Smokers who have passed a lung-function test may not be able to breathe easy for long, as a study published online June 22 in JAMA Internal Medicine has found that more than half of long-term smokers labeled “disease-free” in fact have some form of respiratory impairment.

VuCOMP, Inc., leading developer of advanced computer vision systems for the detection of breast cancer, is pleased to announce the successful completion of the development of structured reporting (SR) for CAD marks for digital breast tomosynthesis images.

Summit Imaging, a technology-focused ultrasound medical equipment support company, today announced the release of Summit Imaging Mobile, the mobile version of its comprehensive online support portal.

A congresswoman with a personal breast cancer story joined imaging experts for a Capitol Hill briefing that served both to illuminate the importance of mammography screening and also condemn recent U.S. Preventive Services Task Force mammography guidelines.

A wave of tomosynthesis adoption is coming, and practices looking to incorporate the modality must make sure their PACS doesn’t limit their viewing or workflow, according to a vendor town hall discussion at the Society for Imaging Informatics in Medicine (SIIM) 2015 annual meeting in National Harbor, Md.

Konica Minolta announced today new Blue Moon Lifecycle Solutions designed to help customers minimize downtime, maximize productivity and eliminate risk throughout the lifetime of their AeroDR systems. 

Agfa HealthCare announced today that Children's National Health System has installed six DX-D 100 mobile DR systems and two DX-D 600 full room direct radiography (DR) suites to transition two X-ray rooms from computed radiography (CR) to DR.

Patients with mild to moderate renal dysfunction are at low risk for nephropathy resulting from the administration of CT contrast agents, according to results of a study published in the June issue of the American Journal of Roentgenology.