March 6, 2012 — Imaging amino acid transporters with positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) has been shown to significantly alter intended management plans for patients with brain tumors, according to research in the March issue of the Journal of Nuclear Medicine.

March 6, 2012 — The American College of Radiology (ACR) has amassed 202 bipartisan co-sponsors for H.R. 3269. The Diagnostic Imaging Services Access Protection Act H.R. 3269 would repeal the CMS mandated payment reduction to the professional component of Medicare reimbursement for multiple diagnostic imaging services administered by the same physician, to the same patient, at the same session.

March 5, 2012 — Results of the largest clinical breast study sponsored by an ultrasound manufacturer have recently been published in the peer-reviewed Radiology and European Radiology medical journals. The multinational, multicenter “Breast Elastography 1 (BE1)” study assessed the clinical benefits of ShearWave Elastography (SWE) in the ultrasonic diagnosis of breast lesions.

March 5, 2012 — The first GE Healthcare Discovery MR750w 3.0T scanner to be installed in the United States has arrived at Bay Ridge Medical Imaging (BRMI) in Brooklyn, N.Y.

March 2, 2012 — Mayo Clinic researchers have developed a new tool to better identify tumors in women with dense breast tissue. The technology, called molecular breast imaging (MBI) is covered in the February issue of Mayo Clinic Health Letter.

March 1, 2012 — Cell>Point announced it entered into a licensing agreement for South Korea, Taiwan, Malaysia, Vietnam and the Philippines with Hyun Imc Co. Ltd., headquartered in Seoul, South Korea, for the kit manufacture, marketing and distribution of Cell>Point’s cancer and cardiology nuclear imaging product.

February 28, 2012 — A new study from the Infant Brain Imaging Network, which includes researchers at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP), found significant differences in brain development starting at age six months in high-risk infants who later develop autism, compared to high-risk infants who did not develop autism.