A new national study involving 53,000 patients and 11 institutions compared computed tomography (CT) screens with chest X-rays to determine whether lung cancer in longtime smokers can be caught before it is too late.

A new free resource allows researchers to use Medicare and other payer claims databases to identify and meaningfully characterize medical imaging by noninvasive or invasive procedures, modality, body region and clinical focus.

Radiology Associates LLC of Corpus Christi, Texas, recently completed a project with Royal Solutions Group to deploy Royal's Patient Portal and Kiosk solution.

Volumetric breast density measurement will aid in more accurate cancer risk-stratification, allow more reliable studies on breast density as an independent risk factor for breast cancer, and enable clinicians to confidently engage patients in participatory medicine. 

Seno Medical Instruments Inc. announced results of its pilot study portion of the PIONEER pivotal study at the 2015 Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) annual meeting.

The American College of Radiology (ACR) applauded the U.S. House of Representatives for including access to imaging care protections for the most sick and injured Medicare beneficiaries and women seeking mammograms in the House-passed Consolidated Appropriations Act.

A magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) contrast agent that can pass through the blood-brain barrier will allow doctors to detect deadly brain tumors called gliomas earlier, say Penn State College of Medicine researchers.

At the 101st Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA), Siemens displayed new offerings for teamplay, a cloud-based network that helps link hospitals and healthcare experts, enabling them to exchange data and pool their knowledge.

While I write a lot about medical imaging technology and how new technology can and should work, it is not often that I get to experience how things actually work in the real world. This past Thanksgiving I received a call from a paramedic explaining that my mom had fractured her leg and I should stop working on the turkey and fixings and rush to the emergency department (ED) at Edward Hospital in Naperville, Ill. She had been walking her dog on wet grass and leaves in a park when her dog took off after another dog and pulled her down.

Noisy gymnasiums, restaurants where conversations are nearly impossible and concert halls less than perfect for the music are all acoustical problems. 

Subscribe to
© Copyright Wainscot Media. All Rights Reserved.
Subscribe Now