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New CT lung cancer screening rules save more lives than NLST
By Eric Barnes
Lung cancer screening with CT would detect more cancers and save more lives if current screening criteria were modified to include a wider range of individuals at risk, concludes a new study in the February 21 New England Journal of Medicine.
February 20, 2013
GE expands ServiceSource partnership to Japan
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
GE Healthcare and revenue management firm ServiceSource have expanded their partnership to include Japan.
February 20, 2013
Imaging again dominates ECRI list of hospital tech issues
By Cynthia E. Keen
For the second year in a row, topics related to medical imaging dominated the annual top 10 list of important technology issues for hospital executives, from the perspective of nonprofit technology research firm ECRI Institute.
February 20, 2013
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ACR Dose Index Registry tops 5M scans
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Less than two years after its launch, the American College of Radiology (ACR) Dose Index Registry (DIR) has added more than 5 million CT scans and nearly 3 million exams.
February 20, 2013
Patient photos can be integrated with imaging exams on PACS
By Erik L. Ridley
Digital photos of patients taken at the time of an imaging study can be easily integrated with the exams for viewing by radiologists on PACS, potentially decreasing errors and improving diagnostic capabilities at a very low cost, a group from Emory University has found.
February 20, 2013
SNMMI offers list of common tests to question
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (SNMMI) has released a list of nuclear medicine and molecular imaging tests that are commonly ordered -- but not always necessary -- as part of the Choosing Wisely campaign.
February 20, 2013
Complete Medical Services to sell GE bone density unit
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
GE Healthcare is partnering with Complete Medical Services to market the new Lunar Prodigy bone density systems to private physician practices in the U.S.
February 19, 2013
Bayer's radium-223 gets FDA priority review
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Bayer HealthCare's new drug application for its radium-223 dichloride investigational oncology compound will receive priority review by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
February 19, 2013
Matakina signs Moseley
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Breast density software developer Matakina International has hired medical imaging industry veteran Steve Moseley.
February 19, 2013
Fuji unwraps FDR Go in U.S.
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Fujifilm Medical Systems USA has released its FDR Go portable digital radiography system in the U.S.
February 19, 2013
New telemedicine system builds on Microsoft technology
By Erik L. Ridley
Researchers from Microsoft and the University of Arkansas have created a telemedicine system called Collaboration and Annotation of Medical Images (CAMI), which leverages Microsoft technology to offer a range of teleradiology and telementoring capabilities, according to an article in the International Journal of Electronic Finance.
February 19, 2013
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Mercy Ships offers volunteer opportunities for physicians
By Kate Madden Yee
Radiologists have much to offer as volunteer physicians for Mercy Ships, a nonprofit organization that provides much-needed basic medical care to people in developing nations. In a recent article in the American Journal of Roentgenology, a U.S. radiologist who served on the Africa Mercy described his experiences.
February 19, 2013
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