The American Society of Echocardiography (ASE) and the European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging (EASCVI) have released a new joint document updating guidance for how best to use echocardiography to assess the growing number of patients with aortic stenosis (AS). The paper, Recommendations on the Echocardiographic Assessment of Aortic Valve Stenosis: A Focused Update from the European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging (EACVI) and the American Society of Echocardiography (ASE), will appear in the April issue of the Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography (JASE).

The newest release of American College of Radiology (ACR) Appropriateness Criteria covers 230 topics with more than 1,100 clinical indications.

Northwestern Memorial Hospital is now home to the Chicago area's first combined magnetic resonance (MRI) and positron emission tomography (PET) scanner. The machine shortens the total time a patient spends in imaging tests while providing exceptional image quality at lower doses of radiation.

March 31, 2017 — A recent analysis of newly added 2014 data to the National Cancer Institute SEER database by R. Edward Hendrick, Ph.D., shows that the breast cancer death rate has now fallen 38 percent since 1990. This downward trend follows the increased use of mammography screening beginning in the mid-1980s. This decline amounts to 274,765 breast cancer deaths averted since 1990 — including 22,054 in 2014 alone.  

March 30, 2017 — Analogic Corp. announced that it will introduce its bkFusion solution for improving biopsy targeting in prostate cancer, at the 32nd Annual European Association of Urology (EAU) Congress, March 24–27 in London.

The Connecticut Hospital Association (CHA) and Bayer announced an alliance to establish the United States' first-ever statewide radiation dose management repository for patients undergoing certain radiological procedures. The repository will use Bayer’s Radimetrics, a radiation and contrast dose management and analytics tool which provides clinicians with data needed for them to help ensure their patients receive the lowest radiation dosage necessary. The goal is for clinicians to be able to share the data in order to benchmark radiation exposure.

Intelerad Medical Systems recenlty announced that Australia’s Primary Health Care Limited (Primary) has selected Intelerad’s InteleOne XE as the enterprise imaging platform for its diagnostic imaging division, Healthcare Imaging Services (HIS). Together with the Nuance PowerScribe 360 Reporting platform, InteleOne XE will provide a consolidated archive and unified workflow, allowing the nationwide organization’s 141 sites to operate as a single entity.

Radiology-TEACHES, an online portal led by principal investigator Marc H. Willis, DO, recently earned the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) Foundation, Costs of Care and Leapfrog Group Creating Value Challenge “Teaching Value” Award.

Visage Imaging Inc. announced that Mercy, the fifth largest Catholic health system in the United States, completed its enterprise-wide implementation of the Visage 7 Enterprise Imaging Platform in record time. Visage 7 enables enterprise imaging with fast, thin-client, server-side processing technology, as well as simple diagnostic mobile access via Visage Ease Pro.

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