Siemens Healthcare has announced that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared the MAMMOMAT Inspiration Prime Edition, which lowers patient radiation dose up to 30 percent without compromising image quality.

GE Healthcare (NYSE: GE) and Konica Minolta Inc. have signed a global distribution agreement (*) of Konica Minolta’s AeroDR cassette-size digital x-ray imaging retrofit. Having built a collaborative relationship for nearly ten years related to the sales of computed radiography (CR)1 in the United States, the two partners have now agreed to expand their strategic alliance, with GE Healthcare distributing AeroDR not just within the United States, but globally as well, using GE Healthcare sales channels.

A single-source, dual-energy subtraction CT angiography (CTA) protocol can be optimized to provide fully automatic subtraction of bone and brain parenchyma from contrast-enhanced scans of patients with cerebrovascular disorders, according to a study published June 7 in Academic Radiology.

GE Healthcare (NYSE: GE) today announced that it has agreed to acquire certain Mammography assets of Rayence, a subsidiary of Vatech Co Ltd (KOSDAQ: 043150), a Korean X-Ray manufacturer. The Mammography assets of Rayence will, at closing, become part of the Detection & Guidance Solutions (DGS) business unit of GE Healthcare.

The FDA has cleared the latest wireless digital radiography detector from Carestream Health.

As part of a health system comprised of more than 25 health clinics and hospitals, Park Nicollet needed a diagnostic imaging partner that could help deliver quality care across exams and facilities. To meet these needs, Park Nicollet entered into a three-year multimodality agreement with Toshiba America Medical Systems, Inc. for all of its CT, MR and R&F purchases.

Use of CT scans in children younger than 14 years of age more than doubled from 1996 to 2005, before growth began to slow and reverse, according to a study of seven U.S. healthcare systems published in JAMA Pediatrics. The 4 million pediatric CT scans of the head, abdomen/pelvis, chest or spine performed in the U.S. each year are projected to result in 4,870 future cancers, according to Diana Miglioretti, PhD, of the Group Health Research Institute and University of California, Davis, and colleagues.

Stanford University researchers have leveraged MRI exams to uncover a link between a student’s hippocampus and his or her ability to respond to intensive math tutoring. Struggling math students with a larger hippocampus demonstrated greater improvements in math performance after intensive tutoring. Read more at the link below.