Feature | Radiation Oncology | By Michael V. Knopp, M.D., Ph.D., Chadwick L. Wright, M.D., Ph.D., Katherine Binzel, Ph.D. and Jun Zhang, Ph.D.
Precision medicine is not only a buzzword, it is a call to action to radically advance our capabilities in the era of molecular targeted medicine. Positron emission tomography (PET) has firmly established its leading role as a capable oncologic molecular imaging technique over the last two decades, however its technological advances have been modest at best.
October 04, 2016 
Sponsored Content | Case Study | Information Technology
Medical College of Wisconsin provides physician practice at three major affiliates — Froedtert Hospital, Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin and the Zablocki VA Medical Center — and many other hospitals and clinics in the Milwaukee area. Each year, its providers, physician assistants, nurse practitioners and psychologists care for more than 425,000 patients, representing more than 1.6 million patient visits.
October 04, 2016 
Feature | Digital Radiography (DR) | Greg Freiherr
The remaining users of film and computed radiography (CR) may get some carrot, if they transition to digital radiography (DR). It may come in the form of improved productivity, reduced X-ray dose to patients and better image quality. But the legislation that may spur the transition is all stick.
October 04, 2016 Sponsored Content
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Feature | Greg Freiherr
The remaining users of film and computed radiography (CR) may get some carrot, if they transition to digital radiography (DR). It may come in the form of improved productivity, reduced X-ray dose to patients and better image quality. But the legislation that may spur the transition is all stick.
October 04, 2016 
Feature | Enterprise Imaging | Jeff Zagoudis
Enterprise imaging as a concept has been around for several years, but many organizations are just turning their full attention to it now, according to Jef Williams, managing partner at Paragon Consulting Partners. This is because other health information technology (IT) endeavors have taken precedence, including electronic medical records (EMRs) and Meaningful Use. Now, as enterprise imaging comes to the forefront, Williams and other speakers at the 2016 annual meeting of the Association for Medical Imaging Management (AHRA) discussed the importance of having an enterprise imaging strategy and how to implement it.
October 04, 2016 Sponsored Content
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Feature | Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) | Dave Fornell
The most recent big advances in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) technology have been on the software side, enabling faster contrast scans, greatly simplified cardiac imaging workflows and allowing MR of the lung.
October 04, 2016 Sponsored Content
News | Computed Tomography (CT)
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Blog | Women's Health
This has been an exciting week for Imaging Technology News (ITN) — as I write this, we are on location at the Cleveland Clinic Main Campus Breast Center shooting a roundtable discussion on stereotactic procedures. The purpose of this roundtable was to discuss some of the challenges that radiologists and technicians face when performing stereotactic procedures, and possible ways to make the experience less traumatic and stressful for the patient. Our esteemed group of experts included Laura Shepardson, M.D., a breast radiologist at the Cleveland Clinic where she also serves as associate director of breast imaging; Susan Miller, M.D., also a staff radiologist at the Cleveland Clinic; and Cynthia Miller and Stacey Veri, technologists at the breast center.
October 04, 2016 
News | Breast Imaging
Breast cancer survivor and Grammy Award-winner Sheryl Crow joined Steve MacMillan, president and chief executive officer of Hologic, to ring the Nasdaq Opening Bell Monday, in conjunction with the start of Breast Cancer Awareness Month.
October 03, 2016 
News | PET-CT
October 1, 2016 — To advance clinical care for its customers, Toshiba’s Celesteion PET/CT system delivers a more ...
October 03, 2016 Sponsored Content
News | Artificial Intelligence
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News | Radiation Therapy
The American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) extended its congratulations to the authors and investigators in the Prostate Testing for Cancer and Treatment (ProtecT) trial, which randomized care for 2,664 men. Findings from the trial were published in the New England Journal of Medicine.
October 03, 2016 
Technology | Ultrasound Women's Health
Hitachi Aloka Medical America recently announced the support of its Arietta 70 and Arietta 60 ultrasound systems with iVu Imaging Corp.’s Sofia 3-D whole-breast imaging system. The Hitachi Arietta platform and its long linear transducer enable the Sofia system to automate the 3-D radial acquisition of an entire breast in nearly half the time of previous-generation ultrasound systems.
September 30, 2016 
Technology | Digital Radiography (DR)
Agfa HealthCare has expanded its DX-D Retrofit line with the DX-D 60. This versatile, vendor-neutral direct radiography (DR) detector easily fits into existing radiography rooms and provides DR workflow without the higher cost of room replacement. In addition to virtually instant image access, technologists do not have to rotate the 17x17 inch DX-D 60 for radiology exams that would otherwise require portrait and landscape detector rotations, thus greatly improving image acquisition speed and workflow.
September 29, 2016 Sponsored Content
Feature | Artificial Intelligence
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News | Radiation Therapy
New research suggests enhanced, culturally-competent communication with early-stage lung cancer patients can narrow racial gaps in curative treatment completion and increase treatment rates for all races. The study, part of a project supported by the National Cancer Institute, found that multiple, coordinated modalities of patient support essentially eliminated the inequity in curative treatment and improved completion of care for all patients.
September 29, 2016 
Patients with cervical and endometrial cancer have fewer gastrointestinal and genitourinary side effects and experience better quality of life when treated with intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) than with conventional radiation therapy (RT), according to new research. Women receiving IMRT reported significantly fewer bowel and bladder problems than those receiving conventional radiation treatment.
September 29, 2016 Sponsored Content
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News | Mammography
The Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP) has produced small but significant improvements in mammography utilization in its first three years, according to a new study published online in the journal Radiology.
September 28, 2016 
News | Radiation Therapy
Although approximately 50 percent of cancer patients in developing countries need radiation therapy (RT), up to half of these patients do not have access to it, according to new research. The research was presented at the 58th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO), Sept. 25-28 in Boston.
September 28, 2016 
News | Cardio-oncology
In a recent study, a Yale Cancer Center team determined that men who received hormonal therapy for prostate cancer had a net harm if they had a prior history of a heart attack. The findings were presented at the American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) meeting, Sept. 25-28 in Boston.
September 28, 2016 
Blog | Information Technology
If we are to look forward to the development of smartphone technology for radiology applications, we might do well to look at virtual and augmented realities. For decades, radiology has fiddled with these.
September 28, 2016 
News | Computed Tomography (CT)
Samsung announced recently that The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston added BodyTom CT, the world’s first portable, full-body, 32-slice computed tomography (CT) scanner to its Proton Therapy Center. The center is now treating patients using images from the scanner as part of the process.
September 28, 2016 
News | Breast Density
September 28, 2016 – Addressing the educational needs of an underserved and growing population, DenseBreast-info.org now ...
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