Atlantic Medical Imaging (AMI) broke ground this week on its new imaging center on Black Horse Pike in Atlantic City, New Jersey, the Press of Atlantic City reported.

A lawsuit against Bozeman Health Deaconess Hospital in Bozeman, Montana, alleges that the hospital has been involved in a kickback scheme with Advanced Medical Imaging, a Bozeman radiology group. 

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For women with early-stage breast cancer, deciding whether or not to undergo expensive molecular imaging tests can be a difficult decision. While the tests can assess risk of recurrence, they may not be necessary at all—prompting scientists at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center to create a web app that can aid in patients' decision-making. 

IBM Watson Health and Siemens Healthineers announced a five-year “global alliance,” partnering to develop solutions for population health management. The two companies are leveraging a rapidly growing industry segment expected to both improve patient outcomes and be worth more than $30 billion by 2020. 

The Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging expressed its concern with an updated list of oncology coding recommendations released by eviCore, a benefits management company. 

While combination PET/CT imaging is one of the best ways to detect lung cancer, there is concern about patient dose when using the modality on a large scale. However, researchers from Singapore optimized a low-dose PET scan while maintaining reliable cancer detection, according to a study published in the Journal of Nuclear Medicine. 

As the second most common cancer in women and the third in men, colorectal cancer starts on the left side of the colon roughly 80 percent of the time. Clinical trails conducted by Amgen found that using Vectibix (panitumumab) in patients with metastatic colorectal cancer improved overall survival rates.