Brain imaging using nuclear imaging radiotracers can detect early evidence of Alzheimer's disease that may predict future cognitive decline among adults with mild or no cognitive impairment. This is according to a 36-month follow-up study led by Duke Medicine.

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Research and Markets have announced the addition of the "US Proton Therapy Outlook 2017." ?Physicians, in the face of an alarmingly rising incidences of cancer and limited treatment options are being forced to look for treatments beyond the conventional ones. In such a scenario, proton therapy is being projected as the Rolls Royce of radiation oncology. Unfortunately, access to proton therapy is limited for many patients due to the low number of proton therapy centers. Hence, many research institutes and hospitals are now investing in proton therapy to make it more accessible to patients.

Vienna is to the European Congress of Radiology what Chicago is to RSNA. This year the ECR celebrated the 20th year the Congress has been held in the capital of Austria. As exciting and delicious as this city may be, the familiar for an American is not too far away.

As Greenville’s only 24-hour Level 1 Trauma Center, Greenville Health System, based in Greenville, S.C., has recently upgraded its offering into “a highly integrated delivery system committed to transforming the delivery of health care and improving the health of its community.” A key part of that commitment is, wherever possible, to harness the power of new technologies and solutions that will help deliver on that promise. Agfa HealthCare's DX-D Retrofit’s non-invasive, connection-only solution is part of that drive; delivering time savings and a high level of image quality and speed that makes it popular with users.  

Spellman High Voltage Electronics Corp. exhibited at the European Congress of Radiology (ECR), March 6-10 at the Austria Center, Vienna.  

HealthTrust selected Canon U.S.A. Inc. and Virtual Imaging Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Canon U.S.A. Inc., as a partner. They will provide RadPRO Digital Mobile X-ray Systems, Radiographic Rooms, Radiographic Room Upgrades and Dynamic Digital Radiography and Fluoroscopy Systems equipped with Canon digital radiographic detectors. These will be available for the nearly 1,400 acute care facilities that are part of the HealthTrust membership.

Houston Healthcare is putting patient safety first by offering low dose computed tomography (CT) exams with the industry’s best solutions and a comprehensive dose management approach from Toshiba America Medical Systems Inc. 

The Hospital for Special Surgery in collaboration with GE Healthcare developed an MRI that can show a detailed image following hip fracture repair. It does so without the distortion caused by metal surgical screws that are problematic in standard MRIs.

Planmed, a provider of mammography and orthopedic imaging solutions, added a maxillofacial imaging option to its Planmed Verity CBCT extremity scanner. Maxillofacial imaging option MaxScan received CE marking in December 2013.

Computed tomography (CT) scans routinely taken to guide the treatment of pancreatic cancer may provide an important secondary benefit. According to research from The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, the scans also reflect how well chemotherapy will penetrate the tumor, predicting the effectiveness of treatment.

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