Screening

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.

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Mobile CT inside trauma bay no faster than the scanner next door

In theory, having a mobile CT scanner available in a trauma resuscitation bay should save workup time over relying on a scanner near but not inside the bay. In reality, it doesn’t make a meaningful difference.

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Medical school adds radiology component to year-1 anatomy instruction

First-year medical students at a historically black university in the nation’s capital are getting a deep introduction to the basics of radiology.

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Aging women suffer more lumbar disc degeneration, MRI study shows

Lumbar MRI for low-back pain may be under constant suspicion of overutilization, but findings from a Chinese study suggest it’s often appropriate for a very substantial subset of the general population: postmenopausal women.

Konica Minolta Healthcare Highlights Dynamic Chest Radiography at the World Congress of Thoracic Imaging

WAYNE, NJ—(Marketwired - June 13, 2017)—At the upcoming 4th Annual World Congress of Thoracic Imaging (WCTI), Konica Minolta Healthcare will showcase advancements in an exciting technology under development, Dynamic Chest Radiography. This new modality utilizes Konica Minolta's Digital Flat Panel X-ray Detector and proprietary data analysis software that has the potential to allow clinicians to assess anatomical and physiological information simultaneously, data not previously available from a conventional X-ray. The commonly performed chest X-ray can now serve multiple functions, without subjecting the patient to multiple tests.

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Prenatal alcohol exposure changes babies’ faces, suggesting possible neuro effects

Mothers-to-be who drink alcohol, even in modest amounts, are putting their babies at risk of facial changes—and the differences may point to effects in the brain.

CurveBeam and Carestream Health Announce Collaboration to Promote Weight-Bearing CT Awareness and Research

Warrington, Penn. – June 6, 2017 – Medical device companies CurveBeam and Carestream Health announced a collaboration to support and facilitate education and research for weight-bearing computed tomography imaging.

UK PACS Win for Carestream announced

GENEVA, May 31—West Hertfordshire Hospitals NHS Trust (West Herts) located in the South East of the UK and Carestream have signed and exchanged contracts to replace the Trust’s existing PACS with a CARESTREAM Vue PACS and Vue VNA. The new five-year contract will be provided as a Managed Service, including software, services, workstation and server hardware.

3 Healthcare Leaders Headline AAPM’s 2017 President’s Symposium

ALEXANDRIA, VA, June 1, 2017—At the American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM) 59th Annual Meeting & Exhibition to be held in Denver, CO on July 30-August 3, 2017, the President’s Symposium will highlight the roles of the radiation oncology team of the future.

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Positron, a New York-based nuclear imaging company, will now provide Upbeat Cardiology Solutions with advanced PET/CT systems and services. 

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.