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.

GE Healthcare Recalls Many of its Nuclear Imaging Systems

GE Healthcare has initiated a Class I recall of all its nuclear imaging systems and called for its systems to not be operated until the vendor can inspect the scanner. The recall follows the death of a patient after a portion of the scanner fell onto the patient during the scan on an Infinia Hawkeye 4 system at a VA medical center facility in the United States.

There is a “new normal” for the global medical device market where financial constraints increasingly impact both treatment and purchasing decision-making. As a result, companies develop products that demonstrate improved clinical outcomes and continue to provide services that raise the quality and efficiency of healthcare delivery in an increasingly resource-constrained environment.
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