Younger women at increased risk for breast cancer may benefit from biennial mammography screening beginning at age 40, according to a pair of studies published May 1 in Annals of Internal Medicine.

Intraoperative robotic-assisted ultrasound helps surgeons to perform more complex procedures robotically with potentially improved outcomes.

The FDA has cleared the latest version of GE Healthcares Vivid E9 cardiovascular ultrasound system.

Denials to patients seeking critical imaging services by their insurance providers have doubled over the last four years, according to internal case management data released by the Patient Advocate Foundation (PAF). Some 90 percent of reversed denials for imaging services were covered by those health plans.

Women between the ages of 40 and 49 years who underwent routine screening mammography were diagnosed at earlier stages with smaller tumors than symptomatic women requiring diagnostic workup, according to a study published in the May issue of American Journal of Roentgenology.

From a bipartisan duo in the Senate comes a 244-page bill with language calling on the U.S. Department of the Health and Human Services (HHS) to put forth a final unique medical device identifier rule sooner rather than later.

Carestream Health has received FDA clearance for its Carestream DRX-Revolution mobile x-ray system, and is now accepting orders from U.S. healthcare facilities.

While Congress ponders dismantling the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, researchers are exploring how its existenceand potentially its absencecould affect healthcare. This week, the act provided a framework for two studies, one looking at the donut hole and another at cherry picking, and both provided food for thought.