Three teams of college students, undergrads all, have earned bragging rightsand $10,000 per teamin a biomedical engineering design competition sponsored by the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB), a program of the National Institutes of Health.

IBA Molecular will manufacture and distribute 18F-Florbetaben, an imaging agent from Piramal Imaging, under terms of an agreement reached between the two companies.

The FDA has issued conditional approval for Sunshine Heart's C-Pulse system driver, which is designed to provide moderate to severe heart failure patients with enhanced patient comfort and performance.

Source: WUSTL/Michael ColeLevels of global brain connectivity in a specific part of the prefrontal cortex, as seen with functional MRI (fMRI) brain images, can predict both fluid intelligence and cognitive control ability, according to a study published in the Journal of Neuroscience.

All eyes are London for the next fortnight or so. U.S. athletes are competing spectacularly, piling on the medals. The official count stands at 18 gold, nine silver and 10 bronze medals. Teamwork and training are central to this performance.

Construction of a proton therapy center typically requires debt financing, and servicing the debt requires a case mix with a high proportion of simple or prostate cancer patients, according to an analysis published in the August issue of the Journal of American College of Radiology. Pediatric or complex cases require more time and translate into reduced reimbursement per room.

Functional imaging with SPECT/CT can reduce the rate of misdiagnosis for infectious endocarditis (IE), particularly in certain hard-to-diagnose cases, according to a study published in the August issue of the Journal of Nuclear Medicine.

Fujifilm Medical Systems U.S.A. has released the FDR D-EVO Suite II.