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Viztek to Introduce Certified RIS
Digital imaging solutions provider Viztek will debut at RSNA 2012 a new RIS that is certified for the federal meaningful use incentives program.
Source: Diagnostic Imaging - November 20, 2012 Category: Radiology Source Type: news

Carestream to Highlight Smaller-format DRX Detector
Carestream will show at RSNA 2012 its smaller-format DRX detector as a works in progress, designed for pediatric, orthopedic and general radiology exams.
Source: Diagnostic Imaging - November 20, 2012 Category: Radiology Source Type: news

Merge to Unveil Portal for Patients
Merge will unveil at RSNA 2012 a mobile and online platform that will allow patients to select a radiologist, schedule appointments and receive results.
Source: Diagnostic Imaging - November 20, 2012 Category: Radiology Source Type: news

Imaging Managers Have Low Confidence in Reimbursement Rates
Medical imaging managers reported low confidence that they will receive adequate reimbursement from Medicare in the fourth quarter of 2012.
Source: Diagnostic Imaging - November 20, 2012 Category: Radiology Source Type: news

Uterine Didelphys
A 23-year-old female with complaints of bleeding associated with diffuse pain in abdomen for 18 days.
Source: Diagnostic Imaging - November 20, 2012 Category: Radiology Source Type: news

Recurrent Fibromatosis of the Breast
A 32-year-old female with a palpable abnormality in her right superior-lateral breast. Mammography and ultrasound demonstrated a spiculated mass.
Source: Diagnostic Imaging - November 20, 2012 Category: Radiology Source Type: news

lifeIMAGE to Debut Image Sharing Service
lifeIMAGE will debut a service allowing physicians, patients and hospitals to create profiles to securely exchange medical information.
Source: Diagnostic Imaging - November 20, 2012 Category: Radiology Source Type: news

Image Wisely Turns to Nuclear Medicine
Dose awareness extends to nuclear medicine exams with the development of online materials to guide providers on radiopharmaceutical dose utilization.
Source: Diagnostic Imaging - November 20, 2012 Category: Radiology Source Type: news

Method for assessing hand bone density may prevent hip fractures (AlphaGalileo 19 November 2012)
A study from Sweden published in European Radiology describes a test that may be used on standard hand radiographs to potentially identify patients at a higher risk of hip fracture.Full article
Source: Society for Endocrinology - November 20, 2012 Category: Endocrinology Source Type: news

ONC requests public input for stage 3 MU rule
The U.S. Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC) has requested (more)
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - November 20, 2012 Category: Radiology Source Type: news

Laurel Bridge offers new Compass routing software
Software developer Laurel Bridge Software has released version 2.1.30 of Compass, (more)
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - November 20, 2012 Category: Radiology Source Type: news

Q3 produces revenue gain for IBA, but also loss
Radiopharmaceutical provider Ion Beam Applications (IBA) achieved a 14% increase (more)
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - November 20, 2012 Category: Radiology Source Type: news

DBT tackles mammo's flaws: Missed cancers and false positives
Adding digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT) to digital mammography not only boosts (more)
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - November 20, 2012 Category: Radiology Source Type: news

Study finds Medicare patients get repeat testing too often
Are Medicare patients getting too many repeat diagnostic tests -- including (more)
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - November 20, 2012 Category: Radiology Source Type: news

Joint Commission names 2013 chair
The Joint Commission, which evaluates and accredits more than 19,000 healthcare (more)
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - November 20, 2012 Category: Radiology Source Type: news

TeraMedica Debuts New VNA Interface
TeraMedica plans to debut at RSNA 2012 its next generation Evercore VNA Control Center, a streamlined interface for the vendor-neutral archive.
Source: Diagnostic Imaging - November 20, 2012 Category: Radiology Source Type: news

Novel breast screening technology increases diagnostic accuracy
(Radiological Society of North America) The addition of three-dimensional breast imaging--a technology called tomosynthesis--to standard digital mammography significantly increases radiologists' diagnostic accuracy while reducing false positive recall rates, according to the results of a multi-center study.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - November 20, 2012 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news

DR Systems and Mach7 announce alliance
PACS software developer DR Systems and medical image management technology (more)
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - November 19, 2012 Category: Radiology Source Type: news

Carestream shrinks wireless DR, plans to launch printer
Carestream Health will showcase progress toward reducing the size of its wireless (more)
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - November 19, 2012 Category: Radiology Source Type: news

New Merge platform geared toward meaningful use
Merge Healthcare will use the RSNA 2012 meeting to launch a new mobile and (more)
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - November 19, 2012 Category: Radiology Source Type: news

Ziehm introduces C-arm iterative reconstruction
C-arm developer Ziehm Imaging has adopted iterative reconstruction and adaptive (more)
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - November 19, 2012 Category: Radiology Source Type: news

Quantum to feature 3 DR units at RSNA 2012
Quantum Medical Imaging will highlight the performance of three digital radiography (more)
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - November 19, 2012 Category: Radiology Source Type: news

McKesson to give away $1M in EHR software
Healthcare information systems firm McKesson plans to give away installations (more)
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - November 19, 2012 Category: Radiology Source Type: news

Esaote introduces G-scan Brio MRI
Ultrasound vendor Esaote has introduced G-Scan Brio, a second-generation, weight-bearing (more)
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - November 19, 2012 Category: Radiology Source Type: news

Strategic Radiology: The Beginning of the End?
The formation and alternative approach of national radiology group Advanced Diagnostic Imaging has three potential outcomes for Strategic Radiology.
Source: Diagnostic Imaging - November 19, 2012 Category: Radiology Source Type: news

sourceHOV Launches X-Ray Retention Program
SourceHOV will unveil at RSNA 2012 an X-Ray Preservation Program for legacy X-ray images requiring long-term retention.
Source: Diagnostic Imaging - November 19, 2012 Category: Radiology Source Type: news

CT procedure volume falls, except for emergency use
After decades of rising CT utilization, U.S. doctors appear to have finally (more)
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - November 19, 2012 Category: Radiology Source Type: news

New exam structure nixes free ABR study time for residents
Hoping to stanch outbreaks of "board fever" that can sideline radiology departments (more)
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - November 19, 2012 Category: Radiology Source Type: news

Siemens to launch new Artis Q angio line at RSNA
Siemens Healthcare is planning to launch a new line of premium angiography (more)
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - November 19, 2012 Category: Radiology Source Type: news

ACR, AAPM, SIIM release technical standards
The American College of Radiology (ACR), the American Association of Physicists (more)
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - November 19, 2012 Category: Radiology Source Type: news

Three Palm, Planmed partner on mammo station
Breast imaging software developer Three Palm Software and mammography vendor (more)
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - November 19, 2012 Category: Radiology Source Type: news

Diffusion-weighted imaging shows promise identifying false-positive lesions
Parsian S. Radiology. 2012; doi: 10.1148/radiol.12112672.
Source: HemOncToday.com - November 18, 2012 Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: news

Radiologic findings in cases of attempted suicide and other self-injurious behavior - Dipoce J, Guelfguat M, Dipoce J.
Suicide is one of the leading causes of death in multiple age groups. Therefore, it is important that radiologists be aware of this commonly encountered entity. Attempted suicide may take a variety of forms; those discussed by the authors include sharp for...
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - November 17, 2012 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Suicide and Self-Harm Source Type: news

FDG PET/CT in Clinical Oncology(Mihailovic et al.)
Case Based Approach with Teaching PointsFDG PET/CT has rapidly emerged as an invaluable combined imaging modality that can identify tumors on the basis of not only anatomical alterations but also metabolic activity, thus allowing the detection of lesions that would otherwise be too small to distinguish. This book, comprising a collection of images from oncology cases, is organized according to the role of FDG PET/CT in the ...
Source: Springer Medicine titles - November 17, 2012 Category: Databases & Libraries Tags: Imaging / Radiology Source Type: news

Study: Obamacare to boost mammo demand
A new study found that implementation of the Patient Protection and Affordable (more)
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - November 16, 2012 Category: Radiology Source Type: news

Fonar logs flat Q1 results
MRI firm Fonar's financial results were flat in the first quarter of 2013 compared (more)
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - November 16, 2012 Category: Radiology Source Type: news

Polymers could ease brachytherapy seed delivery
Surgical implantation and removal of radioactive seeds is required for brachytherapy (more)
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - November 16, 2012 Category: Radiology Source Type: news

Claron Announces Upgrades to Cloud-based Viewers
Advanced visualization software developer Claron Technology will debut at RSNA 2012 enhancements to their “No Install” cloud-based viewers.
Source: Diagnostic Imaging - November 16, 2012 Category: Radiology Source Type: news

Diagnostic Imaging in Acute CholecystitisDiagnostic Imaging in Acute Cholecystitis
Which is the most accurate diagnostic imaging modality for suspected acute cholecystitis? Dr. Jadvar comments on this case from Radiology. Medscape Radiology
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - November 16, 2012 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Radiology Viewpoint Source Type: news

Into the magnetic resonance scanner with a cuddly toy
Clinicians have been able to show on the basis of a large sample, that it is possible to examine children's heads in the MRI scanner without general anesthesia or other medical sedation. In many cases it was sufficient to prepare the young patients for the examination in an age-appropriate manner in order to take away their fear of the tube. And the results speak for themselves: of the 2461 image sequences recorded with 326 patients, the participating radiologists classified 97 percent as "diagnostically relevant."
Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - November 16, 2012 Category: Science Source Type: news

Learned Helplessness, Learned Hopelessness
Radiologists in many ways are like the lab rats facing electric shocks in the cage. Except that when there’s more pain than gain, we can escape.
Source: Diagnostic Imaging - November 16, 2012 Category: Radiology Source Type: news

ETIAM Introduces Universal Viewer
Medical networking company ETIAM plans to introduce at RSNA 2012 a Web-based universal image viewer.
Source: Diagnostic Imaging - November 16, 2012 Category: Radiology Source Type: news

DrFirst and Halfpenny Technologies Announce Partnership to Provide...
DrFirst, the nation’s leading e-prescribing and solutions platform provider, and Halfpenny Technologies, the nation’s leading CPOE technology provider for labs and radiology today announced a...(PRWeb November 15, 2012)Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2012/11/prweb10136661.htm
Source: PRWeb: Medical Pharmaceuticals - November 16, 2012 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news

GE's Freedom CT nets Health Canada OK
GE Healthcare has received clearance from Health Canada for its new cardiac (more)
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - November 16, 2012 Category: Radiology Source Type: news

Lung parenchyma segmentation method may boost CAD
A new algorithm can automatically and accurately segment lung parenchyma on (more)
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - November 16, 2012 Category: Radiology Source Type: news

International survey shows increase in healthcare IT utilization
Primary care physicians around the world have been investing in health information (more)
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - November 16, 2012 Category: Radiology Source Type: news

UMRi, DDD-Diagnostic sign distribution deal
Universal Medical Resources (UMRi) has signed an agreement to be the exclusive (more)
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - November 16, 2012 Category: Radiology Source Type: news

Matakina updates Volpara density software
Breast density software company Matakina International has launched Volpara (more)
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - November 16, 2012 Category: Radiology Source Type: news

CoActiv to show new upgrades at RSNA
RIS/PACS vendor CoActiv Medical plans to introduce new upgrades to its Exam-PACS, (more)
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - November 16, 2012 Category: Radiology Source Type: news

ONC launches database for applicants to workgroups
The U.S. Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC) has launched (more)
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - November 16, 2012 Category: Radiology Source Type: news