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MITA hails proposed Medicare radiopharmaceutical bill

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

The Medical Imaging and Technology Alliance (MITA) is praising the introduction of bipartisan legislation in the U.S. House of Representatives that would recognize diagnostic radiopharmaceuticals as drugs in the Medicare Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System.

October 3, 2018

Calif. governor vetoes breast, ovarian genetic testing bill

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Gov. Jerry Brown of California on September 27 vetoed a breast and ovarian cancer susceptibility screening bill that had passed in the state's Senate and Assembly in August.

October 3, 2018

EPA proposal may lead to looser radiation regulations

By Abraham Kim

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has proposed a rule change that could pave the way for less-stringent regulations limiting population-level radiation exposure, including from medical imaging, according to an October 2 report from the Associated Press.

October 3, 2018

Synthesized 2D similar to FFDM for finding microcalcs

By Kate Madden Yee

Synthesized 2D mammography plus digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT) performs comparably to full-field digital mammography (FFDM) alone when it comes to identifying microcalcifications, according to a study published online October 2 in Radiology.

October 3, 2018

Nanosonics launches US probe disinfection system

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Nanosonics announced that its new trophon2 high-level disinfection system for ultrasound probes is now available in the U.S. and Canada.

October 3, 2018

Varian makes changes at 2 divisions

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Radiation oncology firm Varian Medical Systems has announced changes to top management positions at two of its divisions.

October 2, 2018

IBA's proton therapy system up and running in Japan

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Proton therapy developer Ion Beam Applications (IBA) said that its Proteus One compact intensity-modulated proton therapy system is now in operation at the Narita Memorial Proton Center in Toyohashi, Japan.

October 2, 2018

Radiology Partners expands in Fla.

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Imaging services provider Radiology Partners has signed a new practice partnership with MBB Radiology in Jacksonville, FL.

October 2, 2018

Radsource reports 13 ProtonPACS installations in Q3

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

PACS software developer Radsource said it installed its ProtonPACS software for nine new customers in the third quarter of 2018. Radsource also added four new ProtonPACS deployments for current clients, increasing the total number of third-quarter installations to 13.

October 2, 2018

Avante Health Solutions acquires Ultra Solutions

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Avante Health Solutions has acquired used and refurbished ultrasound equipment provider Ultra Solutions.

October 2, 2018

CureMetrix to provide DocPanel with AI mammo software

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Breast imaging computer-aided detection (CAD) software developer CureMetrix plans to provide artificial intelligence (AI) CAD software for mammography to teleradiology services provider DocPanel.

October 2, 2018

GE makes equity investment in SonoSim

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

GE Healthcare has expanded its partnership with ultrasound education firm SonoSim via an equity investment.

October 2, 2018

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