Given Imaging Ltd, (Nasdaq:GIVN), a world leader in gastrointestinal medical devices and pioneer of capsule endoscopy, today announced that Japan's Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices Agency (PMDA) has granted approval for the PillCam SB 3 system. The innovative technology in this third-generation system will provide physicians throughout Japan, the world's second largest healthcare market, with the most advanced PillCam capsule endoscopy technology to detect and monitor small bowel diseases, such as Crohn's disease.

Viztek, the leading provider of complete orthopaedic digital software and hardware diagnostic imaging solutions, announced today that Excel Orthopaedic Specialists, Woburn, Mass., has completed installation of two Viztek U-Arm DR systems. Completely replacing its existing CR rooms with the Viztek DR, the growing practice looks to benefit from enhanced throughput to accommodate increased patient volume and provides enhanced workflow for technologists and patients.

Cleveland Clinic Innovations has created a spin-off company to develop a preventive breast cancer vaccine based on research from Cleveland Clinic’s Lerner Research Institute.

The Medical Imaging & Technology Alliance (MITA) and the Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) today led a broad coalition of technology, medical, business and education leaders – including the National Electrical Manufacturers Association (NEMA) – in delivering a letter to Congress calling for urgent approval of legislation that will secure the nation’s helium supply.

Screening mammography has been a contentious issue, with headlines dominated by the struggle to pinpoint the ideal screening interval. Start too late or screen too infrequently and life-threatening cancers could be missed, but screen too much and overdiagnosis—and its associated costs and harms—becomes a significant risk.

Crusader Clinic in Rockford, Ill., St. Gabriel Hospital in Little Falls, Minn. and Group Health Cooperative health care system based in Washington state all employ Digisonics Structured Reporting Solutions for their OB ultrasound studies.  The Digisonics structured reporting software streamlines the workflow at each of these facilities, improving report turnaround times and freeing up more time to spend on direct patient care.

Ultrasound-detected lesions assessed as Breast Imaging-Reporting and Data System (BI-RADS) category 3—meaning probably benign—have a total malignancy rate of 0.8 percent, according to the results of a multicenter imaging trial published online Aug. 20 in Radiology.

Those who suffer a head injury requiring an ambulance should be immediately taken to a hospital for a CT scan, according to draft guidelines from the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence, an organization sponsored by the U.K. Department of Health that provides public health guidance.