Today GE Healthcare reported that Silent Scan, a revolutionary technology that dramatically quiets MRI exams, is now commercially available and growing in clinical adoption around the world.

As a new medical center, Hopital Riviera's daily radiotherapy patient volume started out small, but now – averaging 40 patients per day – patient volume has significantly increased. The introduction of VMAT in many more cases has resulted in a substantial reduction in the time slot – from 15 to 20 minutes down to 10-15 minutes – which has enabled a 50 percent increase in patients treated per day.

The Medical Imaging & Technology Alliance (MITA) and the Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) today led a broad coalition of technology, medical, business and education leaders – including the National Electrical Manufacturers Association (NEMA) – in delivering a letter to Congress calling for urgent approval of legislation that will secure the nation’s helium supply.

Research published recently in the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) looked at a predictive tool that estimates the probability that lung nodules detected through low-dose CT screening are malignant. For colorful take on the findings, check out the accompanying NEJM Quick Take animation.

An analysis of two datasets from Canadian lung cancer trials has shown the rate of malignancy in lung nodules detected by low-dose CT screening to be less than 6 percent. The results, published Sept. 5 in the New England Journal of Medicine, could help pave the way for predictive tools that use patient and nodule characteristics to estimate the probability that screening-detected lung nodules are malignant.

Screening mammography has been a contentious issue, with headlines dominated by the struggle to pinpoint the ideal screening interval. Start too late or screen too infrequently and life-threatening cancers could be missed, but screen too much and overdiagnosis—and its associated costs and harms—becomes a significant risk.

Standardized CT protocols can lead to a substantial decline in radiation dose, according to a large-scale study published in the August issue of American Journal of Roentgenology.

The 18th annual scientific session of the American Society of Nuclear Cardiology will provide a finger on the pulse of cardiac molecular imaging and medicine later this month at the Hyatt Regency in Chicago from Sept. 26 – 29.