September 13, 2017 — Blue Earth Diagnostics announced the upcoming oral presentation of initial results from the FALCON clinical trial of fluciclovine (18F) positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) at the 2017 American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) annual meeting Sept. 24-27 in San Diego.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) Medical Imaging Drugs Advisory Committee (MIDAC) voted overwhelmingly last week to recommend new labels on gadolinium-based contrast agents (GBCAs) warning of the possibility of gadolinium retention in the body following administration. The labels will further explain that linear GBCAs carry a greater risk than macrocyclic agents, and that there is a greater risk for certain patient populations, according to Medscape.

September 12, 2017 — Fujifilm Medical Systems U.S.A. Inc.  announced it has earned a new 10-year contract with a maximum value of $768 million as part of the Digital Imaging Network-PACS (DIN-PACS) IV project from the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) and the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. Specifically, U.S.

Breast cancer risks associated with breast density are the subject of a new Spanish language video launched recently by DenseBreast-info.org.

15th Annual World Congress of Society for Brain Mapping and Therapeutics

September 12, 2017 — The American Society of Radiologic Technologists (ASRT) announced it will donate $10,000 to the American Red Cross to assist with disaster relief efforts caused by Hurricane Irma. The donation is on behalf of the ASRT’s 153,000 members.

September 12, 2017 — Using computed tomography (CT) to evaluate muscle health may help identify optimal treatments for older patients who fall and break their hips, a new study led by radiologists from UC Davis and Wake Forest Baptist medical centers has found.

Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian recently became the first hospital in Orange County, Calif., to install the Siemens Somatom Force computed tomography (CT) scanner. The Somatom Force allows radiologists to obtain higher-quality images faster, more efficiently and with less radiation than older-generation CT scanners.

Imaging in England 2018

September 11, 2017 — Innovatus Imaging Corp., a newly created holding company formed by private equity firm Resilience Capital Partners and other co-investors, announced that it has acquired three leading medical device service and manufacturing companies.

The acquisitions include:

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