pioneering opto-acoustic imaging as a tool to improve the diagnosis of cancer, announced today that the first 100 patients have been enrolled into its Pivotal Study of Imagio, a new opto-acoustic imaging system that may help women with benign breast masses avoid negative, invasive biopsies.
January 22, 2014 
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Three prostate cancer patients were among the first to receive treatment at the Provision Center for Proton Therapy in Knoxville, Tenn., the state’s first proton therapy center.
January 21, 2014 
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Virtual Radiologic (vRad) reported location-based variances in CT scan findings in its Radiology Patient Care (RPC) Indices.
January 21, 2014 
Feature | Dave Fornell
As the world becomes more wired and mobile devices offer instant access to email, apps and the Web, it is only natural this technology is migrating into the healthcare sector, where physicians are seeking workflows similar to what they are familiar with when using their devices during free time. In addition to anywhere access to patient records, mobile devices can enable new functionality, such as critical results communication, mobile radiology image viewing for referring physician access, electrocardiogram (ECG) waveform access for immediate ST segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) or other emergency assessment, and the ability to view completed reports on the go.
January 21, 2014 
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As part of ABIM Foundation’s Choosing Wisely campaign, the American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) released its second list of five targeted, evidence-based recommendations to support conversations between patients and physician anesthesiologists about what care is really necessary.
January 21, 2014 
Technology
American MD Labs’ HA85 PUR Relief skin care products are formulated to soothe symptoms related to chemotherapy and radiation treatment such as extremely dry skin, burns and muscle pain.
January 21, 2014 
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The American College of Radiology (ACR) has named William T. Thorwarth, Jr., M.D., FACR, its chief executive officer (CEO), effective April 2014.
January 21, 2014 Feature
Computed Tomography (CT) procedure rates have declined by an average annual 5.5 percent in the United States over the past two years, diverging from a previous decade-long growth trend, according to a survey conducted by IMV Medical Information Division.
January 21, 2014