ROCHESTER, N.Y.—HSHS Good Shepherd Hospital (Shelbyville, Ill.) contracted with HSHS service asset management partner Interstate Imaging, LLC (Evansville, Ind.) to acquire and install a Carestream Q-Rad DRX Digital X-ray System and upgrade existing portable X-ray and radiography/fluoroscopy imaging systems to DR with Carestream DRX Plus 3543C cesium iodide detectors. The DRX systems deliver rapid image access and excellent image quality with reduced X-ray dosage.

A shortage of radiologists across Australia has pressured BreastScreen SA, part of a national breast screening program, to look for outside help.

About 15,000 hospital workers, including radiology technicians, began a three-day strike at University of California (UC) medical centers across the state over “unresolved contract talks.” The strike is expected to affect thousands of patients.

Manchester United Football Club and Canon Medical Systems Europe announced they have officially renewed their clinical collaboration.

Pop Warner Little Scholars is now working to educate its young athletes—including approximately 225,000 football players—about the importance of recognizing when a concussion may have occurred.

With the help of current CT technology, along with computer graphics and craniofacial reconstruction, a team of Johns Hopkins researchers were able to create detailed portraits of the mummified remains of an ancient Egyptian, according to reporting from The Baltimore Sun.

Stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT) is a safe and effective treatment for patients with low- and intermediate-risk prostate cancer, according to research presented Oct. 22 at the American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) Annual Meeting in San Antonio, Texas.

When it comes to radiology education, as the old song goes, the times they are a-changin’. But is the industry ready to adapt to these changes?