Dramatic increases in pediatric emergency department visits for sports-related head injuries over the past decade are leading to high numbers of unnecessary computed tomography (CT) scans, according to new research. The aggregate result of this increase is higher radiation exposure and higher cost of treatment.

July 31, 2015 — The American Society of Echocardiography (ASE) released a new document describing various imaging ...

After a tornado decimated the hospital only four years ago, Mercy Hospital Joplin in Joplin, Missouri, reopened its doors in March with a new, 900,000-square-foot facility with state-of-the-art equipment. Part of the acquisition by Mercy Hospital Joplin, formerly St. John’s Regional Medical Center, included eight Aplio 300 Platinum ultrasound systems from Toshiba America Medical Systems Inc.

Researchers funded by the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB) have developed two near-infrared (NIR) contrast agents that are efficiently taken up by the thyroid and parathyroid glands following intravenous injection. The researchers tested the contrast agents in rats and pigs and showed that they could be used to help distinguish the thyroid and parathyroid glands from surrounding tissue and from each other. Their findings appeared in the Jan. 5, 2015, issue of Nature Medicine.

Epsilon Imaging Inc. announced that several studies were presented at the American Society of Echocardiography (ASE) 2015 conference, June 13-16, on its EchoInsight automated measurement suite for improved analysis and interpretation in echo.