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. 

Radiologist Sue Summerton has turned her interest in the hidden imagery of x-rays into a growing career as an artist. 

A patient from Swarthmore, Pa., has been awarded more than $5.9 million after a hospital mix up led to her getting a surgery she did not need. 

Imaging Advantage has joined forces with faculty from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Massachusetts General Hospital to develop Singularity Healthcare, technology that will “look” at digital x-rays before sending them on to an actual radiologist.

Worldwide 2-D X-Ray equipment markets are increasingly diversified, poised to achieve significant growth as new technology breathes new life into a saturated market, forcing every facility to upgrade its existing x-ray equipment to have digital and therapeutic capability.