The future of picture archiving and communication systems (PACS) is changing. What emerged more than 20 years ago with a bang and helped change the face of diagnostic imaging and productivity is now seeing its own changes as new technology advances. Functions that once were exclusive to PACS are shifting to different applications.

Governor Bobby Jindal signed the 24th density reporting bill (House Bill 186) into law. The Act, known as the Monica Landry Helo Early Detection Act, will become effective January 1, 2016.

Utah-based healthcare technology company Novarad is planning to provide workflow optimized virtualization from Sphere 3D Corp. to 400 healthcare facilities that currently use Novarad’s healthcare software.

University of Southampton scientists have discovered a link between coronary heart disease and osteoporosis, suggesting both conditions could have similar causes.

The spinal cord engages in its own learning of motor tasks independent of the brain, according to an imaging study published June 30th in the Open Access journal PLOS Biology. The results of the study — conducted by Shahabeddin Vahdat, Ph.D., Ovidiu Lungu, and principal investigator Julien Doyon, Ph.D., of the University of Montreal, Quebec, Canada — may offer new opportunities for rehabilitation after spinal cord injury.

Mevion Medical Systems announced delivery of the superconducting synchrocyclotron accelerator for its Mevion S250 proton therapy system for installation at University Hospitals (UH) Seidman Cancer Center and UH Rainbow Babies & Children's Hospital in Cleveland.

Heli-FX Thoracic EndoAnchor system

MRI Interventions Inc. announced that the neurological surgical team at University of Kansas Medical Center performed the first stereotactic laser ablation of the hippocampus (SLAH) procedure in their magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) suite, utilizing the ClearPoint Neuro Navigation System.

When it comes to breast cancer screening, the fibroglandular density of your breasts affects how well a mammogram can detect cancerous tissues. That’s why Pennsylvania and 20 other states have adopted laws requiring radiologists to include information about breast density in every woman’s mammogram report, according to Susann Schetter, DO, co-medical director of Penn State Hershey Breast Center. Schetter’s comments were published in a recent edition of The Medical Minute, a weekly health news feature produced by Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center.

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