Researchers at the University of Washington in Seattle are developing a semi-automated method that could provide a more economical, more comfortable and more convenient method for bladder imaging.

Center for Diagnostic Imaging (CDI) has named Robert V. Baumgartner executive chairman of the board of directors and Tom Tomlinson as CEO and promoted two additional executives.

Acknowledging the need for greater transparency and coordination with manufacturers, the FDA stands by its stringent and notoriously slower 510(k) medical device approval process relative to other countries. Yet manufacturers complain that the agencys unpredictable procedures, not its speed, are the key reason for industrys growing introduction of products outside the U.S. market.

A year after its introduction and on the heels of the launch of the iPad 2, the worlds most celebrated gadget continues its hot streak. Physicians certainly arent immune to its appeal. Nearly one-quarter of American physicians bought an iPad in 2010, according to Chilmark Research. Others are jumping on the bandwagon. Four out of five physicians surveyed recently by Aptilon plan to buy an iPad this year.

Thoracic radiologists are at odds with one another about the benefits of image enhancement and analytical tools for low-dose CT lung cancer screening.

In a March 3 article published in the Journal of the American College of Radiology, Jonathan Breslau, MD, a radiologist at Radiological Associates of Sacramento Medical Group in Calif., argues that much is at stake for radiology in this changing system, and unless radiologists increase their involvement, much also may be at risk.

ImageIQ has launched as a spin-out from technology developed at Cleveland Clinic Innovations.

Verizon Wireless and Medco Health Solutions have released a mobile application that can guide patients and their doctors to the lower cost prescription drugs and help them identify potentially harmful drug interactions.