May 25, 2010 - Upon the acquisition of Amicas, a radiology and cardiology information technology (IT) developer, Merge Healthcare will display Amicas products at the Society for Imaging Informatics in Medicine (SIIM) meeting June 3 - 5, 2010 in Minneapolis.

May 25, 2010 - May 25, 2010 - Radiologists using decision support helped decrease the percentage of low-yield exams from 5.4 percent of total number of requests to 1.9 percent of total requests, according to a study appearing in the June issue of Radiology.

May 24, 2010 - Utilizing the iso-osmolar agent Visipaque (iodixanol) could save hospitals $54,617 per 100 patients when compared to the low osmolar nonionic agent iopamidol. This was according to results from a study presented at the American Heart Association’s Quality of Care and Outcomes Research in Cardiovascular Disease and Stroke Scientific Sessions in Washington, D.C., held May 19-21.

May 24, 2010 - To help patients work with their physicians to better understand medical imaging, a new educational resource Web site, myimagingexam.com, tracks the number, frequency and type of diagnostic imaging exams for patients and physicians.

May 20, 2010 - In the future, the majority of health portals, electronic patient health information archives and (ePHI) or electronic medical records (EMR) may support all formats of medical imaging. This will all take place in a vendor-neutral cloud repository.

May 20, 2010 - Seven advanced visualization systems companies competed at the annual “Workstation Challenge” held at the 2010 International Symposium on Multidetector Row CT (ISCT) held in San Francisco, Calif.

May 20, 2010 - Virtual Radiologic Corp. (vRad) announced on May 17 the private equity firm, Providence Equity Partners, will acquire all of the outstanding common stock of vRad for $17.25 per share in cash. The transaction is valued at approximately $294 million.

May 20, 2010 - Radiation oncologists are increasingly younger practitioners, and there is a larger number of women entering the specialty, according to a report released by The Society of Gynecologic Oncologists (SGO).

May 19, 2010 – A new study shows a single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) imaging agent can identified symptomatic heart failure patients most likely to experience cardiac events.