A study on mammography screening conducted on 1.1 million women indicated that results from mammography screening across the United States surpassed performance recommendations, setting a new benchmark for breast cancer detecting rates for U.S. radiologists.

Dr. Hadeer Shaikhly, formerly the chief of radiology at Windham Hospital in Connecticut, who recently opened an outpatient center for CT scans and MRIs in a local mall, encourages patients to drop in for an MRI or CT while they shop.
Shaikhly’s center provides night and weekend appointments and immediate review of the results. Plus, second reads by a certified outsourced service are free of charge.

Case Western Reserve University, a U.S. research institution, and the National Foundation for Cancer Research (NFCR), which funds cancer research, recently announced that they will establish a new NFCR Center for Molecular Imaging where researchers will identify specific genes for molecular imaging and work to enhance diagnosis techniques for earlier detection and treatment of cancer.

The September 2006 issue of the journal Radiology reports that investigators have developed a new way to use magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to effectively gauge the hardness or elasticity of the liver. MR elastography (MRE), as the technique is called, holds great potential for detecting liver fibrosis, a common condition that can lead to incurable cirrhosis if not treated in time. MRE is an accurate and painless alternative to liver biopsy that may also have implications for diagnosing cancer.

MedPix is a system designed to improve the way case-related medical data, including radiographs, can be accessed by medical professionals. The system was developed by James G. Smirniotopoulos, M.D., Uniformed Services University (USU) professor of Radiology, Neurology and Biomedical Informatics and Clinical Sciences Chair of the department of Radiology and Radiological Sciences.

A new imaging modality may be getting ready to join the ranks of X-ray, ultrasound, CT, MRI and nuclear imaging. Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) is similar to B-mode ultrasound and produces 2-D, cross-sectional, high-resolution images of tissue and microstructure using near infrared light, opposed to sound.

Candelis, Inc. announced yesterday an advanced Information Lifecycle Management (ILM) solution to its ImageGrid 1000 and 700 which integrates the Sony LIB-81 and LIB-162 series Advanced Intelligent Tape (AIT) libraries with ImageGrid ILM software.

Nikon Instruments awarded its Small World award to the image of a cell nuclei of a mouse colon as seen through the microscope, which was generated for genomics and bioinformatics research by Dr. Paul Appleton, a researcher from the Division of Cell and Developmental Biology at the University of Dundee in the UK.

Commissure Inc. recently announced a partnership with AMICAS Inc. a leader in radiology and medical image and information management solutions. The partnership will enable Commissure’s speech recognition reporting and workflow orchestrator software, RadWhere Suite, to work seamlessly with the AMICAS Vision Series RIS and PACS solutions, as well as allow for multisite worklist management.

Eclipsys Corp. today announced that University Hospitals (UH), Cleveland, OH, has contracted for Sunrise Clinical Manager and its fully integrated modules, including Sunrise Acute Care, Sunrise Ambulatory Care, Sunrise Emergency Care, Sunrise Critical Care, Sunrise Pharmacy and Knowledge-Based Charting. The use of Sunrise Clinical Manager will allow UH to connect its physicians, nurses, pharmacists, other clinicians and administrators, allowing patient information to flow seamlessly throughout the hospital.

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