Medical Imaging

Physicians utilize medical imaging to see inside the body to diagnose and treat patients. This includes computed tomography (CT), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), X-ray, ultrasound, fluoroscopy, angiography,  and the nuclear imaging modalities of PET and SPECT. 

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Merck, GE team for AD treatment research

Merck and GE Healthcare have made a clinical study collaboration, license and supply agreement for the PET imaging agent [18F]Flutemetamol to support Merck’s development of MK-8931, the company’s lead investigational candidate for Alzheimer’s disease (AD).

FDG + bone scan combo could improve care, save $137M in reimbursements

Combining bone scintigraphy using sodium fluoride-18 (18F-- ) with 18F-FDG PET/CT, as opposed to performing two scans separately, has the potential to improve care for certain cancer patients and reduce healthcare costs, according to a study published online Dec. 14 in the Journal of Nuclear Medicine.

Lifetime risk estimates may distort risk of radiation-induced cancer

Lifetime radiation risk estimates are flawed when used for clinical decision making and fail to capture the delayed timing of radiation-induced cancers, according to a study published Dec. 18 in Radiology. The researchers termed this phenomena the timing paradox.

Ohio lawmakers mull breast density legislation

Ohio Senate Minority Leader Eric H. Kearney (D-Cincinnati) and President Tom Niehaus (R-New Richmond) have introduced health legislation to provide Ohio women with breast density information when undergoing breast exams.

Certificate of need programs don’t slow IMRT use, prostate cancer costs

Certificate of need programs do not limit the use of intensity modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) or control overall prostate cancer healthcare costs, according to a study published in the January issue of Journal of Urology.

Contrast ups CT sensitivity for acute appendicitis

In the diagnosis of acute appendicitis in adult ED patients, contrast-enhanced CT (CCT) has a significantly higher diagnostic sensitivity than non-contrast CT, according to a study published in the January issue of Academic Radiology.

Theragenics, Oncura ink brachytherapy deal

Theragenics, a medical device company serving the surgical products and prostate cancer treatment markets, has signed a loading services agreement with Oncura, a unit of GE Healthcare, to provide worldwide brachytherapy loading services to Oncura.

Antarctic explorers turn to Carestream DR technology

A Carestream DRX-Transportable System is on its way to Antarctica as part of the latest expedition led by polar explorer, Sir Ranulph Fiennes. The expedition will attempt to cross Antarctica in winter—a passage of nearly 4,000 kilometers, mostly in complete darkness and in temperatures as low as -90°C.

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