The FDA has made product label changes for GE Healthcare's Optison (perflutren protein-type A microspheres injectable suspension), a contrast agent that can be used to visualize the left ventricular border of the heart during echocardiograms.

W. L. Gore & Associates has received CE Mark for the Gore Hybrid Vascular Graft, which is designed to expand treatment options for outflow by maximizing the number of access sites available.

To upgrade its ultrasound systems across three facilities, Asante in Medford, Ore., purchased 15 of Toshiba America Medical Systems ultrasound systems for its Asante Three Rivers Medical Center, Asante Rogue Regional Medical Center and Asante Imaging.

AHRA: the Association for Medical Imaging Management, has exceeded its member goal of 5,000 at the 40th annual meeting and exposition in Orlando, Fla.

This week marked the annual meeting of AHRA: the Association for Medical Imaging Management in Orlando, Fla. The meeting provides radiology stakeholders an opportunity to immerse themselves in the strategic considerations of an ever-evolving healthcare landscape.

It has been a tough month for interventional cardiology. First, the hospital chain HCA confirmed in its Aug. 6 investor call that it had been approached by the civil division of the U.S. Attorneys Office in Miami seeking reviews of its catheterization labs. Meanwhile, further up the East Coast, Exeter Hospital in Exeter, N.H., has been screening patients this month who underwent treatment in its cath lab who may have been infected with Hepatitis C.

As outpatient CT programs scramble to squeeze every ounce of efficiency and cost-savings from their investments, syringeless power injectors may deliver improved workflow and efficiency, according to a study published in the August issue of Journal of American College of Radiology.

Adaptive statistical iterative reconstruction (ASIR) provided diagnostic quality CT images at a reduced radiation dose of 1.8 mGy in patients with urinary stone disease, according to a study published online in Radiology Aug. 13. These early data suggest that a modified protocol can be introduced into clinical practice for urinary stone evaluation if ASIR or similar tools are available.