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Incidental findings on CT predict cardiovascular disease risk

By Eric Barnes

Incidental findings on routine chest CT exams can be used to accurately predict risk for serious cardiovascular events, according to a just-published study in Radiology. Such findings could be preclinical signs of atherosclerosis and support an imaging-based model for risk prediction.

May 27, 2014

Varian to outfit National Taiwan University

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Varian Medical Systems has received an order from YongLin Healthcare Foundation for its ProBeam proton therapy system.

May 26, 2014

Accuray brings CyberKnife M6 to Australia

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Accuray said that Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital in Perth is the first Australian center to treat a patient with its CyberKnife M6 robotic radiosurgery system.

May 26, 2014

Qubyx joins forces with Diva Laboratories

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Display calibration firm Qubyx and LCD manufacturer Diva Laboratories are teaming up.

May 26, 2014

Calgary Scientific viewing app supports non-DICOM data

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Calgary Scientific said it has released ResolutionMD 4.0, a new version of its software for expanded, secure viewing of healthcare records and images.

May 26, 2014

Turkish radiology prepares to step into spotlight

By Frances Rylands-Monk

The European Society of Radiology (ESR) has invited researchers in Turkey to outline the latest advances in national imaging at ECR 2015, and clearly they're relishing the prospect. The subjects chosen highlight the emergence of high-end imaging in the country.

May 24, 2014

RaySearch gets 510(k) clearance for pencil-beam option

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

RaySearch has received 510(k) clearance for a pencil-beam scanning option for its RayStation 4.0 treatment planning system for proton therapy.

May 22, 2014

CT lung screening would cost Medicare $10B, study finds

By Eric Barnes

A new model-based study of National Lung Screening Trial results predicts that implementing CT lung cancer screening in the Medicare population will identify more cancers -- and at earlier, curable stages -- but the costs to Medicare will be substantial.

May 22, 2014

eHealth taps new chief strategy officer

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Electronic health record firm eHealth Technologies has created the position of chief strategy officer and appointed Dr. Chad Malone to the post.

May 22, 2014

Start-up firm unveils plans for U.S.-based Mo-99 production

By Wayne Forrest

Northwest Medical Isotopes has an ambitious plan to invest some $50 million to build a radioisotope production facility in Columbia, MO, to manufacture molybdenum-­99 (Mo-99). If all goes as planned, the company could supply approximately half of the U.S. demand for the radioisotope by 2017.

May 22, 2014

Carestream completes Calif. installations

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Carestream Health has installed three DRX-Revolution mobile x-ray systems and two DRX-Mobile retrofit kits for El Camino Hospital.

May 21, 2014

Novarad awarded PACS deal in NM

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

RIS/PACS firm Novarad has taken an order for its NovaPACS software in New Mexico.

May 21, 2014

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