Lantheus Medical Imaging has formed a strategic relationship with Beijing Double-Crane Pharmaceuticals for the distribution and supply of Definity in China.

The Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation (AAMI) and the American Society for Healthcare Engineering (ASHE) are combining forces to coordinate a response to the December directive from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) on the preventive maintenance of medical devices.

Functional MRI (fMRI) has shown that cognitive rehabilitation changes brain function and improves cognitive performance in patients with relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis (MS), according to a study published in the March issue of Radiology.

The Colon Cancer Alliance and American College of Radiology (ACR) have called on Medicare to cover seniors for virtual colonoscopy (CT colonography).

The University of Wisconsin Carbone Cancer Center in Madison has enrolled the first patient in a Phase 1-2 PET imaging trial of I-124-CLR1404 (LIGHT, Novelos Therapeutics), a cancer-targeted PET imaging agent, in patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC).

The National Football league (NFL) has tapped Carestream, using its DRX-1 digital radiography detector as part of a comprehensive physical for pro-football hopefuls at the 2012 NFL Combine.

At this years Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) conference in Las Vegas, it was all health IT all the time. But despite the hustle and bustle to meet meaningful use guidelines, implement ICD-10 codes and e-prescribe, leaders from the health IT world sat down to converse on one of the hottest topics in healthcareIT.

Boston Scientific's Ion paclitaxel-eluting platinum chromium coronary stent system and Taxus Libert paclitaxel-eluting coronary stent system have received FDA approval for use in patients experiencing acute MI (AMI).