On May 4, the American College of Radiology (ACR) submitted comments to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and the Office of the National Coordinator for HIT (ONC) regarding the agencies' March 7, 2012, proposed rules to revise and update the professional and technology requirements of the EHR Incentive Program ("meaningful use").  The ACR IT and Informatics Committee (ITIC) - Government Relations Subcommittee compiled the comments with feedback from ACR members, allied ...

BUSINESS WIRE--Radiofrequency ablation of the lumpectomy site during breast cancer surgery can provide an effective alternative to post-operative external radiation therapy (XRT) and reduce repeat surgeries to achieve clear tumor margins, according to one of the first published long-term studies to examine this new treatment protocol. Researchers reported at the American Society of Breast Surgeons (ASBrS) Annual Meeting that utilizing radiofrequency-generated heat to create an added disease-free zone ...

Newswise--Patients find "cloud" technology a faster, more efficient way to store and distribute their medical images than current options, according to the preliminary findings of an image sharing project led by The Mount Sinai Medical Center in conjunction with four other academic medical institutions. The Phase I results of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) Image Share project were presented at the American Roentgen Ray Society Annual Meeting in Vancouver, Canada.Mount Sinai was the first ...

Visage Imaging, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Pro Medicus Ltd. (ASX:  PME), announced it has released Visage 7.1, the latest version of the Visage® 7 enterprise imaging platform.  Visage 7's innovative, thin-client, server-side processing technology has been enhanced with new features providing usability, performance and enterprise-wide administration improvements.The minimal footprint Visage client application, which supports both Windows and OS X (e.g., PC and Mac) environments, ...

QUBYX has announced the official release of its medical display calibration and QA software PerfectLum Suite. The software, designed to improve imaging precision of medical monitors, used for X-Ray viewing, mammography, MRI and other radiology sub industries, is now able to not only calibrate a display, but also perform acceptance and constancy tests to AAPM TG18, DIN 6868-57, JESRA X-0093 and IEC 62563-1 standards. With the free remote display management capabilities PerfectLum Suite medical display QA ...

Intelerad Medical Systems, a leader in medical imaging PACS, RIS and workflow solutions, announced that United Imaging Consultants LLC (UIC) of Mission, Kan., is the first U.S. customer for its new InteleSuite™ RIS/PACS solution.InteleSuite is a complete and customizable set of RIS/PACS solutions that combines the KLAS Ambulatory category leader IntelePACS® with Intelerad's new InteleRIS™. InteleRIS is an agile radiology information solution featuring automated multi-exam scheduling, ...

Paul Ellenbogen, MD, FACR, of Dallas, was elected chair of the American College of Radiology (ACR) Board of Chancellors. Ellenbogen is a senior attending radiologist at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas, and a partner in Radiology Associates of North Texas. He is also a clinical professor of radiology at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical School in Dallas.The former vice chair of the Board of Chancellors was elected to serve as chair from April 2012 to April 2013, and thereafter ...

Novarad introduces a cloud-based version of its PACS, NovaPACS Express, specifically for small medical offices with imaging capability.NovaPACS Express is for use by offices that generate up to 20 studies per day and use up to two modalities. The PACS includes a complete diagnostic tool set with standard viewing features: window level, colorize, Cobb angle, zoom, pan, scroll, etc., and 7-year off-site archive protection."If the price of PACS has been an issue for small offices, then NovaPACS Express has ...

Carestream debuted new software features for three of its computed radiography systems that offer important advantages in the areas of quality and exposure control, pediatric and ICU imaging and print output. These features are now shipping with new DIRECTVIEW Elite CR, Classic CR and Max CR systems and are available as upgrades for existing customers.New features include: A companion image (from the original exposure) for pneumothorax visualization that accentuates the appearance of free air ...

Newswise--Research by investigators at The Cancer Institute of New Jersey (CINJ) suggests that post-mastectomy radiation therapy may not have a significant effect on disease recurrence or mortality rates in early-stage breast cancer patients with one to three cancerous lymph nodes. The results were part of a poster presentation given at the 13th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Breast Surgeons being held in Phoenix. CINJ is a Center of Excellence of the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New ...

FUJIFILM Medical Systems U.S.A. Inc. announces the commercial availability of the FDR (Fujifilm Digital Radiography) D-EVO™ Cesium portable flat panel detector. The newest addition to the FDR D-EVO family of lightweight wireless flat panel detectors combines Fujifilm's Patented Irradiation Side Sampling (ISS) technology with the exceptional dose and image quality performance of Cesium Iodide.Fujifilm's ISS is an innovative technology designed to improve detective quantum efficiency (DQE) by reducing ...

BUSINESS WIRE--Full-face transplants are new, breakthrough medical procedures that dramatically alter the lives of patients suffering from severe facial disfiguration. At this year's American Roentgen Ray Society (ARRS) Annual Meeting (Vancouver, British Columbia, April 29 - May 4, 2012), Frank J. Rybicki, MD, PhD; director, Applied Imaging Science Laboratory; director, Cardiac CT and Vascular CT/MRI, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Department of Radiology; and associate professor, Harvard Medical School, ...

PRNewswire--Accuray Incorporated (Nasdaq: ARAY), a premier radiation oncology company, announced the launch of the Prostate Advances in Comparative Evidence (PACE) Study, an international, multi-center, randomized study to compare CyberKnife® Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy (SBRT), da Vinci assisted and manual laparoscopic surgery and conventionally fractionated intensity modulated radiation therapy (IMRT), for the treatment of localized prostate cancer. The PACE Study aims to ...

PRNewswire--Noninvasive stereotactic ablative radiotherapy (SABR), a technical term for radiosurgery in the body, can be a viable option for treating operable cases of early-stage lung cancer, with outcomes that compare favorably to more invasive surgery, according to a study published in the May 2012 issue of the International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics.[1]Speaking at a symposium sponsored by Varian Medical Systems (NYSE: VAR) in Las Vegas earlier this week, co-author Ben ...

The use of a dedicated pediatric imaging department (with dedicated pediatric computed tomography (CT) technologists) for pediatric CT scans significantly reduces the radiation dose delivered to the patient, according to a study in the May issue of the Journal of the American College of Radiology.When performed and monitored properly, the benefits of CT scans outweigh the potential long-term risk of radiation. To minimize the potential adverse effects of radiation exposure to pediatric patients, it ...