Argentina’s team doctor, Dr. Alejandro Rolon, is taking no chances with his World Cup squad in Brazil. The complete medical imaging department that has been created at Argentina’s training base includes a dedicated magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) system at the training center itself, and extends to field-level ultrasound scanning of injuries, if required.

Clinicians at Froedtert & the Medical College of Wisconsin Clinical Cancer Center are achieving excellent planning results in the first U.S. combination of Elekta's Monaco 5 radiotherapy treatment planning software and Siemens' mARC (modulated arc) therapy technique. 

The Web-based Marz Universal Viewer gives medical providers easy, unlimited access to imaging and patient data in many different formats, including DICOM (digital imaging and communications in medicine), and non-DICOM. 

BC Technical and UltraSPECT Inc. have entered into a long-term agreement to provide their customers easier access to UltraSPECT products across the nation.

 

Mobius Medical Systems LP’s Mobius3D software has received U.S. market clearance as a Class II medical device from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

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Governor Deval Patrick has signed Massachusetts’ breast density inform bill into law (Chapter 150) this week, making Massachusetts the 18th state to enact a such legislation. 

Call-backs have always been a problem in mammography. They are a source of worry, added discomfort, well-founded patient complaints about the inefficiency of breast exams, and unnecessary cost. More than that, they call into question the credibility of an exam whose use depends on women’s belief in its value.

 

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