Purview (www.purview.net), a growing healthcare technology provider of medical imaging services and solutions, announced today that it has exceeded one million patients on its medical imaging access platform, Purview ViVA, in just three years since its launch. Purview has now processed over 175 million medical images through ViVA and is adding a new image every second and a new patient every two minutes. At this pace, Purview will add one new patient to its platform and process 120 new images in the time it takes you to read this press release.

Photosynthesis isn’t just for plants anymore, researchers say. In a new study published in the journal Advanced Materials, doctors argue that the green pigment in chlorophyll could help physicians peek inside human digestive tracts with certain kinds of imaging procedures. 

Aging and middle-age people’s forgetfulness might not mean their cognition is waning or even that their memories are slowing down or fading—just that they’re spending their cognitive energies elsewhere, in places that don’t happen to be “where did I leave the keys?” and “what’s that word again?” 

New research by the Society for the Study of Ingestive Behavior shows that people whose stomachs are more physically full feel more satiated during and after a meal. 

As always, this year’s AHRA annual meeting is jam-packed with smiling faces, exciting presentations, and groundbreaking technology. It also features three fascinating, can’t-miss keynote speakers: Christine Cashen, Scott Steinberg, and Mark Scharenbroich. 

Using a combination of screening methods, it might be possible to diagnose Alzheimer’s disease earlier than ever before, according to a new study. 

In the July edition of the American Journal of Roentgenology, Ronald Summers, MD, PhD, senior investigator in the NIH Clinical Center’s laboratory for imaging biomarkers and computer-aided diagnosis, updated radiology watchers on the state of the art in fully automated abdominal CT interpretation. On July 7, he took questions on the material from HealthImaging.

Hollywood visual effects specialists and radiology experts don’t often trade technology tips. But a new way to view diagnostic imaging in a more realistic light takes its cues from moviemakers.