In an ongoing effort to maintain the highest standards of practice among radiology professionals, the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) Professionalism Committee has expanded its series of free educational vignettes on ethics and professionalism in radiology. The new vignette is called “Professionalism in Radiology Research: Authorship.”

Men with prostate cancer will be the first group of patients in China to benefit from the recent clearance of Elekta's Clarity soft tissue visualization system by the China Food and Drug Administration (CFDA). As part of Elekta's premiere linear accelerator offering, Versa HD, Clarity enables clinicians to use non-ionizing ultrasound technology to non-invasively image the prostate and surrounding soft tissues before patients begin treatment.

Indianapolis interventional medical device maker Nico Corporation and Toronto-based Synaptive Medical announced at the Congress of Neurological Surgeons Annual Meeting that they have joined forces to integrate their innovative technologies for brain surgery.

Civco Medical Solutions received the Iowa Global Excellence in Exporting Award from the Northwest Iowa Development Organization. Civco was recognized for this excellence in exporting award at the Fourth Annual Northwest Iowa Development (NWID) Partners Meeting at Northwest Iowa Community College (NWICC) in Sheldon, Iowa on Oct. 13.

Coquí RadioPharmaceuticals Corp. is working to become the first commercial producer of lifesaving medical isotopes in the United States. In 2012, Congress passed legislation making it a national priority to produce Molybdenum-99, an isotope necessary to detect a wide range of diseases, including cardiovascular disease and cancer.

GTCR, a private equity firm, announced Devicor Medical Products has signed an agreement to be acquired by Danaher Corp.’s Leica Biosystems, a provider of anatomical pathology solutions and automation used to advance cancer diagnostics.

Breast density notification, advances in technology and shifting reimbursement are among hot topics to be covered in clinical education courses at ACR 2015 – the first all-member, all-radiology meeting of the American College of Radiology (ACR), May 17–21, 2015, at the Marriott Wardman Park Hotel in Washington, DC.

Patients at high-risk for developing lung cancer are more likely to receive low-dose computed tomography (LDCT) screening when their primary care provider is familiar with guideline recommendations for LDCT screening for lung cancer, according to research presented at the 2014 Chicago Multidisciplinary Symposium in Thoracic Oncology. The symposium is sponsored by the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO), the American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO), the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer (IASLC) and The University of Chicago Medicine.