New developments in tracers could make cardiac PET the more precise approach for absolute quantification of myocardial blood flow.

With healthcare-acquired infections costing U.S. hospitals nearly $45 billion annually, infection prevention has become a top priority. Portable imaging plays a key role.

While questions about the efficacy of mammography aboundespecially regarding high-risk women with dense breastsresearch is turning to newer PET-based techniques for more specific diagnosis.

Medtronic reported an increase in the company's third quarter revenue for fiscal year 2012 compared to the same quarter for the previous year, despite a dip in revenue in its cardiac rhythm disease management business.

The Lawson Health Research Institute in London, Ontario, will install Siemens Biograph mMR, a synchronous MR/PET system.

As the debate continues over the benefit of screening mammography for women aged 40 to 49, research from Swedish Cancer Institute in Seattle has found that breast cancers detected by mammography in this age group have a better prognosis than those detected by other means, according to a study published in the March issue of Radiology.

Bayer MaterialScience is introducing a specialty grade of resin designed for use in diagnostic imaging equipment, such as CT, MRI and PET scanners, workstations and kiosks.

Consumers Union, the nonprofit publisher of Consumer Reports, has voiced pointed concerns to Congress over the new user-fee agreement between the FDA and manufacturers of medical devices.