International medical imaging IT company, Sectra and IDS announced Sectra CloudFlex, a cloud-based, comprehensive suite of breast imaging tools designed for low-volume mammography sites. 

Navidea Biopharmaceuticals Inc. announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has accepted for review an additional Supplemental New Drug Application (sNDA) for the proposed expanded label for Lymphoseek (technetium 99m tilmanocept) Injection to support broader and more flexible use in imaging and lymphatic mapping procedures, including lymphoscintigraphy and other optimization capabilities.

Radiation Therapy Proton Therapy

Accelerator physicists are natural-born problem solvers, finding ever more powerful ways to generate and steer particle beams for research into the mysteries of physics, materials and matter. And from the very beginning, this field born at the dawn of the atomic age has actively sought ways to apply advanced technologies to tackle more practical problems. At the top of the list—even in those early days— was taking aim at cancer.
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Decompressing after RSNA 2013, I took a moment to watch “Falling Down” with Michael Douglas. I always read the credits at the end of movies, mostly for the bit players. The main characters everyone knows — the Douglases and the Duvalls. I feel like the bit characters deserve some attention. There, five down from the top and two above Mr. De Fens’ mother, was a credit that shook me — Tuesday Weld as Mrs. Prendergast. 

Regulatory and legislative changes have always resulted in sleepless nights for stakeholders in the radiology industry due to the need to understand implications, interpretations and timeline facets that influence usage, workflow, payment, adoption, procurement and, eventually, choice. Legislation involves almost everyone in the value chain from original equipment manufacturer (OEM) research and development folks, product management, marketers, OEM sales and application specialists, hospital and radiology administrators, radiologists, radiographers, biomedical engineers and even finance staff linked to a radiology department. 

If the exhibit floor of the 99th Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) had one standout modality this year, it was, without question, the advances with premium computed tomography (CT). Technological and clinical advances in magnetic resonance (MR) and molecular imaging were less impressive but were no less significant. Naturally, these developments in every advanced imaging modality are turning eyes to advanced visualization (AV) and clinical applications. AV is not just a core step in the interpretation workflow of each of these modalities. More than that, it is the set of solutions that will allow the realization of the promises of these imaging advances — the ones that will “make sense” of these upgraded imaging capabilities by using innovative ways to interrogate their improved image depth and visualize their enhanced image quality.

The introduction of iPhones and iPads revolutionized the way people communicate and made transmitting large amounts of information more convenient and instantaneous. With the expansion into different types of smartphones and tablets — Android- and Windows-based — society has grown increasingly dependent on these devices to transmit and receive information, and this dependence has greatly impacted healthcare. Morris Panner, CEO of DICOM Grid, said that, “For the new generation of physicians, using mobile technology is as common for many of them as a stethoscope. They walk into medical school with one of these devices and expect to receive information on it.” 

The Cancer Center at Banner Health McKee Medical Center in Loveland, Colo., boasts an array of state-of-the-art technologies and well-qualified staff, but at the core of its mission is the northern Colorado community it serves. “The community is significant, as many local funds were raised for the cancer center, which definitely makes it a community center,” said McKee Cancer Center Director Cindy McBlair, MHA, (R)(T).

Screening mammography is the key to reducing mortality from breast cancer, but women without insurance or the ability to pay do not have easy access to the life-saving exam. That’s something SouthCoast Imaging is working to change. The private imaging practice has been donating 2D mammograms to uninsured women in its community for years, and recently introduced an innovative fundraising program to make 3D mammograms available to more women. SouthCoast donates one 3D mammogram to a woman without healthcare for every 10 screening 3D mammograms they perform.  

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