Cleveland, Ohio – April 5, 2013 – MIM Software Inc., a leading global provider of medical imaging software, announced today that the major software release MIM® 6.0 is now available.  Users in all areas of medical imaging will benefit from innovative tools for deformable evaluation and correction, MR/CT deformable, and automated series management.

Researchers at the University of Notre Dame in South Bend, Ind., have created a 3D anatomical model by combining CT scans with 3D printing technology.

March 31 brought the official close to National Colorectal Cancer Awareness month, which was peppered with a slew of public service announcements encouraging U.S. adults ages 50 and older to participate in screening. We also saw the introduction of the SCREEN Act, which would close a loophole in coverage that leaves Medicare recipients with polyps detected during screening on the cost-sharing hook for their procedures.

The 21st century challenges of radiation protection requires all stakeholders to collectively think outside of the box to communicate with patients and develop tools to address the challenges of radiation exposure, according to a medical physics and informatics review published in the April issue of American Journal of Roentgenology.

Louisville, KY – April 2, 2013 — ZirMed, Inc., a leading provider of software-as-a-service (SaaS) revenue cycle management solutions, today announced the availability of ZirMed Patient Estimation, a web-based solution that enables provider organizations to accurately determine a patient’s financial responsibility prior to providing service or care.

IT and medical technology company Sectra (STO: SECT B) has signed a six-year contract with the large Swedish healthcare provider Region Skåne. The contract includes development, maintenance and support for the region-wide Sectra IT solution, which is used in radiology, clinical physiology, nuclear medicine and mammography to manage and communicate patient information. The order value amounts to SEK 55.8 Million (approx. EUR 6.2 M).

fMRI researchers and practitioners should factor variability in the center of task-specific brain activation by investigating site into their decision making and test the reliability of local results by percentage signal change and contrast-to-noise ratio, according to a study published online March 22 in Radiology.

Researchers used a BMI-adjusted dose reduction approach to cut effective radiation dose at CT colonography (CTC) to 1.41 mSv at 15 mAs and 2.81 mSv at 30 mAs for normal BMI and overweight patients, according to a study published in the April issue of Academic Radiology.