ROCHESTER, N.Y., Aug. 23 — Franciscan Health Rensselaer (Rensselaer, Ind.) purchased a new CARESTREAM DRX-Excel Plus radiography/fluoroscopy (R/F) system and a CARESTREAM DRX-Evolution Plus to deliver rapid access to high-quality X-ray images that help physicians assess and treat patients at this critical access hospital.

After reviewing the available literature, the societies said that rest-stress myocardial perfusion PET was a first-line preferred test for patients with known or suspected coronary artery disease who meet the criteria for stress imaging and are unable to complete the diagnostic level exercise stress imaging study.

As we continue to move closer to the 2016 presidential election, it seems like opponents of both parties are getting meaner and nastier. With that hate-filled climate in mind, I wanted to applaud the Medical Imaging & Technology Alliance (MITA) for handing out several “2016 Innovation Awards” this summer to politicians who have made a positive impact on the medical imaging industry. 

WAYNE, NJ--(Marketwired - August 01, 2016) - Konica Minolta announced today that Shimadzu Medical Systems has selected the AeroDR as the exclusive flat panel detector for the newly designed MobileDaRt MX7i portable DR imaging system. Working collaboratively with Konica Minolta Medical Imaging, Shimadzu has developed this brand new system as the flagship Mobile Radiology solution, integrating Konica Minolta's AeroDR panels into Shimadzu's leading X-ray portable system and proprietary software to deliver optimized workflow and ease-of-use in all portable imaging environments including the Intensive Care Unit (ICU), Emergency Room (ER), Operating Room (OR) and the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU).

Siemens Healthineers has expanded its imaging offering within the operating theatre, launching a range of minimally invasive interventional systems to the UK market. The new Cios family of mobile C-arms includes the Cios Fusion, Cios Connect, Cios Select, and the premium Cios Alpha system. The systems have been designed with a range of specialities in mind including orthopaedics, traumatology and vascular surgery, contributing excellent precision in the operating theatre.

“Athlete’s heart” is a documented phenomenon in which the hearts of endurance athletes become enlarged in response to high levels of exercise. Aware of the condition, physicians are careful not to misdiagnose athletes with heart disease, which is a potential cause of an enlarged heart.

Leesburg, VA, Aug. 1, 2016 — A study released in the July 2016 issue of the American Journal of Roentgenology found that biphenotypic primary liver carcinoma (also called hepatocholangiocarcinoma) may be misclassified as hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) if interpretation is based on major imaging features alone.

University of Houston researchers are developing strategies to help regenerate heart muscle cell formation.