July 20, 2011 –ScImage recently launched PicomCloud, a complete, self-service cloud picture archiving and communication system (PACS) for radiology, cardiology and other clinical specialties.

July 20, 2011 — Ziehm Imaging reports a huge increase in demand for its training programs. In 2010 alone, the number of participants doubled for technical courses given by the mobile C-arm manufacturer.

Greg Freiherr, Industry Consultant

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Greg Freiherr has reported on developments in radiology since 1983. He runs the consulting service, The Freiherr Group.

July 19, 2011 – Scientists have found a 20 percent reduction in deaths from lung cancer among current or former heavy smokers who were screened with low-dose helical computed tomography (CT) versus those screened by chest X-ray. The primary research results from the National Lung Screening Trial (NLST) were published online in the New England Journal of Medicine.

July 19, 2011 – Advancements in the medical sciences, imaging technology and magnetic resonance (MR) clinical applications have created specialty areas in the MR profession, according to a study published in the July/August 2011 issue of Radiologic Technology, a journal of the American Society of Radiologic Technologists.

July 19, 2011 – Radiation oncology experts at The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center-Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and Richard J. Solove Research Institute (OSUCCC-James) are providing advanced radiation technology that provides faster, more precise treatment of breast tumors at the recently opened JamesCare Comprehensive Breast Center at 1145 Olentangy River Road.

July 19, 2011 – The study "Use of Florbetapir-PET for Imaging beta-amyloid Pathology," published in the Jan. 19, 2011, issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association, has been selected by the Alzheimer's Association as the winner of the 2011 de Leon Prize in Neuroimaging for the “Best Paper” award in human neuroimaging, in the Senior Scientist category. The award was presented Saturday, July 16, 2011, to Chris Clark, M.D., co-author of the paper and medical director at Avid Radiopharmaceuticals, a wholly owned subsidiary of Eli Lilly and Co., during the Alzheimer's Imaging Consortium (AIC), in Paris, France. The AIC was a preconference to the Alzheimer's Association International Conference 2011 (AAIC 2011), held from July 17-21, 2011.

July 18, 2011 — Cardinal Health opened The Center for the Advancement of Molecular Imaging on Monday in Phoenix. The center is a new, first-of-its-kind collaboration laboratory that will expedite the development of nuclear imaging agents that treat complex diseases like cancer, heart disease and neurological disorders.

CTA is one of the most complex procedures routinely performed on a CT scanner. A successful CTA exam requires synchronization of the timing of the scan with maximum vessel contrast enhancement.

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