December 10, 2010 – The first commercial production of generators using molybdenum-99 (Mo-99) produced with low-enriched uranium (LEU) targets in the United States is underway. The Lantheus TechneLite (Technetium Tc99m) generator received the first commercial scale batch from NTP Radioisotopes, a subsidiary of the Nuclear Energy Corporate of South Africa (NESCA)

December 7, 2010 – Four distributors for a PACS and RIS system have been added in Latin America. Novarad has added Electrónica Medica (Panama), Medizintechnik (Chile), Represander (Colombia) and TAG (Guatemala) to represent its NovaPACS and NovaRIS systems in the region and support its sales team. Both systems are available in Spanish and as a Software as a Service (SaaS) offering.

December 6, 2010 – A works in progress data center viewer is available on the iPad. The IMPAX Data Center Viewer, by Agfa, is powered by Xero technology and is designed to enable portable point-of-care to patient images. Clinicians can view reference images, including large multi-slice CT studies, as part of the electronic health record (EHR).

December 6, 2010 – A panel of medical imaging experts discussed medical imaging appropriateness, ionizing radiation and efforts to curb overutilization, decrease radiation dose and educate patients.

December 3, 2010 – A new patient safety E-Lert from the ECRI Institute Patient Safety Organization (PSO) highlights radiation therapy to an unintended site. The safety information comes after several reports submitted by participating heathcare providers.

December 2, 2010 – Analyzing historical images in radiology databases can save millions in osteoporosis costs, according to data presented at the 2010 RSNA meeting. Researchers at the Karolinska Institute in Sweden used Sectra’s Digital X-ray Radiogrammetry (DXR) method to identify patients who subsequently suffered a hip fracture.