The World Molecular Imaging Society (WMIS) announced the kick-off of a collaboration with the National Cancer Institute (NCI), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), to promote best practices for co-clinical trials. The end goal of the collaboration is to speed the discovery of more and better treatments for cancer and other diseases.

The German Lung Cancer Screening Intervention Trial (LUSI) shows the early repeat scan rate for suspicious findings decreased by more than 80% with the second and subsequent low-dose computed tomography (LDCT) screens. At the same time, study results emphasize the need to have an organized screening program with the baseline scan available for comparison.

A new study found that women who received a text message reminder about their breast cancer screening appointment were 20 percent more likely to attend than those who were not texted. The study was published in the British Journal of Cancer.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is alerting patients who had mammograms at Richard D. Adelman, M.D., Family Medicine in Raleigh, North Carolina, about possible problems with the quality of their mammograms. The alert applies to patients who had mammograms any time after Aug. 24, 2012.

Archiving capabilities and vendor neutrality are relatively simple concepts to understand, but the overarching clinical, business, and operational benefits of a vendor neutral archive (VNA) are less intuitive. The versatility of a VNA solution can be leveraged as a cornerstone of an overall enterprise imaging strategy and further. A VNA offers value to a range of initiatives from a simple archiving solution to a complete Enterprise Imaging Transformation. 
 

Samsung Electronics America Inc. has partnered with Heart Across America to host the Heart Across America cycling tour, aimed at increasing awareness on how to prevent heart disease and stroke.

ThinkTank Technologies announced the availability of their state-of-the-art endoscope imaging system, SweetVision HD. The system provides doctors the ability to utilize their own rigid and fiber optic endoscope to capture high-definition and high-quality video during examinations and to perform a variety of other scope procedures.


What’s healthy? What’s not? These questions should be easy to answer in our world of high-tech, high-resolution scanners. But population-based studies demonstrate they are anything but.
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