A significant number of adult fingers are exposed to radiation during neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) radiographs, according to an article currently in press in the Canadian Association of Radiologists Journal.

Health Level Seven International (HL7), which develops interoperability standards for health IT, will make much of its intellectual property, including standards, freely available under licensing terms.

An increase in the size of the pulmonary artery relative to the size of the aorta, visible on a CT scan, is a strong predictor of the risk of exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), according to a study published online Sept. 3 in the New England Journal of Medicine.

The FDA has cleared Siemens Healthcare's Multix Fusion digital radiography (DR) system.

Referring physicians expressed considerable skepticism and confusion regarding appropriate use of oncologic PET/CT and also voiced concerns about the high cost of the exam, according to a survey published Aug. 23 in Journal of Nuclear Medicine.

Overall costs of non-invasive diagnostic imaging to Medicare Part B have dropped 21 percent from 2006 to 2010, according to a study published in the September issue of the Journal of the American College of Radiology.

The Department of Justice (DOJ) provided guidelines to hospitals on Aug. 30 in an effort to resolve claims related to the DOJs implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) investigation.

Politics and weather dominated the headlines this week. Despite the unusually robust consumer news cycle, it was business as usual for most imaging stakeholders.