X-ray machines in New Hampshire’s prisons were initially brought in to stop the influx of drugs. But a year later, these machines await installation due to health concerns and the language used in the bill that passed last year.

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A professor at Washington University in St. Louis’ School of Engineering & Applied Science has been given two grants by the National Institutes of Health to create a new biomedical imaging approach.

A European health consortium is developing a set of low radiation, low cost, flat panel X-ray detectors that use novel photonics technology to make diagnosis safer for patients, hospital and dental staff, generating some of the highest resolution images ever seen in rapid moving body functions, such as malicious growths or the beating heart of a baby.    

Patient First, a chain of urgent care and primary care centers in the Mid-Atlantic region of the U.S., has announced it will offer free digital x-rays of bags of candy for trick-or-treaters. The service will provide a bit of peace of mind for parents and children, in light of reported stories of foreign objects showing up in candy.

The power of medical imaging has helped solve a significant mystery in Australia. French painter Edgar Degas’ “Portrait of a Woman,” completed in the late 19th century, has perplexed the art world for many years; they could tell an older painting was hidden in the background, but they could never tell what that old image was—until now. 

Murray-Calloway County Hospital in Murray, Ky., recently upgraded some of its radiology equipment, installing two DRX-Revolution Mobile X-ray Systems and a DRX-Ascend system, all produced by Carestream. 

The University of Cincinnati Blue Ash in Blue Ash, Ohio, has developed a special program for kindergarten students that helps them become more comfortable with science, technology, and even radiology.