May 19, 2011— GE Healthcare announced U.S. Food and Drug Administration clearance of Ready View, a new MRI advanced visualization platform to help clinicians process and analyze images anytime and anywhere. A part of the Dexus workflow, READY Ready is accessible through any PC, PACS or RIS workstation, allowing access to process and analyze images in any office, meeting room or even at home.

May 19, 2011 - U-Systems launched a new transducer technology designed to deliver unparalleled imaging performance and patient comfort. Reverse-Curve Crystal (RCC) Transducer Technology was designed and optimized for use with the U-Systems’ somo•v Automated Breast Ultrasound (ABUS) system. The announcement was made at the 10th Post Graduate Course of the Society of Breast Imaging (SBI) Meeting, in San Antonio, May 18- 21.

May 19, 2011 - The possibility of low-dose molecular breast imaging (MBI) looks promising, according to the most recent clinical evidence revealed this past month at the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Marcela Bohm-Velez, M.D., and her colleagues from Associates in Pittsburgh, Pa., shared preliminary results from a prospective study on low-dose MBI, specifically breast-specific gamma imaging (BSGI), at the SNM Breast Cancer Imaging: State of the Art 2011. Their results suggest it may be possible to reduce the radiation dose patients receive from a BSGI procedure by up to 60 percent.

May 19, 2011 — Carestream Health announced an agreement with PenRad Technologies of Minnetonka, Minn., to market PenRad’s patient tracking and mammography information system (MIS) to U.S. healthcare providers. PenRad systems can be seamlessly integrated with Carestream Health’s mammography workstation, which can be connected to a PACS from Carestream Health or other vendors.

May 18, 2011, – Lantheus Medical Imaging Inc. announced data from a Phase 2 clinical trial that demonstrated positron emission tomography (PET) myocardial perfusion imaging with flurpiridaz F 18 provided superior image quality, diagnostic certainty and diagnostic performance for detecting coronary artery disease (CAD) compared to single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) myocardial perfusion imaging (MPI), the current standard for the non-invasive detection of CAD. The data also demonstrated a positive safety profile for PET imaging with flurpiridaz F 18.

May 18, 2011 - The Society for Imaging Informatics in Medicine (SIIM) announces tools and training to help medical informaticsprofessionals stay competitive in a rapidly changing environment. SIIM will provide fundamental, up-to-date education and solutions essential for imaging informatics professionals (IIPs) and their organizations at the society's 2011 annual meeting, June 2-5, in Washington, D.C./National Harbor, Md.


As hospitals and imaging centers are transitioning more from film to digital imaging systems, the monitors displaying those images become a critical part of the equation. Accordingly, the DICOM standard developed by the American College of Radiology (ACR) and the National Electrical Manufacturers Association (NEMA) include a complete section (Part 14) relating pixel values to displayed luminance levels and defining a grayscale standard display function (GSDF) to help achieve accuracy and consistency.

Several trends in advanced visualization software were highlighted at the 2010 Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) meeting. The biggest advance was software to create a video loop of a dynamic 3-D dataset from computed tomography (CT) or magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to show life-like anatomical function. Other trends included software now being accessible on the Internet via thin-client computers, compatibility with the iPad and smart phones, and the addition of more advanced software to enhance images and automate workflow and measurements.
The Gemini TF 16 from Philips

The medical imaging market is poised for growth, and among the areas showing great promise are hybrid systems, especially positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT), according to a new report, “Medical Imaging Markets,” by TriMark Publications. The report’s executive summary also notes the growing popularity of single photon emission computed tomography/computed tomography (SPECT/CT) in U.S. and global markets.

The last couple of years in the United States and Europe have seen an increased focus on the cumulative patient dose received from a wide variety of X-ray devices including classical X-ray, computed tomography (CT), interventional radiology and mammography. The deleterious effects of radiation dose have received widespread coverage, and the partial answer has been a movement towards non-ionizing diagnostic imaging equipment, such as magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and ultrasound.
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