Giving new meaning to the phrase “mind reader,” Dutch researchers have demonstrated a functional imaging method that allows them to read characters viewed by a test subject.

Approximately one in six patients who had their kidneys removed due to renal cell carcinoma were later found to have a benign renal mass, underscoring the challenge diagnostic imaging faces in distinguishing between benign and malignant renal tumors, according to a study published Aug. 12 in the American Journal of Managed Care.

Crusader Clinic in Rockford, Ill., St. Gabriel Hospital in Little Falls, Minn. and Group Health Cooperative health care system based in Washington state all employ Digisonics Structured Reporting Solutions for their OB ultrasound studies.  The Digisonics structured reporting software streamlines the workflow at each of these facilities, improving report turnaround times and freeing up more time to spend on direct patient care.

Bombing victims need quick imaging assessment of their injuries, and nonmilitary physicians today, in an era where terrorism is a threat, must be prepared to handle injuries caused by bombs, according to the authors of a report on the medical response to the Boston Marathon bombings earlier this year.

Siemens Healthcare has launched its new BiographTM mCT Flow – a groundbreaking PET-CT system. For the first time ever the system overcomes the limitations of conventional bed-based PET-CT with FlowMotion, an innovative new technology that moves the patient smoothly through the system’s gantry, while continuously acquiring PET data.

Spire Roding Hospital, part of the private healthcare group Spire, now offers the opportunity of a health control with osteoporosis detection. The assessment of bone health is made possible by Sectra’s patented online service, Sectra OneScreen.

A new facet of cancer imaging targets apoptosis, the process of cell death, to help select and monitor anticancer therapies, according to a study published Aug. 15 in the Journal of Nuclear Medicine.

Variability in longitudinal standard uptake value ratios when imaging Alzheimer’s patients with C-11 PiB and other amyloid agents create inaccurate portraits of disease progression, warranting a fully quantitative PET protocol for long-term research, according to a study published online Aug 12 in the Journal of Nuclear Medicine.