A New Charity Against Breast Cancer Begins Soon

Realizing the importance of diagnostic imaging in fighting breast cancer, Christina Applegate, the famous celebrity in the US, is going to launch a new charity in order to provide help to women, with higher risk for breast cancer, who have no access to preventive care. The charity aims to help women to have MRI scans to detect breast cancer early.

http://www.healthimaginghub.com/article/1661-a-new-charity-against-breast-cancer-begins-soon.html

New Reason For Poorer Mammography Results In Younger Women

According to a new study, the poorer breast cancer detection rate provided by mammography in women in their 40s is caused by the technology itself and not the features of breast cancer in such women. The study was published online July 27 in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute.

http://www.healthimaginghub.com/article/1660-new-reason-for-poorer-mammography-results-in-younger-women.html

New Imaging Technique For Early Diagnosis Of Alzheimer’s Disease

In a recent study, researchers from Australia developed an advanced imaging and blood screening techniques that can be used in early diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease. The study was conducted by researchers from the Australian Imaging Biomarkers and Lifestyle Flagship Study of Ageing (AIBL). They highlighted their study at the International Conference on Alzheimer's disease in Hawaii recently.

http://www.healthimaginghub.com/article/1654-new-imaging-technique-for-early-diagnosis-of-alzheimers-disease.html

CvergenX Acquires Global Rights Of InterveneXRT

CvergenX, Inc. and Moffitt Cancer Center announced that they have signed a licensing agreement, which includes CvergenX having the exclusive global rights of InterveneXRT. The latter is a technology platform that provides individualization of radiotherapy. InterveneXRT was developed by researchers from Moffitt Cancer Center.


http://www.healthimaginghub.com/article/1655-cvergenx-acquires-global-rights-of-intervenexrt.html

InSight Acquires Eight Diagnostic Imaging Centers

InSight Health Services Holdings Corp. a major company providing diagnostic imaging services, announced that it has completed the acquisition of eight diagnostic imaging centers located in Phoenix, Arizona, El Paso, Texas, and Las Cruces, New Mexico areas. The acquired imaging centers were belonging to MedQuest, Inc. and Novant Health, Inc.


http://www.healthimaginghub.com/article/1652-insight-acquires-eight-diagnostic-imaging-centers.html

Nano Technology And MRI Used To Image Angiogenesis

Angiogenesis, the formation of new blood vessels, plays a very critical role in the growth of tumors and cancer metastasis. Recently, a number of therapies were developed to reduce the growth of the vessels nourishing tumors. Thus, improve patient survival in certain types of cancer. The accurate detection of the growth of blood vessels using MRI is now providing more help to physicians while they treat certain types of cancers.

http://www.healthimaginghub.com/article/1650-nano-technology-and-mri-used-to-image-angiogenesis.html

The Royal Marsden Hospital Implements CARESTREAM RIS

The Royal Marsden Hospital (RMH) NHS Foundation Trust announced that it has signed a new contract with Carestream Health to implement its latest version of CARESTREAM RIS. The implementation will take place in two Royal Marsden’s sites in, Chelsea and Sutton, both located in London. According to the signed contract, the implementation will take place during the second half of 2010. RMH was the first hospital in the world to be built specially for cancer treatment and researches. Currently, The Royal Marsden Hospital and its partner, The Institute of Cancer Research, are representing the largest cancer center in Europe. The center provides services for more than 40,000 patients from the UK and other countries each year.

http://www.healthimaginghub.com/article/1647-the-royal-marsden-hospital-implements-carestream-ris.html

Childhood Cancer Survivals Have Higher Risk For Cardiac Function Abnormalities

According to a new study, patients who survive cancer in their childhood are facing higher risk of having cardiac function abnormalities in long-term. The study was published in the July 26 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine, one of the JAMA/Archives journals. The researchers of the study noted that the survival rate of cancer in childhood has improved from only 20% during 1940s to reach 80% roughly in the current time.

http://www.healthimaginghub.com/article/1648-childhood-cancer-survivals-have-higher-risk-for-cardiac-function-abnormalities.html

What is Vendor Neutral Archive (VNA)?

Vendor Neutral Archive or VNA is one of the most frequently discussed terms among PACS vendors and users. However, there was no definite description of VNA in PACS community. So an important question is appearing now, what is the accurate definition of VNA?
A "true" Vendor Neutral Archive or VNA is an enterprise archive that is centralizing storage and managing diagnostic images throughout several different Picture Archiving and Communications Systems (PACS). Vendor Neutral Archives are covering the need of mobilizing patient data from individual silos, thus, the data can be exchanged in an easier way and the data can also be linked to other patient information in order to establish more complete medical record. A true VNA also allows access to the diagnostic images if the current PACS  is not operational, allowing the access results in achieving higher levels of disaster recovery and business continuity in addition to more control over the long-term preservation of diagnostic images.

Read More About Vendor Neutral Archive

Download VNA (Vendor Neutral Archive) White Paper: Please download the white paper and the checklist below.

• What is a VNA (Vendor Neutral Archive) Anyway?
• VNA (Vendor Neutral Archive) RFI-RFP Checklist

Vendor Neutral Archive (VNA) - White Paper

This white paper proposes a definition of a Vendor Neutral Archive (VNA) that identifies different architecture levels and their specific functionality. The various components which make up the core of a healthcare image and information management system will be discussed. It also provides the key advantages of a VNA compared with a proprietary solution. A checklist which can be used when evaluating and/or requesting a RFI/RFP for a VNA is included as an attachment.

Source: Vendor Neutral Archive (VNA) - White Paper