News | Cardiac Imaging

The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) in the United Kingdom recently issued guidance for use of the HeartFlow FFRct (fractional flow reserve computed tomography) Analysis to help determine the cause of stable chest pain in patients. Developed by HeartFlow Inc., the HeartFlow FFRct Analysis is the first non-invasive technology to provide insight into both the extent of coronary artery disease and the impact that disease has on blood flow to the heart, enabling clinicians to select an appropriate treatment.

Time February 14, 2017
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News | Enterprise Imaging

Intelerad Medical Systems recently announced that Ransom Memorial Hospital (RMH) has selected Intelerad for its medical imaging platform.

Time February 14, 2017
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News | Radiation Therapy

February 14, 2017 — The American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) recently published an updated clinical guideline ...

Time February 14, 2017
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News | Radiation Therapy

February 13, 2017 — Accuray Inc. announced that it has received Shonin approval from the Japanese Ministry of Health ...

Time February 13, 2017
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Feature | Mammography

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has released a new document detailing best practices for retaining patient mammography records in response to ongoing confusion from some mammography facilities, according to the agency.

Time February 13, 2017
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Technology | Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)

February 13, 2017 — aycan recently introduced ayDCE software powered by aycan workstation. The new software helps ...

Time February 13, 2017
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News | Enterprise Imaging

Vital Images Inc. announced that it will be demonstrating new image sharing capabilities for current Vital customers at the 2017 annual meeting of the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS), Feb. 19-23 in Orlando, Fla. The solution allows users to share images from different types of media between providers, hospitals and patients.

Time February 13, 2017
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News | Radiology Business

February 13, 2017 — Radiologist Greg Rose, M.D., Ph.D., has joined Strategic Radiology LLC, as its chief medical officer ...

Time February 13, 2017
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News | Lung Imaging

Lung cancer screening rates remained very low and unchanged among eligible populations in 2015, despite recommendations that high-risk current and former smokers be screened. The study by American Cancer Society investigators appears in JAMA Oncology. The authors say it underscores the need to educate clinicians and those at risk about lung cancer screening.

Time February 10, 2017
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News | Electronic Medical Records (EMR)

With the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society’s annual meeting (HIMSS17) scheduled for Feb. 19-23 in Orlando, Fla., Logicalis Healthcare Solutions outlined five of the top cybersecurity issues currently faced by healthcare chief information officers (CIOs).

Time February 10, 2017
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News | Radiology Business | Jeff Zagoudis

Rep. Tom Price was confirmed by the U.S. Senate as the new secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) by a 52-47 vote early Friday morning.

Time February 10, 2017
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News | MRI Breast

February 10, 2017 — A new method for screening women with dense breast tissue may potentially save thousands of lives by ...

Time February 10, 2017
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News | Proton Therapy

Independent market research consultancy Robust Insight recently conveyed a survey commissioned by IBA on the state of the proton therapy market entering 2017. The report is based on an online survey among 1,200 hospitals in order to assess how they view proton therapy today and in the future.

Time February 10, 2017
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Technology | Enterprise Imaging

Vital Images Inc. will feature its Vitrea Modular Enterprise Imaging interoperability solutions at the 2017 Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society annual meeting (HIMSS 2017), Feb. 20–23 in Orlando, Fla.

Time February 09, 2017
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News | Women's Health

February 9, 2017 — Breast cancer patients with dense fibroglandular breast tissue have almost a two-fold increased risk ...

Time February 09, 2017
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Feature | Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) | Jeff Zagoudis

Sir Peter Mansfield, FRS, whose research aided the development of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in the 1970s, passed away Feb. 8 at the age of 83.

Time February 09, 2017
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Technology | Remote Viewing Systems

eHealth Technologies and HealtheConnections, a Syracuse-based regional health information organization (RHIO) supporting health information exchange (HIE) for the 11 counties of central and northern New York, have teamed up to share medical images across the care provider community.

Time February 09, 2017
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News | Mammography

A new study published in Cancer Epidemiology: Biomarkers & Prevention found that women who had a false positive result from a screening mammogram were more likely to delay or forgo their subsequent screening mammogram than women who had a true negative result.

Time February 09, 2017
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News | Lung Imaging

February 9, 2017 — A study published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology found that radiation therapy followed by ...

Time February 09, 2017
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News | Lung Imaging

Limiting lung cancer screening to high-risk former smokers may improve cost-effectiveness at a population level, according to a study published in PLOS Medicine.

Time February 08, 2017
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