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Brain tumor diagnosis, therapeutics set for growth

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

A higher incidence of various brain cancers and a growing geriatric population will propel the global market for brain tumor diagnosis and therapeutics products to reach $773.1 million in revenues by 2025, according to a new report by market research firm Grand View Research.

January 9, 2017

Varian nears spin-off of Imaging Components business

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Radiation oncology firm Varian Medical Systems said it expects to complete the separation of its Imaging Components business into a new standalone public company on January 28.

January 9, 2017

McKesson unveils new identity for health IT spin-off

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

McKesson and partner Change Healthcare Holdings have announced they will name their planned new combined healthcare IT firm Change Healthcare.

January 9, 2017

FDA OK's Arterys cardiac software

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Imaging software developer Arterys has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) 510(k) clearance for its Arterys Cardio DL application, which uses cloud computing and deep learning.

January 9, 2017

Swissray set to join MRI market with wide-bore scanner

By Wayne Forrest

Swissray International is embarking on a new path in 2017. The longtime player in the digital radiography segment is moving into MRI with its first scanner, a wide-bore system called SR Pulse 710 that is set to begin shipping later this year.

January 9, 2017

Cochrane group again takes aim at breast screening

By Kate Madden Yee

Continuing a campaign going back to at least 2000, researchers from the Nordic Cochrane Centre in Copenhagen take aim at screening mammography in a January 10 article in the Annals of Internal Medicine. The group claims that breast screening doesn't reduce the incidence of advanced tumors, and that one-third of tumors detected actually represent overdiagnosis.

January 9, 2017

FDA clarifies how long mammograms must be retained

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

In a January 5 update posted on its site, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) clarified how long breast imaging facilities should keep original mammograms and their reports.

January 8, 2017

ACR wants CMS to stick with decision-support schedule

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

The American College of Radiology (ACR) has requested that the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) keep to its plan to mandate appropriate use criteria and clinical decision support for ordering Medicare advanced diagnostic imaging services as of January 1, 2018.

January 8, 2017

Envision Healthcare buys Tampa's Sunshine Radiology

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Physician services firm Envision Healthcare has completed the acquisition of Tampa, FL-based Sunshine Radiology.

January 8, 2017

Medicrea files 510(k) for 3D-printed spinal implant

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

French implant developer Medicrea has filed a 510(k) submission for U.S. Food and Drug Administration clearance of its 3D-printed titanium patient-specific spinal implant.

January 8, 2017

Toshiba Medical Research to build center in Baltimore

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Toshiba Medical Research Institute USA has joined with New East Baltimore Partnership to build a medical research center at the Johns Hopkins Science and Technology Park in Baltimore.

January 8, 2017

PET/CT remains best option for head, neck cancer

By Wayne Forrest

While PET/MRI shows great promise in a multitude of clinical applications, German researchers have found that the hybrid modality's performance in evaluating head and neck cancer appears no better than that of tried-and-true PET/CT.

January 8, 2017

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