A study by researchers at the Humboldt-Universität, Berlin, Germany, which was published in Journal Annals of Internal Medicine, September 19, 2006, stated that multislice CT and MRI are more effective than coronary angiography at detecting coronary artery disease (CAD).

Consorta, a healthcare group purchasing organization, has extended two contracts with Eastman Kodak Company as part of its plan to make Kodak digital imaging products available to Consorta Members through August 2009.

Under one contract, Consorta members will be able to purchase Kodak computed radiography (CR) and digital radiography (DR) medical imaging systems. Under the second, members will be able to purchase KODAK laser imaging systems, medical x-ray films and mammography films.

According to a recent study published by IMV Medical Information Division, the X-ray radiography unit installed base, including both conventional X-ray and digital radiography (DR) units, is estimated to be 16,510 units at 4,860 hospital sites. Currently, about one-third of the hospitals have at least one DR system in their X-ray department, and over half have adopted computed radiography (CR) technology.

Purdue University researchers have created the first 2-D images of biological samples using a new mass spectrometry technique that furthers the technology's potential applications for the detection of diseases such as cancer.
Desorption electrospray ionization (DESI) measures characteristic chemical markers that distinguish diseased from non-diseased regions of tissue samples within a few seconds and has eliminated the need for samples to be treated with chemicals and specially contained.