February 10, 2016 — Cancer patients who miss two or more radiation therapy sessions have a worse outcome than fully ...

HUS Medical Imaging Center in Helsinki, Finland, is undertaking the first European clinical test study of the new Carestream OnSight 3D Extremity System in pre- and post-operative cases.

Head and neck cancers that test positive for the herpes papilloma virus (HPV) are known to respond more favorably to radiation therapy than those that test HPV-negative, but an explanation for these differences has remained elusive.

Vital Images Inc. launched “VNA on demand” to the global marketplace. The company’s vendor neutral archive (VNA) on demand solution will be one of several solutions featured at the 2016 Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) annual meeting, Feb. 29 – March 4, 2016 in Las Vegas.

The ASRT Foundation’s 30th anniversary celebration campaign reached a major milestone in January with more than $2.5 million raised in commitments from individuals and organizations. The funds donated for this campaign will be used to ensure medical imaging and radiation therapy professionals attain the level of education, leadership and influence required to meet the needs of patients for many years to come.

ITN Contributing Editor, Greg Freiherr, provides a video overview of MRI advances showcased at RSNA 2015.

The January 2015 Harvard Women’s Health Watch discusses the new mammography guidelines from the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) and what they mean for female patients.

New research may allow more effective and safer pain medications to reach patients who suffer from chronic pain sooner. According to a recent study published in Anesthesiology, the official medical journal of the American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA), using functional magnetic resonance imaging (FMRI) to measure the brain’s neural response to pain may be a viable tool for evaluating the effectiveness of new pain medications during the early stages of human drug development. This could provide the needed objective evidence to prevent the premature discarding of potentially beneficial therapies.

The American College of Radiology’s ACR 2016 annual meeting offers sessions on advanced data science tools, clinical decision support and electronic medical records (EMRs) optimization to help radiology professionals support enterprise imaging initiatives and adapt to new alternative payment models.