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.
Ultrasound is routinely used to screen for HCC. However, its utility is limited by numerous factors, including patient body habitus, operator experience and certain liver conditions, all of which contribute to decreases in sensitivity.
In conjunction with prevention efforts, the introduction of screening examinations has resulted in a reduction of nearly 6 million cancer-related deaths since 1975.
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.
Kaiser Permanente will provide an $8 million endowment to the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) that funds new scholarship programs to allow healthcare professionals to participate in IHI healthcare improvement programs including conferences, tra
The University of Pittsburgh's School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences (SHRS) has been awarded a five-year, $4.25 million grant from the federal government's National Institute of Disability and Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR) to establish the Rehabi
The American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology (ASTRO) has published seven patient information brochures that explain how radiation therapy is used to safely and effectively treat various cancers.
Eastern Isotopes, a subsidiary of IBA (Ion Beam Applications), has entered into a distribution agreement with Integrated Medical Solutions LLC to offer "Jump Start: A Dementia Program for PET."
SourceOne Healthcare Technologies and PenRad Technologies Inc. have inked a nationwide distribution agreement that gives SourceOne rights to distribute PenRad's mammography information systems.
Siemens Medical Solutions has inked a five-year agreement with Fairview-University Medical Center in Minneapolis, Minn., the largest of seven hospitals owned by Fairview Health Services, to be its sole provider of imaging technology.
Cedara Software Corp. has introduced new tool for spine specialists that is a speedier alternative than current manual methods for analyzing the spine, the company said.
RBMA President Peter Moffatt discusses declining reimbursement rates, recruiting challenges and the role of artificial intelligence in transforming the industry.
Deepak Bhatt, MD, director of the Mount Sinai Fuster Heart Hospital and principal investigator of the TRANSFORM trial, explains an emerging technique for cardiac screening: combining coronary CT angiography with artificial intelligence for plaque analysis to create an approach similar to mammography.
A total of 16 cardiology practices from 12 states settled with the DOJ to resolve allegations they overbilled Medicare for imaging agents used to diagnose cardiovascular disease.
