Behrman Capital, a private equity investment firm based in New York City and San Francisco, has acquired Atherotech, a Birmingham, Ala.-based provider of cardiometabolic testing services that offers the VAP (Vertical Auto Profile) advanced lipid profile test.

Radiology Associates of Sacramento, a private radiology practice in northern California, has expanded its Merge Healthcare suite to include Merge iConnect.

The Tampa Bay Heart Institute at Northside Hospital in St. Petersburg, Fla., acquired the Heart and Vascular Institute of Florida South on Jan. 1.

A survey published in the January issue of the Journal of American College of Radiology outlined three primary problems associated with portable media exchange: access, importability and viewing issues. The authors also reported noncompliance and a lack of knowledge about compliance with Integrating the Healthcare Enterprise Portable Data for Imaging (IHE PDI) and DICOM.

Seventy percent of radiology technologists (RTs) reported work-related repetitive stress symptoms, while nearly half had been previously diagnosed with the syndrome, according to a study performed at a large academic institution and published in the Journal of the American College of Radiology.

Researchers at Arizona State University (ASU) and Mayo Clinic have teamed up to develop DICOM Index Tracker, an imaging exam tracking system that provides a view of a patients radiation exposure over time.

Paul J. Chang, MD, professor and vice chair of radiology informatics and medical director of pathology informatics at University of Chicago, offers insights into pathology workflow, making a case for the transition to a digital workflow but questioning the need for archiving of entire pathology datasets.

Fujifilm Medical Systems debuted a host of mobile platforms at the 96th annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA), held Nov. 28 to Dec. 2 in Chicago. New systems include FCR Go 2, FDR D-Evo Wireless and Synapse Mobility. The company also highlighted expanded clinical and reporting capabilities of Synapse Cardiovascular.