Based on a 25 year follow-up data study from a Canadian screening facility, yearly mammography failed to diminish breast cancer mortality rates in women ages 40 to 59, as opposed to physical examination or standard care. Women screened on an annual basis by mammography for 5 years had had a breas...

A trial study conducted by the National Lung Screening Trial (NLST) showed that around 18% of lung cancers detected by low-dose CT screening were slow-growing tumors that would not have had any consequence on patients during their lifetime. Edward F. Patz Jr., MD, of Duke University Medical Center,...

In a joint effort, National Decision Support Company, Montage Healthcare Solutions and Nuance Communications are looking to provide the new Imaging 3.0™ tools to radiologists at the earliest convenience. The new imaging tool has been described to completely reinvent how radiology will be practi...

USA, September 4, 2013 - The American College of Radiology last week submitted a letter to the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) "strongly" supporting its draft recommendation endorsing low-dose computer tomography (LDCT) for lung cancer screening for high-risk smokers. In the letter, AC...

Based a new study published in the journal Radiology, the rate at which women are called back for supplementary imaging, following a screened mammography might be higher at hospitals than at community office clinics/practices, which is mostly credited to the differences among the patients. Researche...

USA, June 26, 2013 - Radiologist Judy Yee, of the San Francisco Veterans Affairs Medical Center, argues in an article published in the July issue of the American Journal of Roentgenology that "the time has arrived" for national reimbursement of CT colonography (CTC)--aka, virtual colonoscopy--in the...

A new study delivered at EULAR 2013, the Annual Congress of the European League Against Rheumatism, revealed the value of the ARASHI approach in assessing radiographic (X-ray) joint damage in Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA). The study verified the use of ARASHI to evaluate any joint damage in RA, and she...

Prabhakar Tripuraneni, MD, to Be Presented with Gold Medal, ASTRO's Highest Honor. CLEVELAND, May 30, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Prabhakar Tripuraneni, MD, chief medical officer at ViewRay™ Incorporated and head of radiation oncology at Scripps Green Hospital in La Jolla, California, has been selected ...

In Naperville, a number of hospitals have started taking actions to ensure that children receive the lowest radiation doses during imaging. Radiologists in these facilities are following FDA’s proposal which include recommendations to minimize radiation doses delivered to children during imaging. ...

The American College of Radiology (ACR) has recently selected Donald P. Rosen, MD, to serve as chief executive officer of ACR Image Metrix™. Dr. Rosen is a well known expert in medical imaging, and Image Metrix is a major imaging contract research organization (CRO) a subsidiary of the ACR that ge...