The National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN), an alliance of 27 of the nation’s leading cancer centers, has been recognized as a qualified provider-led entity (PLE) for the new Medicare Appropriate Use Criteria (AUC) Program by Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).

Stomach MRI images combined with functional fMRI of the brain activity have provided scientists new insight into how the brain listens to the stomach during eating.

Alternative imaging procedures, radiation safety and parent education should be the top priorities when considering performing computed tomography (CT) procedures on pediatric patients, according to a literature review published in the scientific journal Radiologic Technology. Among the best practices covered are the importance of education, use of traditional and bismuth shielding and radiologists’ review of examination requisitions.

July 13, 2016 — Siemens Healthineers announced that University of Utah Health Care in Salt Lake City is the first ...

Lantheus Holdings Inc., the parent company of Lantheus Medical Imaging Inc. (LMI), announced the first commercial shipment of Xenon Xe 133 gas (Xenon 133) using unprocessed radiochemical Xenon 133 supplied by the Institute for Radioelements (IRE) in Belgium.

July 12, 2016 — The updated American College of Radiology (ACR) Manual on Contrast Media contains a statement addressing ...

A new study assed the rates of laryngeal preservation and laryngectomy-free survival in patients receiving the monoclonal antibody cetuximab and radiation therapy (CRT) or radiation therapy alone.