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October 2014

Multinational collaboration to develop hi-res protein imaging (10/31/2014)

Frontotemporal dementia research gets $30M from NIH (10/31/2014)

Advanced surgical cytoscopy uses antibodies to detect bladder cancer (10/31/2014)

Streamlining systems (10/31/2014)

Sleepless in Seattle: ICD-10 on their minds (10/31/2014)

Paying for technology performance (10/31/2014)

Clinical CT lung screening: Learn how to do it well with Lahey and MeVis Medical Solutions (10/30/2014)

The return of optimism? (10/30/2014)

RBMA launches online training resource RBMA-U (10/30/2014)

Mobile stroke unit tops Cleveland Clinic’s 10 innovations for 2015 (10/30/2014)

Lessons learned: What SARS taught the Singapore radiology community (10/30/2014)

Sentinel lymph node mapping for ovarian cancer? (10/29/2014)

Endomicroscopic imaging points to esophageal disease prior to surgery (10/29/2014)

ABT brings in $15M investment for market advancement (10/29/2014)

Siemens introduces MRI education tool for pediatric patients (10/29/2014)

To fight Ebola virus, radiologists share lessons learned from SARS pandemic (10/29/2014)

SEC targets CMS employees in insider-trading investigation (10/29/2014)

Canadian study finds mammography screening reduces breast cancer mortality by 40% (10/29/2014)

Imaging shows brain abnormalities in chronic fatigue syndrome patients (10/29/2014)

3D printing offers unique souvenir—your brain (10/28/2014)

Automated alerts speed critical communications (10/28/2014)

More bang for the buck: Screening with tomosynthesis and mammography is cost-effective (10/28/2014)

Stem cells engineered to fight brain cancer (10/28/2014)

PET/CT: Toshiba presents new large-bore system (10/28/2014)

Lilly to pay reduced punitive damages in bladder cancer trial (10/28/2014)

Hyperpolarized lung MRI portrays the perils of smoking (10/27/2014)

CT can often be swapped for chest tomosynthesis, reducing dose (10/27/2014)

Same Page: More than 50% of radiologists work at groups that heavily use structured reporting (10/27/2014)

Navidea names Rick Gonzalez chief executive officer (10/24/2014)

Sofie saddles $1.5M SBIR grant for phase II PET probes (10/24/2014)

NanoHybrids gets NIH grant for atherosclerotic plaque imaging (10/24/2014)

RBMA: Radiology’s five-minute forecast (10/24/2014)

Educating patients (10/24/2014)

Legislative update: As Congress burrows in, ACR prepares for a busy 2015 (10/24/2014)

Carestream’s digital x-ray system chosen by San Francisco 49ers for use in diagnosing player injuries (10/23/2014)

FUJIFILM SonoSite upgrades new medical app aimed to inform health professionals and aid patient care (10/23/2014)

Samsung tablet-based ultrasound trial shows lifesaving potential in emergency services (10/23/2014)

Konica Minolta wireless digital radiography solution for extreme environments receives FDA clearance (10/23/2014)

Mach7 Technologies joins enterprise imaging impact panel at 2014 Imaging Informatics Summit (10/23/2014)

M*Modal announces new chief executive officer (10/23/2014)

ACR Imaging Informatics Summit 10/29/14-10/30/14 (10/23/2014)

Rural, Wyoming practice joins Strategic Radiology (10/23/2014)

Hancock Medical: Silver lining in post-storm RIS/PACS replacement (10/23/2014)

Blue Mountain Health System achieves paperless workflow with RIS investment (10/23/2014)

Best-of-breed RIS is equalizer between rural hospital and big-city counterparts (10/23/2014)

vRads expands analytics portfolio with global practice information (GPI) report for radiology practices (10/23/2014)

Diagnostic radiologists among the leaders in starting salary (10/23/2014)

Hard performance feedback drives productivity gains among Sutter radiologists (10/23/2014)

Fear Factor: New index focuses on patient experience during medical tests (10/23/2014)

RBMA throws off 8 years of reimbursement cuts to fling fish in Seattle (10/22/2014)

CMS overhauls doctor payment website (10/22/2014)

AstroZeneca and University of Cambridge team up for more projects (10/22/2014)

Brain PET: Seasonal Affective Disorder is caused by higher serotonin transport (10/22/2014)

Spectrum placard program fully supported by executive team (10/22/2014)

Radiology best practice: Extracting value and improving operational efficiencies in a large health system (10/22/2014)

Transparent savings: Imaging claims payments drop with use of price transparency platform (10/22/2014)

Adding 3D automated ultrasound assists in screening women with dense breasts (10/22/2014)

Radiologists’ visual search patterns affected by breast density (10/22/2014)

ONC draft interoperability roadmap calls for unprecedented cooperation (10/21/2014)

7 more arrested in connection with N.J. imaging center referral kickback allegations (10/21/2014)

Houston diagnostic centers fined $2.6M (10/21/2014)

Second Look: Intraoperative sonography aids surgical management in cancerous kidney cell removal (10/21/2014)

New gig in private equity for former GE Healthcare head Dineen (10/20/2014)

Bad call: Telephone interruptions linked to higher radiology diagnostic discrepancies (10/20/2014)

Infographic: ACR aims to educate patients on mammography (10/20/2014)

Report spurs congressional investigation into Texas brain research program (10/20/2014)

Meaningful Use: Radiology group achieves attestation success under unique circumstances (10/20/2014)

The nose knows: Tracking neuroprogenitor cells in the olfactory system (10/20/2014)

Interventional optical imaging detects tiny liver lesions (10/20/2014)

FDA: Ra-223 suspended until further notice (10/17/2014)

Finding the gaps in appropriate imaging (10/17/2014)

Tetra forms scientific advisory board, additional funding (10/17/2014)

Barco’s new 12MP monitor not for mammograms only (10/17/2014)

Cardiac and chest PET: ECG-bioimpedance measurements make up for respiratory motion (10/17/2014)

Evidence to suggest ACA is effective (10/17/2014)

Leadership and crisis (10/17/2014)

Battlefield lessons learned: How to add value to radiology, part 2 (10/16/2014)

In Atlanta: Re-engineering the radiology practice (10/16/2014)

Impact of the trend in professional reimbursement on the valuation of the freestanding imaging center (10/16/2014)

Things Can Only Get Better: Knowing When & How to Replace Your PACS (10/16/2014)

Barco redefines the reading room with revolutionary diagnostic display to tackle radiologists’ challenges (10/16/2014)

FDA clears ACUSON SC2000 Prime Ultrasound System (10/16/2014)

Review of appropriateness criteria reveals gaps (10/16/2014)

Modeling Alzheimer’s: The neuronal code is finally cracked (10/16/2014)

Lymphoseek FDA approved for lymphatic malignancy in all solid tumors (10/15/2014)

Clinical Quality Improvement: Practitioners See Unlimited Applications for Imaging Informatics (10/15/2014)

Safety and High Reliability in the Hospital Radiology Department (10/15/2014)

Newly described shoulder injury spotted on MRIs of young pitchers (10/15/2014)

Molecular imaging of stroke (10/15/2014)

Standardization: An Answer to Three of Radiology’s Vexing Problems (10/15/2014)

Quality and Contract Negotiations: Putting a Price on Quality (10/15/2014)

WMIS reveals new intraoperative imaging research (10/15/2014)

MRI-safe pacing lead from Medtronic receives FDA approval (10/15/2014)

International Day of Radiology to focus on brain imaging (10/15/2014)

Australian exhibition showcases art of medical imaging (10/15/2014)

Patient Pathways and Better Outcomes: The Future of Radiology (10/15/2014)

New York radiology practice replaces two MR systems with one; Significantly grows volumes (10/14/2014)

Using Enterprise Data to Preempt Harm (10/14/2014)

Innovate value capture (10/14/2014)

Rethinking Our Value Chain (10/14/2014)

ACR Foundation announces new Global Humanitarian Awards (10/14/2014)

NEMA publishes 2015 edition of Products and Standards Guide (10/14/2014)

The Elusive Value-based Payment (10/14/2014)

An administrator’s guide: Obtaining decision buy-in from a practice’s physician leadership (10/14/2014)

From the frying pan into the fire: Battlefield radiology, part 1 (10/14/2014)

Editorials clash over CT lung screening as coverage decision nears (10/14/2014)

JAMA editorialists hit the brakes on Medicare LDCT lung cancer screening (10/13/2014)

Specialized eyes of mantis shrimp show cancer in new light (10/13/2014)

New SPECT database holds 100K scans for psychiatric study (10/13/2014)

WMIS highlights from World Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging Week (10/13/2014)

Fun and games (and a safety reminder) with a decommissioned MRI magnet (10/13/2014)

Survey: Neurologists demonstrate inaccuracies in detecting strokes (10/13/2014)

FDA clears echo microbubble contrast agent (10/13/2014)

Rising use of cardiac stress tests with imaging racks up $500M in excess costs (10/13/2014)

Exceptional responders may hold genetic keys to better cancer treatments (10/10/2014)

Newly discovered gene linked to neurodegeneration (10/10/2014)

A 3D brain SPECT could lead to better cognitive function in psychiatric patients (10/10/2014)

An education in breast cancer risk (10/10/2014)

Ebola and patient centricity (10/10/2014)

Weathering the CMS processing freeze on FDG PET: Tips and pointers (10/09/2014)

Missing the mark? Mammography CAD rarely changes diagnostic decisions (10/09/2014)

FDA approves breast specimen tomosynthesis system from Kubtec (10/09/2014)

FDA may ease approval for breast cancer therapeutics (10/08/2014)

Ohio State cuts ribbon on $13M molecular imaging facility (10/08/2014)

Nobel Prize honors developers of ultra-optical microscopy (10/08/2014)

Intelerad launches assignment engine (10/08/2014)

FDA and HHS experts to deliver keynote addresses at ACR Informatics Summit (10/08/2014)

ACR Continuous Professional Improvement Program, now available online (10/08/2014)

Preoperative MR improves robot-assisted prostatectomy outcomes (10/08/2014)

RSNA’s QIBA gets new funding, will offer QI data warehousing (10/07/2014)

Kubtec® announces FDA approval of world’s first breast specimen tomosynthesis system (10/07/2014)

The new business model in healthcare (10/07/2014)

Cognitive decline predicted by arterial spin labeling before symptoms appear (10/07/2014)

Study shows silver plans offer sparse radiologist coverage in 10 stroke-center markets (10/06/2014)

FDA draws up new regulatory strategy for research, pharmaceuticals and devices (10/06/2014)

PET/CT changed diagnosis in 21% of breast cancer patients under 40 (10/06/2014)

With Open Payments data now available, should radiologists worry? (10/06/2014)

Global survey reveals only one out of four aware of dense breast tissue risks (10/06/2014)

Temporary processing freeze on some FDG PET claims begins (10/06/2014)

RSNA announces new NIBIB funding for QIBA research (10/06/2014)

FDA clears MyLab Gamma ultrasound system (10/06/2014)

NIR optical brain scanner wins $3.7M Marine Corps contract (10/06/2014)

ONC Chief Nursing Officer headed to IBM (10/06/2014)

American Heart Association: Patient-centered imaging is at the ‘heart’ of patient-centered care (10/06/2014)

American Heart Association: Patient-centered imaging is at the ‘heart’ of patient-centered care (10/06/2014)

Healthcare industry veteran Keith Chew joins Integrated Medical Partners (10/03/2014)

Integrin PET imaging during therapy may not tell the whole story (10/03/2014)

Angsty women in mid-life may be at higher risk for Alzheimer’s (10/03/2014)

Novel amino-acid PET tracer may increase specificity for certain cancers (10/03/2014)

The ACA effect (10/03/2014)

University of Utah Health Sciences names Satoshi Minoshima as new chair of radiology (10/02/2014)

RBMA to live stream powerful session on radiology in modern combat medicine (10/02/2014)

Offense is the best breast cancer defense (10/02/2014)

MGMA survey finds office payrolls rising; radiology may be bucking the trend (10/02/2014)

Johns Hopkins to host cyber-security summit (10/02/2014)

Why the Affordable Care Act may not rein in ED imaging (10/02/2014)

Editorials suggest way forward for Medicare lung screening coverage (10/02/2014)

A breakdown of genetic biomarkers (10/01/2014)

Konica Minolta next generation Informity cloud-based disaster recovery system with “one button” restore (10/01/2014)

Carestream ships 15,000th Vita CR system; has provided almost 30,000 tabletop CR systems to healthcare providers worldwide (10/01/2014)

St. Elizabeth Healthcare study shows Toshiba’s Smart Fusion delivers accurate ultrasound-guided biopsies at less cost (10/01/2014)

Siemens announces first U.S. installation of Artis one angiography system (10/01/2014)

Allegheny Health Network first to install SenoClaire, new breast imaging with 3D tomosynthesis solution (10/01/2014)

Flurpiridaz PET MPI data reveal lower dose than conventional SPECT (10/01/2014)

BRAIN Initiative doles out $46M in neurological research grants (10/01/2014)

Gene therapy reverses symptoms of Alzheimer’s associated with progranulin deficiency (10/01/2014)

How advanced image display can aid early cancer detection (10/01/2014)

BioClinica Compass wins technology innovation award (10/01/2014)

Using MRI to better understand dyslexia (10/01/2014)

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