Vital Images and the diagnostic imaging unit of Bayer Vital have agreed to coordinate their respective advanced visualization software and contrast agents with the aim of improving radiologists efficiency in Germany.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has mandated that facilities integrate advanced visualization imaging from CT, MRI and nuclear medicine into their EHRs/EMRs by 2015.

National teleradiology practice Virtual Radiologic (vRad) has updated its telehealth communication systems to provide more immediate communication between referring practices and its subspecialty radiologists.

Thomson Reuters introduced Pharmacy Xpert, part of the Clinical Xpert suite, which is a clinical intelligence dashboard that combines surveillance with Micromedex evidence, in an effort to assist pharmacists with outcomes, costs and risk management, during the HIMSS11 conference in Orlando, Fla., Feb. 20 to Feb. 24.

Medipattern and TomTec Imaging Systems have signed an agreement to integrate Medipatterns B-CAD computer-aided detection (CAD) system into TomTecs Image-Arena Platform Suite.

Time-of-flight PET may improve detection of lesions in cancer patients, demonstrating enhanced visibility of artificially fused lesions in the lungs and liver across patients of varying weights, contrasts and scanning times, according to a study published in the March issue of the Journal of Nuclear Medicine.

Clinical imaging is a tricky business constrained by clinical, technical and economic challenges. There are well-documented issues with diagnostic interpretation across the spectrum of modalities. Despite our enthusiasm for the hard science of black and white, there are all too often shades of gray.

Health IT corporation TeraRecon has appointed Tiecheng Zhao, PhD, as chief technology officer and VP of engineering while promoting Jeffrey Sorenson to senior VP of the company.