Diagnostic Imaging Staff

Low-dose CT is an appropriate screening tool for lung cancer among high-risk patients, say new guidelines issued by the American Cancer Society.

Adding virtual colonoscopy, or CT colonography, by adding the test to HEDIS could improve colorectal cancer screening compliance.

Riverain Technologies has received FDA 510(k) clearance for software aimed at improving clarity of conventional chest X-rays.

Teleradiologists perform better when they focus on images sent from fewer hospitals rather than reading for a larger number of facilities.

Legislation passed to avoid the so-called “fiscal cliff” cuts reimbursement to certain medical imaging services and retains the medical device excise tax.

The ABR will offer a dual primary certificate in interventional and diagnostic radiology, representing a shift in expertise, the ABMS announced.

Bilateral dual-energy contrast agent-enhanced digital mammography is as effective as MRI in detecting known primary breast tumors.

Combining fluorodeoxyglucose-PET, MRI and cerebrospinal analysis significantly increases the accuracy of predicting Alzheimer’s disease progression.

F-18-flurorothymidine PET appears to be useful in assessing the grade and proliferation in gliomas, especially in newly diagnosed patients.

Infinitt and Intelerad rose to the top among PACS vendors who offer timely upgrades and expanded usability, according to a KLAS report released at RSNA 2012.

Changes in tumor enhancement detected by post-gadolinium (Gd) T1-weighted MRI are highly predictive of which patients with recurrent glioblastoma brain tumors will benefit from second-line therapy.

Brain changes from post-concussion syndrome are visible on MRI.

Dose awareness extends to nuclear medicine exams with the development of online materials to guide providers on radiopharmaceutical dose utilization.

Agfa Healthcare will launch at RSNA 2012 its digital DX-D 400 DR solution marketed as an economical solution for all digital radiography applications.

Maxant will debut at RSNA 2012 a dual-format medical image viewing display system to allow providers to view digital and analog images side-by-side.

Digital imaging solutions provider Viztek will debut at RSNA 2012 a new RIS that is certified for the federal meaningful use incentives program.

Merge will unveil at RSNA 2012 a mobile and online platform that will allow patients to select a radiologist, schedule appointments and receive results.

lifeIMAGE will debut a service allowing physicians, patients and hospitals to create profiles to securely exchange medical information.

Carestream will show at RSNA 2012 its smaller-format DRX detector as a works in progress, designed for pediatric, orthopedic and general radiology exams.

Medical imaging managers reported low confidence that they will receive adequate reimbursement from Medicare in the fourth quarter of 2012.

SourceHOV will unveil at RSNA 2012 an X-Ray Preservation Program for legacy X-ray images requiring long-term retention.

TeraMedica plans to debut at RSNA 2012 its next generation Evercore VNA Control Center, a streamlined interface for the vendor-neutral archive.

Advanced visualization software developer Claron Technology will debut at RSNA 2012 enhancements to their “No Install” cloud-based viewers.

peerVue will unveil at RSNA 2012 several new solutions aimed at helping radiologists streamline their workflow.

Intelerad Medical Systems will be launching a few new products aimed at improving workflow, image sharing and security.

Medical networking company ETIAM plans to introduce at RSNA 2012 a Web-based universal image viewer.

GE Healthcare axquires U-Systems Inc., developer of the Automated Breast Ultrasound, a system used as a supplement to mammography for asymptomatic women with dense breasts and no prior interventions.

In honor of Nuclear Medicine Week, the Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging highlights four major advancements in the field.

Referring physicians want an easier way to order studies, shorter turnaround times, and better communication of critical results, a survey found.

Digital mammography is better for detecting life-threatening breast cancers than is screen film mammography, without increasing overdiagnosis.