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.

St. Elizabeth Healthcare study shows Toshiba’s Smart Fusion delivers accurate ultrasound-guided biopsies at less cost

A prospective clinical evaluation at St. Elizabeth Healthcare showed that Toshiba America Medical Systems, Inc.’s Smart Fusion ultrasound technology gives clinicians a worry-free experience, delivering safer and more accurate guidance for liver and kidney lesion biopsies. 

Allegheny Health Network first to install SenoClaire, new breast imaging with 3D tomosynthesis solution

Allegheny Health Network is the first center in the nation to install SenoClaire*, GE Healthcare’s (NYSE: GE) new breast tomosynthesis solution designed with a three-dimensional imaging technology.

Cedars-Sinai receives $2.8M NIH grant to develop low-back pain imaging test

Imaging for lower-back pain is often frowned upon because studies show it doesn't usually lead to improved outcomes. This conventional wisdom may soon change, however, as researchers at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles have received a $2.8 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to develop an imaging technique for a painful back condition.

FDA offering free mammography educational materials for patients

As the calendar turns to October, the FDA hopes to help physicians prepare for Breast Cancer Awareness Month by offering resources to educate patients on mammography.

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Patients’ decision to undergo contralateral mastectomy based on many factors

Newly diagnosed breast cancer patients who chose to undergo contralateral prophylactic mastectomy (CPM) did not make the decision based on MRI imaging Breast Imaging Reporting and Data System (BI-RAD) scores, but on a number of factors, according to a study published in the October issue of Radiology. 

New ultrasound exam step for venous insufficiency studies

Clear Image Devices LLC (CiD) announces the release of a new ultrasound step platform to be used to examine the upper and lower leg for standing venous insufficiency studies.

FDA clears SOMATOM Scope CT

The FDA has cleared the SOMATOM Scope system, a 16-slice CT scanner from Siemens Healthcare.

When the patient image is your own

Physicians look at patient images every day, but does this experience help someone cope when the MRI brain scans they are viewing are their own?

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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.