May 17, 2016 — A handheld, lightweight scanner that uses white light instead of dangerous ionizing radiation can safely and reliably capture the upper body anatomy of children with chest deformities. This conclusion was drawn from a study done by pediatric surgeons from Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago.

Macadamian Technologies, a user experience research, design and software development firm, recently announced the completion of a comprehensive usability test of Siemens Acuson S3000 ultrasound system, HELX Evolution with Touch Control.

FFR-CT, heartflow

Fractional flow reserve-computed tomography (FFR-CT) is still in the early stages of clinical implementation in the United States, but it is already changing clinical practice as a non-invasive alternative to diagnosing patients with chest pain. Approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in November 2014, the technology provides both anatomical and functional assessment of the coronary arteries, a task no other method has accomplished to date. 

DAIC spoke with three users of the HeartFlow FFR-CT technology, each in various stages of clinical practice:

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released two funding opportunities from the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC), designed to expand use of common standards supporting the sharing of health information.

EOS imaging announced the sale of the 10th EOS system to the Shriners Hospitals for Children Network in the United States, to be installed in Los Angeles.

A team of experts from around Europe has come together to develop a portable device with a handheld probe that will dramatically reduce invasive diagnostic and therapeutic procedures in the treatment of thyroid nodules.

Neuroimaging studies of interconnected brain networks may provide the "missing links" between behavioral and biological models of cognitive vulnerability to depression, according to a research review in the Harvard Review of Psychiatry.

Blue Earth Diagnostics, a molecular imaging diagnostics company, announced it has established operations in the United States in Burlington, Mass.

NorthStar Medical Radioisotopes LLC is enhancing its production operations at the University of Missouri Research Reactor (MURR) in Columbia, Mo.

May 13, 2016 — South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley signed the Density Reporting Bill, S 339, into law on Thursday. The signing makes South Carolina the 27th state to have some form of legislation mandating patients be notified if their mammograms reveal dense fibroglandular breast tissue.

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