Diagnostic screening programs help catch cancer, abnormalities or other diseases before they reach an advanced stage, saving lives and healthcare costs. Screening programs include, lung, breast, prostate, and cervical cancer, among many others.
Breast density is most often discussed within the context of cancer risk, but new research suggests that it also could be used as a marker of cardiometabolic health.
The newly cleared offering, AutoChamber, was designed with opportunistic screening in mind. It can evaluate many different kinds of CT images, including those originally gathered to screen patients for lung cancer.
University Health System has deployed two Carestream DRX-Revolution mobile x-ray systems and plans to add five Carestream wireless digital radiography (DR) systems.
Pelvic arterial embolization is a safe and effective treatment for primary postpartum hemorrhage (PPH), with high rates of technical and clinical success, according to a study published in the September issue of Radiology.
CircuLite has received CE Mark approval for the Synergy circulatory support system, a micro-pump designed to halt the progression of heart failure (HF).
Politics and weather dominated the headlines this week. Despite the unusually robust consumer news cycle, it was business as usual for most imaging stakeholders.
The FDA has notified healthcare professionals and their medical care organizations that Revatio (sildenafil, Pfizer) should not be prescribed to children (ages 1 through 17) for pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH).
Five years after its founding, Image Gently has made progress toward its mission to provide open-source educational materials and eliminate barriers to best practices at the local level. Experts reviewed the organizations progress and future goals in an editorial in the September issue of American Journal of Roentgenology.
The nuclear imaging isotope shortage of molybdenum-99 may be over now that the sidelined reactor is restarting. ASNC's president says PET and new SPECT technologies helped cardiac imaging labs better weather the storm.
CMS has more than doubled the CCTA payment rate from $175 to $357.13. The move, expected to have a significant impact on the utilization of cardiac CT, received immediate praise from imaging specialists.
