As technology continues to become smaller, faster and smarter, a group of South Korean researchers have developed a new MRI method that uses a new contrasting agent to produce focused images.

Women seeking information about which plans cover which breast-health services in Affordable Care Act (ACA) marketplaces have been getting a lot of underinformed advice from customer-service reps. As a result, more than a few women have likely been buying plans that won’t meet their needs. 

Provides Clinicians With Improved Access to Stage IIIA, IIIB and IVA Tumors in the Cervix, Parametrium and Vaginal Extensions

Fifteen minutes can seem like an eternity to some patients undergoing MRI exams. Researchers have shown that some scans can be done in about a third of that time, and with no significant falloff in diagnostic performance. Their findings were published online Jan. 31 in the American Journal of Roentgenology.

Standards surrounding quantitative biomarker imaging are a crucial to the success of the Cancer Moonshot initiative. Efforts already underway include the Quantitative Imaging Biomarkers Alliance (QIBA), but additional cooperation is needed, according to Daniel Sullivan of Duke University Medical Center.

St. Louis-based Mallinckrodt closed the $690 million sale of its nuclear imaging division to IBA Molecular, a national supplier of radiopharmaceutical products.

Compared with breast-cancer patients who have nondense tissue, those with dense tissue are at significantly elevated risk of developing a tumor in the opposite breast. 

An Olive Ridley turtle usually found in the waters off North Africa was discovered in Wales. Experts noticed she couldn't dive underwater, so the large turtle received a CT scan Royal Veterinary College in Hatfield, which showed a lung abnormality that affected Menai's buoyancy.