October 31, 2011 – The Breast journal published new data from a prospective study conducted at the Seoul National University College of Medicine in Korea that shows positron emission mammography (PEM) has a higher sensitivity for tumor detection compared with whole-body positron emission tomography (PET)/ computed tomography (CT) when using both visual as well as quantitative analysis. These results were particularly striking and significant for smaller-sized tumors (less than 2 cm), likely due to the improved spatial resolution offered by PEM. This demonstrates PEM's clinical utility in being able to more effectively diagnosis early stage cancer.

October 31, 2011 – Accuray announced that more than 100 of its TomoDirect treatment modality systems are now in use at leading cancer centers throughout the world, offering patients the option of treatment with image-guided, intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IG-IMRT) for routine radiation therapy indications.

October 28, 2011 — The benefits of using a cloud-based service to share medical imaging studies and reports will be the focus of a presentation at RSNA 2011. The talk by Mark D. Kovacs, M.D. and Michael A. Trambert, M.D. reviews experience with eMix, the cloud-based medical data-sharing service.

October 24, 2011 – Kambiz Dowlat, M.D., founder of Novian Health, has been honored by the Chicagoland-area affiliate of Susan G. Komen for the Cure in the inaugural class of Pink Tie Guys. Dowlat, developer of Novilase image-guided laser therapy for breast tumors, is one of what the organization called "an exclusive group of KoMEN making a difference in the fight against breast cancer."

October 24, 2011 – Virtual Radiologic (vRad), a technology-enabled national radiology practice, has announced a premier radiology partnership with Icon Medical Imaging, the medical imaging division of Icon.

October 24, 2011 – The European Association of Echocardiography (EAE) has announced that it is working together with the American Society of Echocardiography (ASE) to issue joint recommendations on the usefulness of serial echocardiographic evaluations and the potential impact of more advanced ultrasound technologies (in particular speckle tracking echocardiography) in patients undergoing cancer therapy.

October 21, 2011 — The National Institute of Cancer (INCan) is the first to offer positron emission mammography (PEM) to the residents of Mexico. PEM is the breast application of the Naviscan high-resolution positron emission tomography (PET) scanner that shows the location as well as the metabolic phase of a lesion. It is the only U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-cleared 3-D molecular breast imaging (MBI) device on the market.