May 7, 2012 — Wide Beam Reconstruction (WBR) reduces the required radiopharmaceutical dose and image acquisition time by 50 percent for diagnostic quality myocardial perfusion imaging (MPI) single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT), according to a new study published in the March/April 2011 issue of the Journal of Nuclear Cardiology.

May 7, 2012 - On May 4, the American College of Radiology (ACR) submitted comments to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and the Office of the National Coordinator for HIT (ONC) regarding the agencies' March 7, 2012, proposed rules to revise and update the professional and technology requirements of the EHR Incentive Program (“meaningful use”). The ACR IT and Informatics Committee (ITIC) - Government Relations Subcommittee compiled the comments with feedback from ACR members, allied organizations and other stakeholders.

May 7, 2012 - Mindray Medical International Limited (NYSE: MR), a developer, manufacturer and marketer of medical devices worldwide, announced that it will introduce the new DC-8 ultrasound system at the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) annual meeting being held in San Diego, May 5-9, 2012. The new system is designed to maximize user experience for a wide variety of applications.

May 7, 2012 - medQ , a provider of information technology and service solutions in radiology, announced a signed agreement with Community Portable X-ray to provide a complete workflow solution from order entry through to automatic report distribution and billing.

May 7, 2012 — Prime Minister of India Manmohan Singh honored the Bhubaneswar Borooah Cancer Institute (BBCI) by presiding over the inauguration of its Elekta Synergy linear accelerator on April 20 in Guwahati in the Indian state of Assam. The Synergy system joins BCCI's first Elekta treatment system, which was installed in 2000.

May 7, 2012 - IsoRay Inc., a medical technology company and innovator in seed brachytherapy and medical radioisotope applications, announced it will host a booth at the world brachytherapy meeting. The program, presented by GEC-ESTRO (The
Groupe Européen de Curiethérapie and the European Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology), in co-operation with ABS (American Brachytherapy Society), ALATRO (Asociacion Latinoamericana de Terapia Radiante Oncologica), and the Indian and Australasian brachytherapy groups, will take place May 10-12 in Barcelona, Spain.

May 7, 2012 — The American College of Radiology’s (ACR) Radiology Leadership Institute (RLI) — radiology’s most comprehensive professional development and leadership academy — is now open for enrollment.

May 7, 2012 — Carestream has debuted new software features for three of its computed radiography (CR) systems that offer important advantages in the areas of quality and exposure control, pediatric and intensive care unit (ICU) imaging, and print output.

May 4, 2012 — Ziehm Imaging has been involved in mobile X-ray-based imaging for 40 years and is a major player in mobile C-arms. Since the company was founded in 1972, more than 10,000 Ziehm imaging C-arms have been installed in hospitals and medical facilities around the globe. As part of its global "40 Years of Innovation" campaign, Ziehm Imaging is seeking to convey its mobile C-arm expertise to its target groups.

For all the talk about reducing dose, you’d think doing so would require exotic tools. Yet, reduced dose is not only possible, but also practical and well within the reach of everyday radiology. All that’s needed is the will to do so and the expertise to make it happen. Pediatricians at Spectrum Health Helen DeVos Children's Hospital in Grand Rapids, MI, can attest to that.

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