CAR To Re-design Guidlines For Medical Imaging Tests In Canada

The Canadian Association of Radiologists (CAR) has recently cooperated with the Health Council of Canada (HCC) in preparing a report. It was titled “Decisions, Decisions: Family Doctors as Gatekeepers in the Use of Prescription Drugs and Diagnostic Imaging in Canada.” The report aims to support one of the main targets of CAR; which is the designing and deploying medical imaging guidelines, in a nationwide manner, to offer assistance to doctors to select the best medical imaging procedure to request.

Astellas Launches A New Mobile Application For RNI

Astellas Pharma US, Inc. announced that it has launched a new application for smartphones. The application is the Appropriate Use Criteria (AUC) for Cardiac Radionuclide Imaging (RNI). It aims to allow doctors to review the published criteria used to determine a patient’s need to undergo RNI procedure. The recently alunched application can be downloaded for free, and it works on several platforms such as BlackBerry®, Android™, and iPhone®. The data included in the Appropriate Use Criteria (AUC) for RNI was taken from the ACCF/ASNC/ACR/AHA/ASE/SCCT/SCMR/SNM 2009 Appropriate Use Criteria (AUC) for Cardiac Radionuclide Imaging (RNI), which was published back in 2009.

EU Recommends Using U-Systems' somo*v With Mammography For Breast Cancer Screening

Early detection of cancer is the main goal of any screening program around the world. Regarding breast cancer, both symptomatic and asymptomatic patients, even those with dense breasts, currently in Europe have a high potential for early diagnosis, thus offering a great opportunity to start treatment as early as possible. The European Union gave a CE clearance for U-Systems’ somo•v automated breast ultrasound (ABUS) system to be used in conjugation with traditional mammography for breast cancer screening. It is not slated for ABUS system to replace traditional mammography screening, rather, it will be used in conjugation with it increasing early detection of patients, as CEO Ron Ho, in a U-Systems press release illustrated, “We have strong scientific evidence that for women with dense breast tissue, supplementing mammograms with somo•v ABUS can substantially increase breast cancer detection.”

RadNet To Expand Into Medical Imaging Business By Acquiring eRAD

RadNet, Inc, National outpatient imaging center operator based in Los Angeles, has acquired Image Medical Corporation, the parent company of eRAD, Inc., for $10.75 million in cash and promissory notes. This acquisition emphasizes an increasing trend of incorporation in the medical imaging business; earlier this month, Carestream Health announced its integration with Quantum Medical Imaging, in addition Merge Healthcare recently acquired PACS competitor, Amicas. RadNet currently operates 191 outpatient imaging centers in the U.S. eRAD, a PACS and medical informatics company based in Greenville, South Carolina, supports more than 250 hospitals and teleradiology businesses.