Diagnostic Imaging Staff

The American College of Radiology lauded the AMA’s policy update that recognizes the importance of screening mammography starting at age 40.

Fujifilm named best overall medical equipment manufacturer in Best in KLAS awards. Leaders were also selected in MR, CT, digital mammo and other categories.

The FDA cleared Siemens’ 128-slice CT scanner designed as a budget-conscious option for community and critical access hospitals and outpatient centers.

SNM’s 2012 Image of the Year shows the effectiveness of Bi-213-DOTATOC for the peptide receptor alpha-therapy of GEP-NETs that do not respond to beta therapy.

The Medical Imaging and Technology Alliance introduced a dose-reduction initiative aimed to ensure only authorized operators can alter the controls of a CT scanner.

Ralph Highnam, CEO of technology company Matakina International, weighs in on the challenges and promises of evaluating objective breast density.

Scientists at the Children’s National Medical Center in Washington, D.C., say they have discovered a protocol that could lead to a hundred-fold increase in MRI speed.

The Echelon Oval has a patient-shaped design, resulting in a 74-cm oval bore - the widest in the industry, the company said.

Young patients, aged 18 to 35, are 35 times more likely to die of their underlying disease than from radiation-induced cancer from CT exams, researchers say.

Dedicated pediatric departments and technologists may adhere closer to protocols for pediatric CT scans.

The Aquilion Prime 80 features the AIDR 3D dose reduction software.

Just over 90 percent of imaging case denials were for imaging services covered by the plan, a patient advocate report finds.

Adaptive Iterative Dose Reduction (ADIR) 3D, the third generation software, will be offered to existing Aquilion One, Premium, and Prime CT customers.

The Vivid E9 Breakthrough 2012 includes a 4-D transducer for transesophageal echocardiography, as well as workflow tools.

Cutting down on repeated nuclear and molecular imaging scans due to poor quality images could save about $1.32 billion over the next 10 years, according to the Society of Nuclear Medicine.

New, more maneuverable unit joins competitors in better designed, mobile x-ray.

An FDA panel unanimously recommended approval of U-Systems’ somo •v® Automated Breast Ultrasound system for breast cancer screening for women with dense breasts.

The FDA has approved florbetapir (brand name Amyvid) a radioactive diagnostic agent for use with PET imaging, for the evaluation of Alzheimer’s disease, according to developer Eli Lilly.

The AIM study that found 15 percent to 25 percent of breast cancers are overdiagnosed by mammogram overestimates overdiagosis and draws invalid conclusions, the groups said.

As part of the Choosing Wisely campaign, nine physician groups, including the American College of Radiology, listed the five common tests or procedures in their specialty that may be overused or unnecessary.

Radiology and imaging specialists Mukesh Harisinghani, MD, Frank Miller, MD, and David Casalino, MD, discuss an advanced image analysis technology, and the role of prostate MRI in cancer detection, localization, staging, treatment planning and serial monitoring.

ETIAM Corp. is introducing its turnkey system for communicating and managing images beyond the enterprise.

Dicom Systems recently introduced the ArcStore DICOM Archive VNA Version 2.0.

Carestream will showcase its expanded Vue for Cloud Services with mobile imaging data access from its Vue Motion viewer, and higher levels of encryption and security through the Intel Xeon processor E7 family.

Application developer Integrated Document Solutions (IDS) will unveil at HIMSS 2012 the latest versions of its smartphone apps aimed at unifying work lists and improving accessibility.

Siemens announced FDA has cleared features associated with their new Biograph mCT positron emission tomography/computed tomography scanner, which the company unveiled at RSNA in November 2011.

Computer-aided detection system developer VuCOMP Inc. has received FDA premarket approval for its film mammography CAD software.

The Aquilion Prime CT was designed for facilities that need to perform a wide variety of advanced clinical exams and produce high-quality clinical images with reduced radiation exposure, the company said.

The use of surgical biopsy is "substantially less than the 30 percent previously alleged," researchers found.

Diagnostic Imaging recently spoke with Dr. Rahul Desia, director of interventional pain management at EPIC Imaging, about their experiences with a mobile anesthesia unit.