May 24, 2011 – New features have been introduced to a Web-based radiology information system (RIS).

May 24, 2011 – Enhancements to a quality control tool for a picture archiving and communications system (PACS) have been released.

November 17, 2010 – A new critical results management tool for a picture archiving and communications system (PACS) will give radiologists and administrators the ability to alert referring physicians to critical findings, ensuring acknowledgement and receipt of notification, and provide a log of this communication activity.

November 17, 2010 — AccuDetect 4.0 computer-aided detection (CAD) software has been released. It features performance improvements and a greater potential for lowering false-positive rates when detecting suspicious lesions on mammograms as compared to the previous version of the product.

November 17, 2010 – Prices have been increased for imaging film products.

Agfa HealthCare announced significant worldwide price increases on all imaging film products, saying they are a logical consequence of the important price increases of raw materials over the past weeks.

Carestream announced similar price increases for its analog X-ray film products earlier this year.

November 17, 2010 — A five-year, $10 million grant supporting a leading-edge molecular imaging center at UCLA has been renewed by the National Cancer Institute (NCI) for a third cycle, bringing the total support for the center to $30 million.

The ImageQube Web-based PACS, by Intuitive Imaging Informatics, offers efficient mammography screening, CAD display capabilities and toolbars and thumbnails on each monitor. The system also features One-Click Interpretation, which opens an exam in a preferred template while auto-loading the priors. It also launches the dictation module and makes RIS-related paperwork available.

For more information: www.intuitiveimaging.com

November 17, 2010: — New oncology imaging software designed to significantly improve productivity and communication between clinical specialists will be introduced at the 2010 RSNA (Radiological Society of North America) trade show in Chicago.

November 15, 2010 — The Radiology journal released new data from an National Institutes of Health (NIH)-sponsored, multisite study of hundreds of women with newly diagnosed breast cancer that shows positron emission mammography (PEM) may reduce unnecessary breast biopsies.

November 16, 2010 — Aloka Ultrasound announced its endorsement of Sterrad NX and 100NX systems from Advanced Sterilization Products (ASP) as compatible sterilization methods for all Aloka intraoperative transducers.

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