Three MRI machines that were sent to Afghanistan in 2011 in the hopes of scanning soldiers for mild traumatic brain injuries (TBIs) have been shut down and dismantled, as reported by USA Today on Jan. 18. 

Viztek, a leading provider of complete digital software and hardware diagnostic imaging solutions, today announced that the Platinum Dynamic Fluoroscopy System has received FDA 510(k) clearance.

Carestream Health was awarded 64 patents from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office in 2013 for innovations in radiology imaging, healthcare IT, dental imaging and other areas, reflecting another successful year in developing advanced technology across its global businesses.

Integration of DCE-MRI primary lesion kinetics significantly improves the Katz pathologic nomogram accuracy to predict the presence of occult axillary lymph node metastases in breast cancer patients with a positive sentinel lymph node biopsy, according to a study published in the January 2014 issue of Academic Radiology. 

The lifetime attributable risk of cancer and cancer related mortality is negligibly increased by the radiation emitted from CT use in the evaluation and management of severe traumatic brain injuries (TBIs), according to a study published online Dec. 26, 2013 by the American Journal of Roentgenology. Decisions regarding radiographic evaluation in the acute treatment of TBI should not be influenced by concern regarding future risk of radiation-induced cancer.

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (Boston, Mass.), a teaching hospital of Harvard Medical School, installed three CARESTREAM DRX-Revolution Mobile X-Ray Systems, two CARESTREAM DRX-Evolution DR Rooms and two CARESTREAM DRX-Mobile Retrofit Kits to provide rapid access to high-resolution images in the ER, OR and multiple intensive care units. These purchases were part of the 649-bed hospital’s conversion from CR to DR.

Active-MRI, a technique developed at the University of California Davis (UC Davis) School of Medicine, has demonstrated the ability to image wrists in motion, making it possible to investigate dynamic wrist instability in vivo.

Zotec Partners (Zotec), an industry-leading provider of radiology billing and practice management services, announces an exclusive billing partnership with RadNet, Inc., the largest owner and operator of fixed diagnostic imaging centers in the United States.