dense breast, breast density, FDA policy, nationwide law

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has added consideration of a regulatory amendment to address breast density reporting could mean standardized nationwide notification in the "lay" letter women receive after their mammograms.

August 1, 2013 — Agfa HealthCare has announced the North American launch of its MUSICA2 catheter processing software designed to increase the visibility of peripherally inserted central catheter (PICC) lines and other low-contrast, tube-like structures such as endotracheal or feeding tubes in general radiology applications.

Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans of children who have had chemotherapy can detect early changes in their hearts, according to research findings in BioMed Central's open access journal Journal of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance.

The Proton Therapy Center at Loma Linda University Medical Center is helping lessen the fears associated with cancer treatment and pain by providing an alternative, proton therapy, that many patients are finding both clinically successful and emotionally comforting.

 
U.S. Preventive Services Task Force \"B\" Rating Lung CT At Risk Patients

Americans at increased odds of a potentially lethal lung cancer diagnosis may soon be able to seek out the most promising technology available to detect it early and ultimately have screening covered by insurance, including Medicare. The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recommended a high "B" rating for annual computed tomography (CT) scans for current and former smokers, aged 55 to 80, with a history of heavy smoking (two packs per day over 20 years or one pack a day over 30 years).

Guerbet has announced that Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center (Cincinnati Children's) last week performed the first U.S. injection of Dotarem (gadoterate meglumine), the only macrocyclic and ionic gadolinium-based contrast agent (GBCA) approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The procedure was performed in a school age child.

Epsilon Imaging Inc. has received the CE mark for its EchoInsight visualization and analysis platform with practical strain imaging for improved quality, standardization and workflow in echocardiography interpretation. The CE mark will allow EchoInsight to be sold in the European Union.

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