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New GE HealthCare partnership expands access to prostate cancer imaging agent
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Expert panel develops new breast biopsy guidelines
Pre-imaging pain medication may impact accuracy of abdominal ultrasounds
4D MRI techniques could help advance the development of artificial hearts
RANT Radiology Associates of North Texas
Radiology Associates of North Texas inks $29M enterprise imaging deal

The five-year agreement is with radiology vendor Visage Imaging, which will provide a cloud-based storage platform and viewer. 

Women's Center for Radiology
Solis Mammography expands into Orlando, acquiring private practice and its 2 imaging centers

The Women's Center for Radiology employs five radiologists and has served central Florida for over 36 years. 

Strategic Radiology
Strategic Radiology expands into Wisconsin, adding 60-year-old private practice

Founded in 1969, Radiology Chartered employs 15 physicians, handling over 400,000 procedures per year and serving the Emplify Health hospital system. 

Jaimin Chung, director of Canon Medical’s interventional X-ray and vascular business unit, explains a new combined CT-angiography interventional system aimed at neurology, trauma, stroke and pediatrics that recently received 510(k) FDA approval. The Alphenix 4D CT Insight Edition includes numerous radiation dose lowering technologies.
Canon introduces new combined CT-angiography interventional system

Jaimin Chung, director of Canon Medical’s interventional X-ray and vascular business unit, explains the technology behind a new combined CT angiography interventional system aimed at neurology, trauma, stroke and pediatrics that recently received 510(k) FDA clearance.

Routine IR procedure could treat endometriosis.
ASTRO releases new radiation therapy guidelines for gastric cancers

Many forms of the disease are identified at later stages, making treatment and management complex and multifaceted. 

money maze payment reimbursement
Radiology societies join initiative to fight payer restrictions around key interventional service

ACR, SIR and others altogether representing over 100,000 physicians recently wrote to 5 of the 7 Medicare Administrative Contractors to voice their concerns. 

vituity
Multispecialty physician group expands into imaging by adding 36-rad private practice

Northern California-based Vituity, which is led and owned by doctors, said it has reached a deal to partner with Focused Medical Imaging. 

UCLA Health
UCLA launches ‘first of its kind’ new standalone Department of Nuclear Medicine and Theranostics

“Becoming an independent department elevates this work and strengthens UCLA’s role in shaping the future of precision health," said the department's new acting chairman. 

RapidAI's opportunistic aortic management tool earns FDA clearance
FDA clears RapidAI's opportunistic aortic management tool

The solution can assess the aorta on any CT scan that offers visualization of it, including post-treatment and unenhanced noncontrast studies. 

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AI turns mammograms into CVD risk assessments—no outside data required

Thanks to AI, clinicians can use mammograms to do a lot more than identify signs of breast cancer. Researchers explored data from nearly 50,000 patients, presenting their findings in Heart.