A new method to detect regional lymph node metastases in patients with non-small cell lung cancer using a virtual fly-through 3D 18F-FDG PET/CT bronchoscopy has been shown to have high diagnostic accuracy, according to research published in the October issue of Journal of Nuclear Medicine.

The FDA is seeking public comment on eight draft proposals aimed at increasing access to compliance and enforcement data. The proposals were made in compliance with President Barack Obamas Memorandum on Regulatory Compliance, which requires federal agencies to make publicly available compliance information easily accessible, downloadable and searchable online.

The FDA has approved LeGoo, a gel that allows surgeons to temporarily stop blood flow during surgery so that they can join blood vessels without clamps or elastic loops.

Agfa HealthCare has been awarded a new three-year contract with Novation, a healthcare supply contracting company based in Irving, Texas, to provide DR systems to more than 30,000 VHA, UHC and Provista member organizations in the U.S.

A Kentucky appeals court has upheld a lower court ruling that said Fleming Regional Medical Imaging is exempt from the certificate of need requirements for the state of Kentucky.

The burden of breast cancer deaths has shifted to poor women, according to Breast Cancer Statistics, 2011, a report issued by the American Cancer Society (ACS). Poor women are less likely than non-poor women to undergo screening mammography, which may be a factor in the disparate death rates, according to the authors.

GE Healthcare has introduced Logiq S8, a general imaging ultrasound scanner.

The FDA issued draft guidance Oct. 3 updating the de novo review process for certain low- to moderate-risk medical devices, offering a new pathway for concurrent submission to the 510(k) and de novo clearance processes.