A new study underway at the University of Cincinnati Medical Center could give physicians a way to get a better understanding of patients’ cardiac health using technology developed by NASA, according to a statement by the university. 

The medical imaging community is going through a great deal of change in 2016, whether it’s the shift from volume to value, the government-assisted move from CR to DR, or various updates to coding and reimbursements. 

George Curley, Agfa Healthcare’s senior marketing manager, spoke with Health Imaging while making final preparations for AHRA. He discussed being recognized by Frost & Sullivan, the pre-AHRA webinar he hosted, and what Agfa Healthcare has planned for Nashville. 

Researchers in Japan have demonstrated a way to modify a coronary CT technique such that it significantly cuts the time patients have to hold their breath while being scanned both with and without contrast, according to a study published online July 14 in Academic Radiology. 

ROCHESTER, N.Y., July 20 — Carestream will feature its award-winning portfolio of innovative medical imaging and healthcare IT systems at the Association for Medical Imaging Management (AHRA) conference that begins July 31. Earlier this year Carestream earned the 2016 North America Frost & Sullivan Award for New Product Innovation Leadership.

Spots on the lung are better detected and managed by digital chest tomosynthesis than by imaging with conventional chest radiography, including when the latter is augmented by dual-energy (DE) technology—and regardless of the lack of deep, chest-specific experience in the interpreting radiologist. 

CoxHealth, based in Springfield, Missouri, has partnered with Pensacola, Florida-based Intelligent Retinal Imaging Systems to deliver better eye care to patients suffering with diabetes.

Prostate exams and prostate MRI scans are necessary realities for many men. But they can also be very physically and socially uncomfortable, one patient wrote in an account for the Globe and Mail in Canada.