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GE Healthcare announced that the somo•v Insight System was recognized as the category leader with the highest ranking in Women’s Imaging (Specialty) in the 2013 Best in KLAS Awards: Medical Equipment and Infrastructure Report.
October 28, 2013 
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The American Society of Radiologic Technologists (ASRT) launched the ACE campaign to elevate the status of radiologic technologists by educating patients about the radiologic technologist's role on the health care team.
October 28, 2013 
Case Study | Esaote North America
Providing effective care for obese patients and minimizing sonographer stress were key requirements when Community Hospital Anderson, an award-winning 207 bed acute care hospital serving Madison County, Ind., was evaluating new ultrasound systems for purchase. “We have a number of obese patients,” said Beth Tharp, president and CEO of Community Anderson. “So our search for new ultrasound equipment focused on top of the line technology that could effectively image all the varied patients we serve.”Community Anderson’s list of evaluation criteria was typical in that it included image quality, technology, ergonomics, and vendor support. But the evaluation team added another crucial requirement — the ability to effectively image at depth.
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Ronald Wheeler, M.D., along with contributing radiologists, authored a clinical study demonstrating the use of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in the diagnosis and treatment of prostate cancer indicating a greater than 99 percent rate of cure when combined with high-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) treatment.
October 25, 2013 
Technology
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved Vizamyl (flutemetamol F 18 injection), a radioactive diagnostic drug for use with positron emission tomography (PET) imaging of the brain in adults being evaluated for Alzheimer's disease (AD) and dementia. The agent was developed for GE Healthcare by Medi-Physics Inc.
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A panel of 15 medical experts from the fields of radiology, obstetrics-gynecology and emergency medicine, convened by the Society of Radiologists in Ultrasound (SRU), has recommended new criteria for use of ultrasonography in determining when a first trimester pregnancy is nonviable (has no chance of progressing and resulting in a live-born baby). These new diagnostic thresholds, published Oct. 10 in the New England Journal of Medicine, would help to avoid the possibility of physicians causing inadvertent harm to a potentially normal pregnancy.
October 25, 2013 Sponsored Content
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A comprehensive review of Medicare claims for more than 45,000 patients from 2005 through 2010 found that nearly all of the 146 percent increase in intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) for prostate cancer among urologists with an ownership interest in the treatment was due to self-referral. This new research was published in the The New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) Oct. 24, 2013 issue. However, one association of urologists says the data is flawed.
October 24, 2013 
Feature
Medical experts released “Guidelines for Performing a Comprehensive Transesophageal Echocardiographic Examination: Recommendations from the American Society of Echocardiography and the Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesiologists.”
October 24, 2013 
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AirStrip announced new research demonstrating the results of its mobility solution AirStrip One Cardiology, along with successful use cases by Rockdale Medical Center, Palomar Health, Montefiore Medical Center and Sequoia Hospital.
October 24, 2013 Sponsored Content
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Large Urology Group Practice Association (LUGPA), an organization advocating for integrated and coordinated urological care, says it has reviewed the article "Urologists' Use of Intensity-Modulated Radiation Therapy for Prostate Cancer" (Mitchell, JM, New England Journal of Medicine 369:17, Oct. 24, 2013) and found it to be methodologically flawed and factually inaccurate.
October 24, 2013 
News
Calgary Scientific Inc. announced that in partnership with Siemens Healthcare, they have begun rolling out ResolutionMD at Intermountain Healthcare in Salt Lake City, Utah.
October 24, 2013 
Technology
Advanced Data Systems (ADS) introduced MedicsConnect, a tool that automatically transmits radiology reports to referring physicians in a vendor agnostic Health Level Seven (HL7) format compatible with any electronic health record (EHR) system.
October 24, 2013 Sponsored Content
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Accelarad, a cloud-based medical image sharing solution company, announced that it has launched Connect America, a first-of-a-kind program that will revolutionize accountable care by connecting patients, doctors and hospitals across the country with 21st century medical image sharing.
October 24, 2013 
Technology
Computerized Imaging Reference System’s (CIRS’s) Sectional Pediatric Radiography Training Phantom (SPoRT) is a hands-on training phantom for repeated pediatric imaging.
October 24, 2013 Sponsored Content
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St. Luke’s Medical Center is the first hospital in the Texas Medical Center to offer a molecular breast imaging (MBI) device that is sensitive enough to detect tiny tumors.
October 23, 2013 
News
Telemis has unveiled a new version of its popular PACS (Picture Archiving and Communication System) software. Telemis-Medical PACS version 4.5 improves diagnostic speed and accuracy and incorporates powerful tools for measuring, tracking and comparing measurements over time. The latest software also provides enhanced support for collaborative working through the efficient and secure transmission and sharing of digital medical images.
October 23, 2013 
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Rising breast cancer incidence and mortality represent a significant and growing threat for the developing world, according to a new global study commissioned by GE Healthcare.
October 23, 2013 News
An IHS report confirmed Perceptive Software’s Acuo vendor-neutral archive (VNA) the world market share leader among independent software vendors (ISVs)
October 22, 2013 
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Joint research from the University of Alabama at Birmingham and Auburn University indicated that magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) brain scans show signs of autism that could eventually support behavior-based diagnosis of autism and effective early intervention therapies. The findings appeared online in Frontiers in Human Neuroscience as part of a special issue on brain connectivity in autism.
October 22, 2013 
Technology
Bracco Diagnostics Inc. announced the availability of syringe packs with spikes, to be used when loading contrast and saline for delivery with power injectors in computed tomography (CT) suites. Bracco syringe packs are specifically designed for use with the EmpowerCTA and Empower CT contrast delivery systems, offering greater flexibility in contrast and saline preparation.
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