A model incorporating dynamic contrast material-enhanced and diffusion-weighted MR features could help identify women with high-risk ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS), which may provide information to facilitate lesion-specific targeted therapies, according to a study published in the May issue of
Radiology.
White matter injury on term MRI of very preterm-born infants is predictive of future cognitive impairment, according to a study published in the May issue of
Pediatrics. This discovery further supports the benefit of obtaining term MRI for very preterm-born infants, according to the authors.
Patients with gastrointestinal disorders received increasing levels of cumulative radiation exposure from 1999 to 2009, according to a study published in the March issue of
Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology. The authors called for the development of evidence-based guidelines for image analysis among this population.
The Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg has invested in the Sectra Visualization Table for use by students in anatomy classes as a complement to dissection exercises.
The American Society of Radiologic Technologists (ASRT) launched its new MR education program, MR Basics: The Series, on March 14.
Acuo Technologies, a medical image management service developer, has integrated its Universal Clinical Platform (UCP3) software with enterprise cloud storage services provider Nirvanix’s public, hybrid and private cloud storage services.
The American Cancer Society, in an effort to reduce future projected cancers from diagnostic imaging procedures, outlined some limitations and enhancements to current appropriateness criteria used for making decisions about imaging and also offered some CT exam recommendations for clinicians in an article published online Feb. 3 in
CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians.
The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania has reversed a lower court decision and held that installed MRI and PET/CT systems at Northeastern Pennsylvania Imaging Center should be treated as personal property for sales tax purposes.
Radiology Limited will install Merge's suite of radiology systems at its nine imaging centers across southern Arizona.
Lawmakers in the commonwealth of Virginia are debating the implications of breast density notification legislation.
Milwaukee-based Herzing University has acquired the Medical Technology Management Institute, which provides continuing education for radiologic technologists and diagnostic medical physicists.
The services and allowed charges by cardiologists for treating Medicare patients increased dramatically between 1999 and 2008, according to an analysis published online Jan. 10 in
Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes. Much of the growth was linked to noninvasive imaging, with resting echocardiograms and nuclear stress testing fueling the lion’s share of growth.
EMRs, robotic surgery and transcatheter heart valve implantation rank among the technologies that ECRI Institute is urging hospital executives to keep an eye on in 2012.
Researchers from Finland have developed a new tool for the objective diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease which could allow for earlier diagnosis.
The U.S. House of Representative passed the Middle Class Tax Relief & Job Creation Act (H.R. 3630) Dec. 13. Among other things, H.R. 3630 prevents an across the board 27 percent cut to Medicare physician reimbursement statutorily required by the Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR) formula. The bill provides physicians with a 1 percent increase in Medicare payments for 2012 and 2013.
Awards |
Wednesday, December 14
The National Cancer Institute (NCI) has named Huntsman Cancer Institute at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City as a Center for Quantitative Imaging Excellence for its research in cancer screening, treatment and follow-up care, specifically with modalities such as mammography, PET, CT and MRI.
Mach 7 Technologies debuted the Keystone Study Split Utility, a CT and MRI segmenting software, which can be used to reduce the time required to split multiregion CT and MR scans into anatomic regions that match the original orders from the RIS and reducing the time required for the newly split studies to be sent to the PACS, at 97th Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) in Chicago.
CHICAGO—The iPad 2 (Apple) proved comparable to a standalone iMac workstation, although more time-consuming, in viewing CT colonoscopy (CTC) datasets, according to research conducted by Emanuele Neri, MD, assistant professor, diagnostic and interventional radiology at the University of Pisa in Italy, and colleagues, and presented Nov. 27 at the 97th Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting of the Radiology Society of North America (RSNA).
NantWorks, a newly formed healthcare, educational, scientific and communications technology company led by Patrick Soon-Shiong, MD, has acquired Ziosoft.
Twelve new hospitals have been connected to the Colorado Regional Health Information Organization ‘s health information exchange (HIE) network.
