February 26, 2020 — In a study of more than 1,000 patients published in the journal Radiology, chest CT outperformed lab testing in the diagnosis of 2019 novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19).

February 26, 2020 — Mount Sinai Health System physicians—the first experts in the country to analyze chest computed tomography (CT) scans of patients from China with coronavirus disease (COVID-19)—have identified specific patterns in the lungs as markers of the disease as it develops over the course of a week and a half.

February 26, 2020 — According to a study published recently in the Journal of the American Medical Association, abbreviated breast magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) detected significantly more cancers than digital breast tomosynthesis (3-D mammography) in average-risk women with dense breast tissue.

February 25, 2020 — According to newly published research in an article titled Continuation of Annual Screening Mammography and Breast Cancer Mortality in Women Older Than 70 Years, healthy women over the age of 75 years might not benefit from continuing breast cancer screening.

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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said it is working to contain the spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) into the United States, but said it is unlikely to do so. The agency said it hopes to slow the spread of the virus to enable more time for the U.S. healthcare system to prepare for its arrival. This was according to comments made at the CDC twice-weekly briefing Feb. 21. 

February 25, 2020 — With initial order of 10 mobile BodyTom computed tomography (CT) scanners ordered in China, Samsung NeuroLogica announced that it will dedicate significant resources to expediting manufacture and shipping of its scanners to help mitigate the growing coronavirus crisis in the country.

February 24, 2020 — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) gave an update on its activities regarding the novel coronvirus (COVID-19), which are focused on efforts to facilitate diagnose, treat and prevent the disease. The agency is also surveilling the medical product supply chain for potential shortages or disruptions and helping to mitigate impacts.

February 25, 2020 — Carestream’s state-of-the-art OnSight 3D Extremity System (see video link) will be featured at the upcoming European Congress of Radiology (ECR) meeting in Vienna, Austria (Carestream booth #407, Expo X4).

When time matters, the need for fast and reliable image transfer is obvious.

Eliminating compact disks (CDs) from the image sharing process can save 25 critically important minutes in trauma cases, according to statistics gathered by Ambra Health.

“These can be life-saving minutes,” said Morris Panner, CEO of the New York City-based company, which provides solutions for medical image sharing among patients, physicians and hospitals.

February 24, 2020 — Konica Minolta Healthcare Americas, Inc. announces a newly formed partnership with RegenLab USA LLC to distribute its regenerative medicine portfolio of bio-injectable products to the musculoskeletal (MSK), pain management, radiology and veterinary markets in the United States and Canada. The bio-injectable line includes preparation devices for Platelet Rich Plasma (PRP) and other blood cell therapies, delivered using ultrasound guidance.

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