Radcal Corporation announces today that they will launch at the 2013 RSNA their new models of diagnostic X-ray meters and sensors; Accu-Gold+ and Rapid-Gold+ with newly improved stacked sensor Multisensors including a Dual Rad/Fluoro and Mammo all in one Multisensor.

To diagnose and treat the most serious diseases, such as cancer, patients sometimes have to endure some tough love. Radiotherapy and chemotherapy can take a serious toll on a person, even if the reward of being rid of their cancer is worth the risk.

Fluorescence optical imaging of the breast has the potential to capture dynamic metabolic response signaling malignancy, according to a review published online Oct. 15 in Cancer Research.

Lightpoint Medical and Sagentia Technology and Product Development have been awarded a $200,000 grant by the U.K.’s Technology Strategy Board, the company announced earlier this month.

In support of National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, OneMedNet Corporation is launching the BEAM™ Women’s Health Image Exchange service. This low-cost service enables breast imaging centers and radiology departments to quickly transfer a patient’s mammograms to another care provider for comparison, consultation, or treatment and eliminate delays associated with conventional delivery methods.

A single dose of targeted radiation during surgical treatment for early breast cancer could be an alternative to a standard multiweek course of radiotherapy, according to a pair of studies published in The Lancet and The Lancet Oncology.

A team of researchers from Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden and the Polish Wroclaw University of Technology have created a new technique with multi-photon lasers that could attack clumps of amyloid protein plaques, which are the hallmark of Alzheimer’s disease, reported Smithsonian.com on Nov. 8.

Parata Systems, a leading provider of pharmacy technology solutions to support coordinated care, better health outcomes and lower medical costs, today announced that the company’s first Innovation Summit was a success. This two-day summit was created as an idea exchange on the role of pharmacists in an evolving value-driven healthcare system.