April 28, 2010 - Molecular imaging can help physicians identify aortic dissection and help guide treatment, according to research published in the May issue of The Journal of Nuclear Medicine.

April 28, 2010 - Infusing tiny, melanin-covered nanoparticles into patients may protect bone marrow from the harmful effects of radiation therapy, according to scientists at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University in New York City.

April 28, 2010 - New approaches to image-guidance and motion management are making it possible to successfully target lung, liver and spinal tumors, which are hard to reach even with instruments like stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT) and stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS).

April 28, 2010 - Cancer imaging innovation accounted for 40 percent of the reduction in U.S. cancer deaths between 1996 and 2006, according to a National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) working paper.

April 26, 2010 - The introduction of a large field, solid-state portable general-purpose camera makes it possible to image with greater flexability a wide range of nuclear medicine procedures. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) gave Digirad Corp. 510(k) clearance to market and distribute Ergo, a large field-of-view, general-purpose portable imaging system.

April 23, 2010 - Professor Lars Leksell, the inventor of the Gamma Knife, a radiosurgical instrument, performed the world's first Gamma Knife surgery at nearby Sophiahemmet Hospital, the location of the first Leksell Gamma Knife.

April 23, 2010 - Vendor-neutral picture archive and communication systems (PACS) are facilitating interoperability across existing modalities and networks.

April 22, 2010 - Researchers came one step closer to improving the selection of patients for targeted breast cancer therapies.