AuntMinnie.com staff writersUltrasoundACP releases point-of-care-ultrasound guidelineThe American College of Physicians (ACP) has released a new guideline for the use of point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) for patients with acute shortness of breath in emergency departments or in-patient settings. The guideline was published April 27 in the Annals of Internal Medicine.April 27, 2021UltrasoundInsightec secures Aetna coverage for essential tremorInsightec has received notice that Aetna will cover its MR-guided focused ultrasound technology to treat essential tremor. Aetna is the first national payor to come to this decision, the company said.April 26, 2021Industry NewsGE Healthcare shows organic growth in sales, profitGE Healthcare posted declines in revenue and profit for its first quarter, but mostly because the most recent figures did not include sales from the BioPharma subsidiary that it sold off in March 2020. GE Healthcare's organic numbers -- without BioPharma -- showed growth in the upper single digits.April 26, 2021Industry NewsSCCT names 2021 Gold Medal Award winnerThe Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography (SCCT) has named Dr. Todd Villines of the University of Virginia Health System and School of Medicine in Charlottesville winner of its 2021 Gold Medal Award.April 26, 2021Radiation Oncology/TherapyAccuray appoints chief medical, technology officerRadiation oncology firm Accuray has signed Dr. Jean-Philippe Pignol, PhD, to be its chief medical and technology officer.April 26, 2021AssociationsACR updates appropriateness criteriaThe American College of Radiology (ACR) has added 13 new topics and revised five others in an update to the ACR Appropriateness Criteria.April 25, 2021Molecular ImagingMediso completes acquisition of MRI spectrometerMultimodality imaging technology provider Mediso Medical Imaging Systems has purchased the intellectual property of Cameleon4, an MRI spectrometer developed by longtime partner and French spectrometer firm RS2D.April 25, 2021Industry NewsImaging sales growth drives Philips sales gain in Q1Strong sales gains in its diagnostic imaging, ultrasound, and image-guided therapy segments powered Philips' Diagnosis & Treatment division to a 9% increase in comparable sales in its first quarter.April 25, 2021AIACR DSI links with Cancer Imaging ArchiveThe American College of Radiology (ACR) Data Science Institute (DSI) has partnered with the U.S. National Cancer Institute-funded Cancer Imaging Archive in an effort to aid developers of artificial intelligence algorithms in radiology.April 25, 2021Digital X-RayLaupper joins French company PhotonisMedical imaging industry veteran Ulrich Laupper has joined French detector and sensor developer Photonis as president and general manager of the vendor's Scientific Detectors division.April 25, 2021Previous PagePage 267 of 3774Next PageTop StoriesBreastDBT performance improves with patient ageDBT led to higher cancer detection rates and lower abnormal interpretation rates in older women in a study over 93,000 women.Digital X-RayAI fails to compensate for night-shift fatigue among residentsPractice ManagementTrainee-led informed consent talks with patients often insufficientCTHigh CAC scores nearly doubles 30-year mortality in young adultsSponsor ContentFREE webinar: find your imaging capacity
