Scrubs, bombs and Boston

The New England Journal of Medicine published a firsthand account of a physician's volunteer detail at the Boston Marathon. Check out the perspective for a handle on helplessness and healing. Be sure to check out the May/June issue of Health Imaging to learn more about how battlefield innovations bettered trauma managament in Boston and beyond.

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Positron, a New York-based nuclear imaging company, will now provide Upbeat Cardiology Solutions with advanced PET/CT systems and services. 

The nuclear imaging isotope shortage of molybdenum-99 may be over now that the sidelined reactor is restarting. ASNC's president says PET and new SPECT technologies helped cardiac imaging labs better weather the storm.

CMS has more than doubled the CCTA payment rate from $175 to $357.13. The move, expected to have a significant impact on the utilization of cardiac CT, received immediate praise from imaging specialists.