Wed, Jun 19th


Health IT Market on Track for Heavy Consolidation

Radiology News - Medical Imaging
The healthcare IT merger and acquisition space will go through heavy consolidation over the next five years, according to Tom O'Connor , managing director at New York -based Berkery Noyes . In a recent interview with Healthcare Informatics , O'Connor , touting a recently released whitepaper by the investment bank, said that there simp...

MRI-Based Measurement Helps Predict Vascular Disease in the Brain

Radiology News - Medical Imaging
OAK BROOK , Ill . (May 23, 2013) – Aortic arch pulse wave velocity , a measure of arterial stiffness, is a strong independent predictor of disease of the vessels that supply blood to the brain, according to a new study published in the June issue the journal Radiology . " Pulse wave velocity from the aortic arch provides functional...

DR vs CR in Identifying Breast Cancer

Radiology News - Medical Imaging
A recent study conducted by scientists at Cancer Care Ontario in Toronto, Canada, indicates that direct DR is more effective than CR in breast cancer detection. Both techniques have been used and there was no evidence that one technique should be more favored due to higher effectiveness or accuracy than the other. DR or digi...

White Paper to Support Teleradiology

Radiology News - Medical Imaging
A white paper on teleradiology is due to be issued by the European Society of Radiology in December this year, to coincide with the Radiological Society of North America conference in Chicago . A task force made up of 13 members from different parts of Europe was set up by the ESR last year to look at the challenges posed by teleradiology...