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Image Gently launches fluoro campaign on 3rd anniversary
By Cynthia E. Keen
Image Gently's new campaign to reduce patient exposure to radiation dose during diagnostic fluoroscopy procedures represents a new milestone for the initiative, which in just three years has made major strides in raising radiation dose awareness among both patients and healthcare providers.
February 13, 2011
Image Gently tackles fluoro radiation dose
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The Image Gently campaign has developed online teaching materials and checklists to help healthcare providers find the lowest radiation dose necessary to perform fluoroscopic procedures on children, according to the American College of Radiology.
February 10, 2011
ACR to accredit Carestream mammo CR
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved the American College of Radiology (ACR) to accredit Carestream Health's DirectView full-field digital mammography system beginning February 16, 2011.
February 9, 2011
ACR revises supervising guidelines
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
After receiving comments from members about continuing experience requirements for CT, MRI, and ultrasound, the American College of Radiology (ACR) has revised its requirements for physicians supervising and/or interpreting these exams.
February 3, 2011
New stroke guidelines pan US screening
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The use of widespread screening or routine ultrasound for blocked neck arteries isn't necessary to determine stroke risk, according to new guidelines from a number of organizations.
January 31, 2011
Drayer elected RSNA president
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The RSNA board of directors has named as the organization's new president Burton Drayer, MD, chair of the department of radiology and executive vice president for risk at Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York City.
January 31, 2011
ACR, RBMA object to Aetna policy
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The American College of Radiology (ACR) and the Radiology Business Management Association (RBMA) are taking issue with Aetna's new claims policy that will gradually reduce reimbursement for multiple ultrasound, CT, and MRI scans.
January 27, 2011
ASTRO touts progress on patient safety
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) this week touted the progress it has made in the past 12 months with Target Safety, a patient protection plan developed to improve the safety and quality of radiation therapy treatments and to reduce the chance of medical errors.
January 26, 2011
MITA adds radiopharma firms
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Industry trade group Medical Imaging and Technology Alliance (MITA) has expanded to include the radiopharmaceutical industry.
January 25, 2011
Siemens execs assume senior MITA positions
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Siemens Healthcare said that two of its senior executives have been elected to leadership positions of the Medical Imaging and Technology Alliance (MITA).
January 24, 2011
AIRP launches first rad-path course
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The American Institute for Radiologic Pathology (AIRP) said that it will conduct its first Radiologic-Pathology Correlation Course at its headquarters in Silver Spring, MD, from January 24 through February 10, 2011.
January 21, 2011
ASRT: RT enrollment drops for 3rd year
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The number of first-year students enrolled in radiologic technologist programs in the U.S. dropped for the third straight year in a row, according to the American Society of Radiologic Technologists (ASRT).
January 19, 2011
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