A Michigan mom is receiving backlash from local healthcare organizations after opening a non-diagnostic ultrasound business for expectant mothers this month, the Record Eagle of Traverse City, Michigan, has reported.

Researchers have shown that a new MRI technique can measure brain iron levels in multiple sclerosis (MS) patients, according to a study published in Radiology. This breakthrough can help identify MS patients at an especially high risk of developing physical disabilities.

Fujifilm Medical Systems U.S.A. announced Wednesday, July 18, that the company will be offering multiple educational opportunities to attendees at AHRA 2018 July 22-25 in Orlando.

Worcester County, Massachusetts, residents can enjoy a better deal on MRIs than anywhere else in the state, the Telegram & Gazette reported of a Pioneer Institute study released this week, averaging out-of-pocket costs that rarely exceed $60.

Carestream Health earned the top rating in MD Buyline’s User Satisfaction Ratings for its portable and room-based digital radiography (DR) systems and detectors in the second quarter of 2018.

The lack of a structured reporting system for imaging technologists could be threatening the readability of studies in the field, a team of U.K. researchers reported this month in Radiography. But some argue a more rigid format would distract from the cognitive processes that make radiology reports so valuable in the first place.

The future of breast screening could lie in patients' homes rather than at hospitals, the Times of Israel reported this week, owing to a proposed handheld ultrasound designed by a former biomedical scientist at NASA.

R. Rex Parris, the mayor of Lancaster, California, has proposed the city ban local employees from being required to wear a necktie. The decision, he said, was made after reading about recent imaging research that found neckties can lead to a reduction in cerebral blood flow.