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Firms collaborate on mobile CT lung screening
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Image reconstruction software developer Medic Vision Imaging Solutions and imaging services provider Imaging Solutions are collaborating to offer low-dose lung cancer screening at rural shopping centers in the Midwest.
May 22, 2013
EOS touts clinical study
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Orthopedic digital imaging firm EOS Imaging announced that new research shows its EOS digital radiography system offers more accurate lower limb imaging with significantly lower radiation exposure compared to computed radiography and CT scans.
May 22, 2013
BMJ: Megastudy links pediatric CT to higher cancer rates
By Eric Barnes
The largest study to probe the effects of ionizing radiation since the atomic bomb survivor studies shows that cancer incidence does rise among younger patients -- although only in small amounts -- in the years following their exposure to CT scans, according to an Australian article published May 21 in BMJ.
May 22, 2013
vRad taps new chief medical officer
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Teleradiology services provider Virtual Radiologic (vRad) said it has appointed Dr. Benjamin Strong as its chief medical officer.
May 21, 2013
FDA clears Varian's Nexus DRF imaging system
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Radiation therapy firm Varian Medical Systems has received 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for its diagnostic x-ray image processing workstation that combines radiofrequency and digital radiography capabilities on one platform.
May 21, 2013
Client Outlook wins Texas contract
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Image viewing software developer Client Outlook announced it has won a contract with a Texas-based radiology group for its eUnity universal viewer.
May 21, 2013
Toshiba sees 28% growth in ultrasound business
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Toshiba America Medical Systems said that its U.S. ultrasound business experienced 28% growth in 2012, well beyond the industry's 3% growth rate, according to a report published in April by Klein Biomedical Consultants.
May 21, 2013
Sony offers displays through Monitors Inc.
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Sony Electronics said that its new LMD-DM series of diagnostic medical imaging monitors for radiology is now available from display distributor Monitors Inc., which is doing business as Medical Displays for Less.
May 21, 2013
Merge nets Outpatient Radiology suite order
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Healthcare IT and advanced visualization developer Merge Healthcare has received an order from St. Joseph's Imaging of Syracuse, NY.
May 21, 2013
CBO: Medicare should reject prior authorization
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The U.S. Congressional Budget Office's (CBO) scoring of President Obama's fiscal 2014 budget shows that use of prior authorization for imaging within the Medicare program would produce no savings, according to a report released on May 17.
May 21, 2013
Accuray touts CyberKnife study
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Radiation oncology firm Accuray said that a large study using its CyberKnife robotic radiosurgery system validated use of the technology for prostate cancer treatment.
May 21, 2013
Chinese MRI researchers arrested on conspiracy, bribery charges
By Wayne Forrest
Federal authorities have arrested Chinese researchers who worked on MRI technology at NYU Langone Medical Center for allegedly acquiring research money from the U.S. government and then sharing technological information with a Chinese company and government-sponsored research institute in China.
May 20, 2013
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