August 19, 2020 — The results of an online questionnaire of 609 breast cancer survivors in the U.S. suggest that nearly half of patients experienced delays in care during the early weeks of the COVID-19 pandemic.

August 18, 2020 — Ziehm Imaging announces the acquisition of Therenva, a French-based developer of planning and imaging software tools for cardiovascular procedures. Building on a two-year market cooperation in Europe, Ziehm and Therenva have now taken the next step. Ziehm will leverage its strong distribution network of mobile C-arm angiography systems to market Therenva’s current product portfolio globally.

August 17, 2020 — With the COVID-19 pandemic ongoing, Thirona starts a new collaboration to further improve and accelerate detection of the virus. SmartCAD | COVID-19 is a software product that combines Thirona’s CAD4COVID-CT algorithm with the popular COVID-19 reporting template developed by digital health company Smart Reporting.

August 14, 2020 — Smoking is strongly linked to lower use of cancer screening services by women, and more advanced disease once cancer is diagnosed, reveals research published in the online journal BMJ Open.

The Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography (SCCT) gave its 2020 Gold Metal Award to computed tomography (CT) pioneer John Lesser, M.D., MSCCT, director of advanced imaging and cardiac CT, Minneapolis Heart Institute, Abbott Northwestern Hospital. It was awarded at the SCCT virtual meeting in July.

Sheer stresses on the walls of arteries are believed to cause the formation atherosclerotic plaques. This is an area of research that is expected to see increased use in the next few years. This study was presented at SCCT 2020 as an example of how sheer stresses can help evaluate and predict the patency of coronary artery bypass grafts (CABG).

The latest technical advances and trends in computed tomography (CT) and the latest clinical study data were discussed at the Society of Cardiovascular CT (SCCT) 2020 virtual meeting in July.

August 14, 2020 — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced the approval of the Gadavist (gadobutrol) Imaging Bulk Package. The Gadavist Imaging Bulk Package will be available in two presentation sizes, 30 mL and 65 mL, and allows for weight-based dosing with a 24-hour stand time for multi-patient dosing.

August 14, 2020 — According to ARRS' American Journal of Roentgenology (AJR), clinicians do not read a considerable proportion of second-opinion radiology reports — "a situation that can be regarded as an appreciable but potentially reversible waste of health care resources," the authors of this AJR "Health Care Policy and Quality" article concluded.

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