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Sigmascreening recently announced that a large independent Norwegian study further confirms Sigma’s hypothesis that pressure has a clear relation with the most optimal results in mammography.  The study confirms the importance of pressure in accordance with Sigmascreening’s concept of the Sensitive Sigma Paddle , which applies pressure guidance during mammography. The combination of results of an earlier Dutch and this new Norwegian study shows an optimal pressure in the range of 10 kPa. This pressure clearly correlates very well with the proposed pressure by Sigmascreening, according to the company.

A new free resource allows radiology practices to estimate professional, technical and global bundled prices for breast cancer screening bundles using different assumptions for which services are included, service utilization and reimbursement rates. Developed by the Harvey L. Neiman Health Policy Institute, the Breast Screening Bundle Tool was presented at the American College of Radiology (ACR) annual meeting, May 21-25 in Washington, D.C.

The American College of Radiology (ACR) announced a series of sessions at the 2017 Annual Meeting that will highlight the initial results of the Radiology Support, Communication and Alignment Network (R-SCAN) program. Demonstrations will also be available during ACR 2017 — The Crossroads of Radiology, May 21-25 in Washington, D.C.

May 22, 2017 — Sectra announced that all customers in the United Kingdom are again operational following last week’s ransomware attack with Sectra’s information technology (IT) solutions. 

Over the weekend of May 12-14, several healthcare organizations in the U.K. were affected by a ransomware attack. The ransomware delivery campaign spread through a combination of a phishing attack and by exploiting a vulnerability in Microsoft windows operating systems.

May 22, 2017 — Lantheus Holdings Inc., parent company of Lantheus Medical Imaging Inc., and GE Healthcare announced the signing of a definitive license agreement  for the continued Phase III development and worldwide commercialization of flurpiridaz F-18.

Visage Imaging Inc. announced Visage 7 Open Archive is now available in North America, comprising the latest modular solution of the Visage 7 Enterprise Imaging Platform. Visage will be exhibiting the latest release, Visage 7.1.10, at the 2017 American College of Radiology (ACR) Annual Meeting, May 22-23 in Washington, D.C.

Registration has opened for the 59th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO), which will highlight advances in cancer research and clinical care involving radiation therapy. The meeting, which will be held Sept. 24–27 at the San Diego Convention Center, is expected to attract more than 11,000 attendees from across the globe, including oncologists from all disciplines and members of the entire radiation oncology team.

May 17, 2017 — RAD Technology Medical Systems and MidMichigan Medical Center — Alpena broke ground the end of March on a new Temporary Radiotherapy Vault (TRV) for the healthcare facility. Thanks to the innovative design, doctors and patients will experience no interruptions to their treatment schedules while the cancer center upgrades their existing linear accelerator.

Partners HealthCare and GE Healthcare announced a 10-year collaboration to rapidly develop, validate and strategically integrate deep learning technology across the entire continuum of care. The collaboration will be executed through the newly formed Massachusetts General Hospital and Brigham and Women’s Hospital Center for Clinical Data Science and will feature co-located, multidisciplinary teams with broad access to data, computational infrastructure and clinical expertise.

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