Due to the National Lung Screening Trial (NLST) findings, the American Lung Association (ALA) is recommending lung cancer screening with low-dose CT scans for people who meet certain criteria, which include the following: current or former smokers (aged 55 to 74 years), with a smoking history of at least 30 pack-years and with no history of lung cancer.

The FDA has approved CurveBeam 510(k) approval for pedCAT, an in-office 3D foot and ankle scanner.

A newly developed set of residency training pathways, crafted by an American College of Radiology (ACR)/Society of Nuclear Medicine (SNM) task force, integrates the complementary disciplines of diagnostic radiology (DR), nuclear radiology, nuclear medicine and molecular imaging, which are described in an article published in the April issue of the Journal of the American College of Radiology.

Nearly half of breast cancers seen at MRI had a potential observer error on a prior MRI study, resulting more from misinterpretation than from mismanagement or nonrecognition, based on a study published online April 20 in Radiology. Guidelines designed to decrease the rate of misinterpretation or mismanagement must be followed, according to study authors.

Every day, approximately one in every 20 patients has an infection related to the patients hospital care, according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). The agency has released an updated National Action Plan to reduce healthcare-associated infections for public comment.

TomTec Imaging Systems has received FDA 510(k) clearance for its 2D Cardiac Performance Analysis MR software.

Almost half of top bean counters in the medical device industry suggest their companies are considering price increases and cost reductionsincluding layoffsto stay competitive when the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Acts 2.3 percent excise tax goes into effect next January. The finance executives revealed their concerns by responding to a survey conducted in March by tax-advisory firm KPMG.

From a bipartisan duo in the Senate comes a 244-page bill with language calling on the U.S. Department of the Health and Human Services (HHS) to put forth a final unique medical device identifier rule sooner rather than later.