Urologists at Rush University Medical Center are the first in Chicago to offer a powerful new tool for visualizing and monitoring the prostate in men who have high prostate-specific antigen (PSA) levels and in detecting prostate cancer more accurately.



Bed management, enterprise resource planning (ERP) and financial modeling applications are positioned for accelerated growth among hospitals, according to data from the “HIMSS Analytics Essentials of the U.S. Hospital IT Market, Spring 2014 Edition.”


April 18, 2014 — Image Wisely recently launched its third radiation safety case, “CT Brain Perfusion Dose Optimization,” the latest in a series of free, online and mobile-compatible educational offerings, developed with the assistance of the American College of Radiology (ACR), that allow radiologists, imaging technologists and medical physicists to assess their understanding of important radiation safety concepts, including dose monitoring and optimization.

April 18, 2014 — SST Group announced the launch of the DICOM Virtual Media Creator (DVM-EZ), a hardware and software solution designed to provide healthcare facilities with a simple, fast and secure way to distribute DICOM (digital imaging and communications in medicine) images to patients, referring physicians and other facilities.

DICOM Virtual Media Creator (DVM-EZ)

April 18, 2014 — Guerbet announced that Lipiodol was approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), indicated for selective hepatic intra-arterial use for imaging tumors in adults with known hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC).

Lipiodol (Ethiodized Oil)


April 18, 2014 — The first MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) scan to show 'brown fat' in a living adult could prove to be an essential step toward a new wave of therapies to aid the fight against diabetes and obesity.


Governor Jan Brewer has signed Arizona's breast density inform bill into law (SB 1225). The legislation was introduced at the request of diagnostic radiologist Nicole B. Saphier, M.D.  Arizona becomes the 15th state to enact and raises to 50 percent the number of American women living in states with mandatory breast density notification. States with pending legislation include CO, DE, KY, MA, MI, MO and RI.


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