Orangeworm, an aggressive group of hackers, is targeting medical devices of healthcare providers with a new malware. The malware, called Kwampirs, is a “backdoor Trojan that provides the attackers with remote access to the compromised computer,” the cybersecurity firm Symantec reported this week.

Newest Mobile X-ray Unit Offers Reduced Size and Weight; Enhances Bedside Imaging in Critical Care Areas

Capital Enterprises, a Carestream distributor, has installed one of Carestream’s Vita Flex CR Systems at a hospital just 15.3 miles from Mount Everest Base Camp in Nepal.

Carestream Systems Deliver Rapid Image Access, Excellent Diagnostic Image Quality

Carestream Systems Deliver Rapid Image Access, Excellent Diagnostic Image Quality

A week-old law in Kentucky is barring federally certified radiologists from reading x-rays in state black lung compensation cases, leaving the task to the six pulmonologists who practice in the area, NPR has reported.

A cheaper alternative to x-ray imaging could increase optical mammography (OM) sensitivity by as much as 1,000-fold while minimizing ionizing radiation exposure in patients undergoing breast cancer screenings, the Optical Society announced this month.

Skeletal x-ray utilization among Medicare beneficiaries is up, according to a new study published in the Journal of the American College of Radiology. Utilization is up 5.5 percent among radiologists and more than 11 percent among nonradiologists.