Representatives Ralph Hall (R-TX) and Danny Davis (D-IL) have reintroduced the “CT Colonography Screening for Colorectal Cancer Act,” or HR 991, which would require Medicare to cover beneficiaries for CT colonography.

Multiparametric MRI can help identify appropriate candidates for active surveillance of prostate cancer, performing on par with or better than existing clinical assessment scoring systems, and also improving the sensitivity of those systems, according to a study published online March 6 in Radiology.

Researchers at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) paired high-field diffusion MRI with genomic screening to pinpoint an Alzheimer’s disease risk gene, according to research published online March 4 in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. The findings could provide a path to new treatments, according to the authors.

TeraRecon launched iNtuitionREVIEW, a multimodality, multimonitor review and collaboration tool at the European Congress of Radiology (ECR) in Vienna.

I just spent a dizzying week in the Crescent City, trying to absorb a fraction of health IT knowledge from the powerhouses—Mostashari, Topol, Clinton—sharing insights, strategies and visions for the future at the Healthcare Information and Management System Society (HIMSS) annual conference.

Barco has launched the Eonis clinical display family, which combine a built-in front sensor with Barco’s MediCal QAWeb cloud-based tool.

Leica Biosystems, through its acquisition of Aperio, will provide Chinese physicians access to U.S. healthcare organizations for real-time, expert review of pathology cases through a medical cloud network built-in collaboration with Dell Healthcare and Life Sciences.

NEW ORLEANS—PACSgear has unveiled ModLink, software that transfers structured report measurements into PowerScribe 360 | Reporting from Nuance.