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Nuclear medicine sentiment improves with expectations for higher volume

By Davin Korstjens

Nuclear medicine procedure volumes are expected to increase in 2022, but reimbursement, revenue, and net income are expected to stay the same, according to IMV Medical Information Division's newly published 2022 Nuclear Medicine Market Outlook Report.

July 7, 2022

RefleXion and Mirada ink software licensing deal

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

RefleXion Medical and Mirada Medical have established a licensing agreement to integrate Mirada's RegEngine image registration software into the RefleXion X1 radiation therapy system.

July 6, 2022

CMS rejects ACR request to cover CT colonography screening

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

The U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has rejected a request from the American College of Radiology (ACR) to expand Medicare coverage for screening CT colonography for colorectal cancer.

July 5, 2022

RefleXion closes $125M debt facility

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Radiation therapy equipment developer RefleXion Medical announced the closing of a $125 million debt facility.

July 5, 2022

Jamaica gets first public nuclear medicine center

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Jamaica has opened the country's first public nuclear medicine center, at the University Hospital of the West Indies in Kingston, with a June 30 ceremony noting the support of the International Atomic Energy Agency.

July 5, 2022

Image-guided steroid injections don't lead to more COVID infections

By Amerigo Allegretto

Adults taking corticosteroid injections for pain management that are guided by ultrasound and fluoroscopy have a lower incidence of symptomatic COVID-19, suggests research published July 5 in Radiology.

July 5, 2022

PSMA-PET/CT comparable to MRI for detecting prostate cancer

By Kate Madden Yee

Prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA)-PET/CT imaging is comparable to MRI for detecting clinically significant prostate cancer. But MRI is still the more accurate modality for detecting the grade of disease, according to research presented on July 3 at the European Association of Urology in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

July 5, 2022

SPECT/CT proves value over CT diagnosing renal cancer

By Will Morton

SPECT/CT imaging appears more accurate than standard contrast-enhanced CT exams for diagnosing benign versus malignant kidney tumors, according to a study published June 30 in the Journal of Nuclear Medicine.

July 5, 2022

Most fetal deaths caused by defects, lack of heartbeat

By Amerigo Allegretto

Congenital defects and lack of intrauterine heartbeat are leading factors in terminating pregnancies, and both can be detected on ultrasound scans, suggests a study published June 30 in the Taiwanese Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology.

July 5, 2022

Elsevier joins forces with AI developer Contextflow

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Elsevier has formed a partnership with artificial intelligence (AI) software Contextflow.

July 4, 2022

CT radiomics, AI can yield early detection of pancreatic cancer

By Erik L. Ridley

Thanks to machine-learning algorithms and CT radiomics, pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) may soon be detectable as early as three years before it could be diagnosed clinically, according to research published online July 1 in Gastroenterology.

July 4, 2022

AI helps to spot bone fractures in trauma patients

By Erik L. Ridley

Artificial intelligence (AI) software can help radiologists deliver better performance in identifying bone fractures on x-rays in trauma patients, according to research published online June 29 in Diagnostic and Interventional Imaging.

July 4, 2022

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