July 7, 2009 - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Hologic Inc.'s premarket approval (PMA) application for the Adiana permanent contraception system.
July 6, 2009 - The new StarBurst XLi-Enhanced Semi-Flex probe from AngioDynamics is a radiofrequency ablation (RFA) device specifically designed to deliver a 7-cm ablation of a tumor in a single placement during computed tomography-aided procedures.
July 6, 2009 – Researchers at Stanford University School of Medicine used dye-containing nanoparticles to simultaneously image two features within single cells, surpassing current single-cell flow cytometry technologies that provide up to 17 simultaneous visualizations.
July 6, 2009 – Standard Imaging, Inc. recently released RT Workspace Software, a workflow management solution designed by and for busy radiation therapy professionals.
RT Workspace is designed to fill a gap that record and verify systems do not offer by preventing communication breakdowns and keeping patients from falling through the cracks.
July 2, 2009 - In the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services' (CMS) review copy of the 2010 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MFS) proposed rule on July 1, 2009, it would change equipment utilization rate from current 50 percent to 90 percent for equipment priced over $1 million. This would cut the technical component of CT, MR and IMRT by as much as 40 percent for 2010. released the
July 2, 2009 - Positron emission tomography (PET) scans in mice can be used to determine whether a novel type of breast cancer treatment is working as intended, according to a new study published in the July issue of The Journal of Nuclear Medicine.
July 2, 2009 - Rep. Jackie Speier (D-Calif.) recently introduced HR 2962, the Integrity in Medicare Advanced Diagnostic Imaging Act of 2009, a bill designed to amend Title XVIII of the Social Security Act to exclude certain advanced diagnostic imaging services from the in-office ancillary services exception to the “Stark laws” prohibition on physician self-referral.
July 1, 2009 - Radiologists can effectively lower the patient radiation dose by approximately 44 percent and improve vascular enhancement without deterioration of image quality, while screening for possible pulmonary emboli using pulmonary CT angiography, according to a study Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Mass., published in the June issue of the American Journal
