The American College of Radiology (ACR) announced in a recent statement that if Congress does not act, millions of women may lose insurance coverage for annual mammograms. Patient groups, minority healthcare advocates and breast cancer experts are urging Congress to extend a federal mandate that effectively requires insurers to fully cover annual screening mammograms for women ages 40 and older.

October 5, 2016 — Blackford Analysis officially launched its Smart Localizer product at the Society for Imaging Informatics in Medicine (SIIM) annual meeting, June 29-July 1 in Washington, D.C. The solution will also be displayed at the 2016 Annual Meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA), Nov. 27-Dec. 2 in Chicago.

Interventional labs now have an imaging system that provides clinicians flexibility to perform a wide array of procedures with the launch of Toshiba’s Infinix-i Sky +*. The ceiling-mounted system features a double sliding C-arm and 12 x 16-inch flat panel, offering clinicians the potential to increase coverage, speed and patient access.

Ever knock down a silo? You have to be quick. And lucky. Very … very … lucky.

Maybe that’s why there are so many silos. Outdated. Counterproductive. Standing tall. In science. In business. In personal relationships (exemplified by Facebook pages and the “friends” who traffic them). And in medicine.

GE Healthcare recently announced U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) 510(k) clearance of its Discovery MI digital positron emission tomography (PET)/computed tomography (CT) system and shared a series of first clinical images. Built with technology allowing significantly better small lesion detectability, Discovery MI can help clinicians in their efforts to diagnose and stage disease earlier.

MRI of Fetus, gadolinium contrast may cause harm to fetus

October 5, 2016 — Here is the list of the top 20 most popular pieces of content on the Imaging Technology News (ITN) magazine website from the month of August based on website analytics:  

1. Pros and Cons of Molecular Breast Imaging Tools

2. MRIs During Pregnancy Are Safe, But Gadolinium Scans May Increase Risk to Fetus
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