The FDA has approved Boston Scientifics Renegade HI-FLO Fathom system for selective access and delivery of diagnostic, embolic and therapeutic materials to the peripheral vasculature.

The protocol and technique for oncologic PET/CT varies widely, intensifying the need for general standards but underscoring variabilitys impedance to comparable, sound evidence for establishing such standards, concluded a study published in the February issue of The Journal of Nuclear Medicine.

Despite a relatively low rate of therapeutic accidents, concern over safety in radiation oncology is growing, both among the public and within the specialty. As the field continues to evolve and become more technical, radiation oncologists may understand the frequency and causes of errors less and less, intensifying the need for greater quality assurance, argued the authors of a study published in the January-March edition of Practical Radiation Oncology.

Meriter Health Services, a health system based in Madison, Wis., has implemented Corepoints Integration Engine, replacing its legacy interface engine as a part of a technological upgrade.

The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston has purchased Carestream Healths RIS.

Varian Medical Systems has signed a three-year supply contract with Toshiba Medical Systems worth approximately $450 million.

A just-published study in the Journal of American College of Radiology shows that Medicare now pays non-radiologists more for noninvasive diagnostic imaging than radiologists, with non-rads $4.81 billion in discretionary noninvasive diagnostic imaging earnings outpacing radiologists $4.65 billion in 2008.

UMass Memorial Health Center in Worcester, Mass., has installed Merge Healthcare's iConnect Access, which enables medical image viewing from directly within a patient's EHR.