Shimadzu Medical Systems USA received a 2016 Best in KLAS award for X-Ray, and Category Leader award for Portable X-ray.

Philips introduced DoseWise Portal 2.2, a next-generation radiation dose management software platform for healthcare providers to record, track and analyze radiation exposure to patients and clinicians. The latest version of DoseWise Portal includes enhanced connectivity and informatics capabilities to address key challenges faced by radiology departments, such as managing dose exposure to ensure patient and staff wellbeing, and improving integrated access to patient information to deliver data-driven decision support.

Agfa HealthCare announced that it will introduce its new DR 800 X-ray room with Dynamic MUSICA at the 2016 annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA 2016). The multi-purpose solution covers radiography, fluoroscopy and advanced clinical applications.

Carestream will demonstrate the benefits offered by its Unified Core, which delivers a modular, scalable enterprise image management architecture, at the 2016 Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) conference, Nov. 27-Dec. 2 in Chicago.

The American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) issued an updated clinical practice statement for accelerated partial breast irradiation (APBI) for early-stage breast cancer. The updated guideline reflects recent evidence that greater numbers of patients can benefit from accelerated treatment, and also provides direction for the use of intraoperative radiation therapy (IORT) for partial breast irradiation.

Eizo Inc. announced the release of the RadiForce RX660, a 30-inch, 6-megapixel monitor ideal for multimodality applications. It is the successor model to the RadiForce RX650 and features new functionality for improving reading room efficiency.

Dilon Diagnostics and GE Healthcare announced the signing of an agreement for Dilon to be the exclusive distributor of GE's Discovery NM750b molecular breast imaging system in North America. Last year, GE Healthcare and Dilon Diagnostics signed a global distribution agreement in select world markets.