There’s not a lot of crossover between car parts and medical imaging components, but a pair of engineers at the University of California, Berkeley, has discovered that molybdenum disulfide, commonly used as an engine lubricant, could help speed the photodetectors in large-area imaging devices.

Given Imaging Ltd, (NASDAQ: GIVN), a world leader in GI medical devices and the pioneer of capsule endoscopy, today announced that the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted 510(k) clearance for the next generation PillCam, SB 3, to detect and monitor small bowel abnormalities associated with Crohn's disease, obscure gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding and iron deficiency anemia.

MR-guided focal cryoablation is feasible and safe for treating recurrent prostate cancer after radiotherapy, representing a new option to combat the disease, according to a small study published in the August issue of Radiology.

In an effort to hike up radiochemotherapy dose and improve lung cancer survival, oncologists have been looking for higher-precision alternatives to F-18 FDG PET, which experiences issues with tumor shrinkage and alterations in uptake during treatment. However, emerging F-18 labeled alternatives fluorothymidine (FLT) and fluoromisonidazole (FMISO) show relatively low interobserver agreement when characterizing tumor volumes and require special standardization, according to a French multi-center study published August 5 in the Journal of Nuclear Medicine.

The role of volumetric breast density assessment software to more accurately estimate the radiation dose received during breast screening was the focus of two landmark research papers presentation at the 55th American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM) Annual Meeting, August 4-8, 2013 in Indianapolis.

Despite all the attention being paid to head injuries, methods used to classify and study traumatic brain injury (TBI) are lacking, argued a viewpoint article published Aug. 7 in JAMA. Taxonomies, outcome assessments, a measure of economic effects and sophisticated infrastructure for clinical care and research are all necessary to further understand the condition.

Mental disorders including schizophrenia, bipolar disorder and major depression have some common genetic variants that account for significant risk of crossover disease, according to research published August 11 in Nature Genetics.

The Rose, a Houston-based, non-profit breast health organization providing screening and diagnostic services to women, will celebrate the installation of a new, state-of-the-art mammography unit donated by FUJIFILM Medical Systems U.S.A., Inc. and the National Breast Cancer Foundation on August 7, 2013.