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April 9, 2010 - As breast magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) becomes increasingly important as a method for screening women who are at high risk for developing breast cancer, the American College of Radiology (ACR) is addressing the need for regulating the technique.

Time April 09, 2010
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April 9, 2010 - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will no longer allow a third party review process on new radiotherapy equipment. The announcement came in a letter the FDA sent to 93 makers of radiation treatment devices, urging them to attend a workshop to address concerns about patient exposure to excess radiation from medical treatments and procedures.

Time April 08, 2010
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April 8, 2010 - Lung tumors have been among the most challenging radiation therapy targets because the patient's breathing causes tumors to move.

Time April 08, 2010
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The Kearney Breast Center at Southwest Washington Medical Center in Vancouver, Wash., has one mission: to provide breast cancer screening, diagnosis and treatment with state-of-the-art care in a compassionate environment.

Time April 07, 2010
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April 7, 2010 - The lack of radiation therapy treatment African-American women receive is not responsible for the poorer survival noted among African-American patients.

Time April 07, 2010
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April 7, 2010 - A dual-modality tomographic (DMT) breast scanner, developed by researchers at the University of Virginia Health System (UVA), in a pilot study pinpointed to a much finer degree than mammography, ultrasound, MRI and even a needle biopsy, the location of breast masses and more accurately distinguished between cancerous and harmless lesions.

Time April 07, 2010
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April 7, 2010 - A new imaging agent, used in brain positron emission tomography (PET) imaging of ?-amyloid in patients with suspected Alzheimer’s disease (AD) or mild cognitive impairment (MCI), is being evaluated for use in the United States and the European Union.

Time April 07, 2010
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April 7, 2010 - The American College of Radiology Imaging Network (ACRIN) has officially launched a new clinical study on FDG-PET/CT for the head and neck led by Val Lowe, M.D., professor of radiology, Division of Nuclear Medicine, at Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn.

Time April 07, 2010
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April 7, 2010 - According to statistics from the American Cancer Society, an estimated 48,000 people in New Jersey and 101,000 in New York state were diagnosed with cancer in 2009, many of which will receive some form of radiation therapy.

Time April 07, 2010
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Ms. PACS: It seems like everyone wants to be a black belt these days. Just go to Ballys Total Fitness, all you need to have is a bank account and a pulse to move up in the ranks.

Time April 07, 2010
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April 6, 2010 - The three-year survival rate for patients receiving stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT) was 55.8 percent, compared to the 20-35 percent two-year to three-year overall survival rate for studies reporting results from conventional radiation therapy for similar patient groups, a recent study found.

Time April 06, 2010
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April 6, 2010 - In order to fund a portion of the proposed deal to acquire Amicas Inc., Merge Healthcare announced it will offer $200 million aggregate principal amount of senior secured notes due in 2015.

Time April 06, 2010
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April 6, 2010 - Once healthcare reform goes into effect, radiology information systems (RIS) may be a good model for showing other departments in hospitals how to streamline workflow, indicated Christopher McCord, principal at Healthcare Growth Partners.

Time April 06, 2010
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April 6, 2010 - To optimize the use of its magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) system, Nationwide Children's Hospital is unveiling a new combined operative and diagnostic MRI suite.

Time April 06, 2010
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April 6, 2010 - Helical TomoTherapy delivers continuous arc-based intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) that gives high conformality and excellent dose homogeneity for the target volume, concluded a study published online March issue of the Internal Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics.

Time April 06, 2010
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April 6, 2010 – An upgrade to a popular advanced visualization software suite now allows support for the iPod Touch, iPhone and iPad. The release of version 4.4.5 of the Aquarius iNtuition server-based software provides access to images and advanced visualization through an intuitive, mobile and multitouch user interface.

Time April 06, 2010
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April 5, 2010 - Physicians express concern that patient access to medical imaging exams could lead to increased patient anxiety and unrealistic demands on physician time, reported a study published in the April issue of the Journal of the American College of Radiology.

Time April 05, 2010
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April 5, 2010 - The Medical Imaging and Technology Alliance (MITA) will participate in a medical device security conference designed to address safety issues with medical equipment. The event titled Information Security—Achieving Information Security on Federal Networked Medical Devices will be held April 14-15 in Arlington, Va.

Time April 05, 2010
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April 5, 2010 - If used early, advanced imaging techniques such as computed tomography (CT) scans and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) might shorten the length of a person's hospital stay and decrease costs associated with hospitalization, according to a study in the April issue of the Journal of the American College of Radiology.

Time April 05, 2010
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April 2, 2010 – The FDA, Society of Nuclear Medicine (SNM) and the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) are hosting a joint two–topic workshop, April 13–14, at the Natcher Conference Center of the National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Md.

Time April 01, 2010
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