Feature | E. Hez Balch, M.D.
Focusing on the patient experience is a must for today’s medical practitioners. Beyond the clinical aspect, ensuring that all patient interaction is smooth, from scheduling to check-in to billing, must be a priority. This needs to be consistent throughout the entire visit or treatment, even when being referred to a third party for additional procedures.
July 25, 2012 
Feature | James Wallace, M.D.
Soft tissue imaging in radiation therapy planning and delivery is relatively new and has been spawned by the development of linear accelerator-mounted kV imaging devices, as well as improvements in ultrasound technology. We have used Clarity 3-D ultrasound for target definition and daily target localization for breast and prostate cancers for the last four years and are rapidly moving toward daily, continuous monitoring of prostate gland position using transperineal ultrasound (TPUS), a technique we helped develop. We are continuing a series of clinical trials to evaluate TPUS in the treatment of prostate cancer.
July 24, 2012 
Feature | Dave Fornell
The medical advanced visualization software market was recently examined in a report created by KLAS Research, based on surveys from end-users around the country. Two key trends were that mobile devices will play a growing role in advanced visualization and dedicated workstations will continue to play a role for the foreseeable future.
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Feature | Brian Duncan, St. Mary’s Healthcare Syst
St. Mary’s Healthcare System is a 199-bed hospital in Athens, Ga., and has been a trusted presence in the community since 1938. Our radiology picture archiving and communication system (PACS) was installed about nine years ago and on average, we perform 100,000 radiology studies a year. That system has served the radiology department at St. Mary’s very well.
July 24, 2012 
Case Study
Each year, community cancer centers treat about 85 percent of cancer patients in the United States.1 Agnesian HealthCare Cancer Care Services brings exceptional cancer care closer to patients through its Central Wisconsin Cancer Program (CWCP). Agnesian HealthCare’s Fond du Lac location is one of a handful of image-guided radiation therapy (IGRT) and stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT) providers in the state, and it is the only facility in Wisconsin to have installed a robotic 6DOF patient positioning system.
July 24, 2012 
Feature | Dave Fornell and Mary Beth Nevulis
Recent advances in diagnostic-grade flat panel displays include automated and remote quality assurance (QA), elimination of the bezel between two screens by using a single large screen for workstations and an increasing use of color monitors.
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Feature | Kaavya Karunanithi, Frost & Sullivan Research Analyst
Coronary computed tomography angiography (CCTA) is a noninvasive tool that can be used for identifying myocardial ischemia and coronary artery plaques. It acts as a proven prognostic/diagnostic tool for patients who are asymptomatic as well as in the mild- to medium-risk spectrum of coronary artery disease (CAD).
July 24, 2012 
Feature
Riverwoods Imaging Center in Provo, Utah, built a strong imaging and interventional radiology program and made it profitable by creating a solid referral base and leveraging technology to make workflow more efficient. Opened in 2002 and located at its present facility since September 2011, the outpatient center offers a variety of diagnostic procedures, including magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), computed tomography (CT), ultrasound and conventional X-rays and fluoroscopy.
July 24, 2012 Technology
July 24, 2012 — The importance of utilizing computed tomography (CT) in pre-planning for transcatheter aortic valve implementation (TAVI) and the benefits from viewing CT images via the Philips IntelliSpace Portal was highlighted at the 7th Annual Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography (SCCT) Scientific Meeting, July 19-22 in Baltimore, Md.
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Technology
July 24, 2012 — GE Healthcare announced U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) 510(k) clearance of its new cardiac imaging platform, the Discovery CT750 HD FREEdom Edition.
July 24, 2012 News
July 24, 2012 — Mevion Medical Systems announced today that it has delivered the superconducting synchrocyclotron for the Mevion S250 Proton Therapy System currently under installation at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick, N.J., the flagship cancer hospital of The Cancer Institute of New Jersey and the principle teaching hospital of UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School.
July 24, 2012 News
July 24, 2012 — Navidea Biopharmaceuticals Inc., a specialty pharmaceutical company focused on precision diagnostic radiopharmaceuticals, announced that clinical data from a head-to head study comparing its amyloid imaging candidate, AZD4694, to the benchmark amyloid imaging agent, 11C-PiB (PiB), was presented at the Alzheimer's Association International Conference (AAIC) in Vancouver, Canada by Professor Christopher Rowe, MD, FRACP, Director of the Department of Nuclear Medicine and Centre for PET at Austin Health, Melbourne, Australia.
July 24, 2012 Sponsored Content
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July 24, 2012 — Carestream launched its new Vita XE CR imaging system, which is now available for order worldwide. The tabletop computed radiography (CR) system produces diagnostic quality images at a speed of 60-plus plates per hour and is an ideal fit for smaller hospitals, imaging centers, clinics and private practices.
July 24, 2012 Technology
July 24, 2012 — M*Modal, a provider of clinical documentation and speech understanding solutions, announced United Hospital System has selected the M*Modal Fluency family of cloud-based solutions to deliver advanced clinical documentation to its health system and physicians.
July 24, 2012 
News
July 23, 2012 — GE Healthcare announced the final results from a Phase III study of the investigational PET (positron emission tomography) amyloid imaging agent, F-18 flutemetamol, in terminally ill patients who had agreed to undergo postmortem brain autopsy. The data showed strong concordance (sensitivity and specificity) between flutemetamol PET images and beta amyloid brain histopathology.
July 23, 2012 
News
July 23, 2012 — A recent study published in the American Journal of Roentgenology has reconfirmed that virtual colonoscopy (CT colonography) is an effective screening tool for colorectal cancer in seniors age 65 and older.
July 23, 2012 Technology
July 23, 2012 — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc. approval to market Prepopik (sodium picosulfate, magnesium oxide and anhydrous citric acid) for oral solution indicated for cleansing of the colon as a preparation for colonoscopy in adults. Prepopik is a low-volume, orange-flavored, dual acting, stimulant and osmotic laxative.
July 23, 2012 News
July 23, 2012 — Accuray Inc. announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Morphormics Inc., a privately held company founded by University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill faculty members based on their research in autosegmentation of medical images.
July 23, 2012 News
July 23, 2012 — The IT and medical technology company Sectra has acquired the product rights for Intulo, a system that monitors radiation doses, from the Swedish medical IT company Krucom AB. The system enables major time and quality gains in medical care and reduces the risk of patients being exposed to unnecessarily high radiation doses in conjunction with radiology examinations.
July 23, 2012 News
July 23, 2012 — Viatronix Incorp. announced that the stage finally appears set for a reversal of the May 2009 non-coverage decision for screening CT Colongraphy (CTC) by The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). The latest CTC study, "CT Colonography of a Medicare-Aged Population: Outcomes Observed in an Analysis of More Than 1,400 Patients" (American Journal of Roentgenology, AJR2012; 199:W27-W34), provides good evidence that CT Colonography is an effective screening tool for colorectal cancer in the Medicare-aged population. The lack of Medicare-age specific data on CTC was the primary reason given for CMS' non-coverage decision.
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