A new addition to the cryogen-free, preclinical MRI imaging family, the 4.7T model, is now available to order. It joins the 3T and 7T systems for superior soft tissue contrast and molecular imaging research. This has been brought to the market by MR Solutions, the world’s largest independent developer and manufacturer of commercially available MRI technology. MR Solutions, which pioneered the cryogen free technology in 2013, is the only company to have delivered this technology to customers across the world.

ROSELLE, IL, Feb. 24, 2015 — Planmed announced today that effective November 15, 2014, its Planmed Verity® extremity CT scanner is available on the Novation Merry-X-Ray capital equipment and diagnostics imaging distribution contract (XR0262), effective through July 31, 2017.

Citing possible employee error in how the magnetic rundown unit (MRU) is connected at certain sites, the FDA issued a Class I recall for all GE Healthcare MRIs with superconducting magnets and the company is urging customers to properly test their equipment.

Despite clinical guidelines, the use of advanced imaging for patients complaining of headaches has increased, according to a study published online Jan. 8 in the Journal of General Internal Medicine.

The latest version of Siemens Healthcare’s Multix Fusion digital radiography system has received 510(k) clearance from the FDA and is now available in the U.S.

Time magazine compiled its list of last year’s remarkable healthcare innovations and achievements, and No. 1 was 3D mammography, or tomosynthesis.

Race and ethnicity play a role in both early diagnosis of invasive breast cancer and survival rates after diagnosis, according to a study published online Jan. 13 in the Journal of the American Medical Association.

Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder has signed his state’s breast density notification law, bumping the number of states with such legislation to 21.