ROCHESTER, N.Y., June 9 — Murray-Calloway County Hospital (Murray, Ky.) recently purchased and installed two Carestream portable X-ray systems and a room-based X-ray imaging system to enhance the quality and productivity of its radiology services. The 140-bed hospital is the only acute care hospital in the region to receive a four-star ranking by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS).

Hakusan, Japan, June, 6th, 2016 – EIZO Corporation (TSE: 6737) announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement with Panasonic Healthcare Co., Ltd. of Japan to acquire Panasonic Healthcare’s endoscopy monitor business.

SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA – June 3, 2016 – Merry X-Ray Corporation, the nation’s largest independent distributor of medical x-ray equipment, supplies and service has acquired Health Tech Inc.

Three physicians were named finalists for the 10th annual Toshiba Young Investigators Awards, according to an announcement from the Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography (SCCT).

Individuals with early forms of Alzheimer’s disease (AD) were found to have leakage in the blood-brain barrier (BBB), according to a recent study published in Radiology, and that leakage may be “a key mechanism in the early stages of the disease.”

In the past, researchers have recommended ultrasound surveillance of patients with testicular microlithiasis (TM) due to a stated association between TM and testicular cancer (TC). However, according to a recent analysis published by the American Journal of Roentgenology, more recent recommendations do not support such surveillance when no other risk factors (family history, infertility, and so on) are prevalent. 

ASE says new data may be a “wake-up call” to recognize the value of echocardiography.  

During intravenous microbubble infusion, high mechanical index (HMI) impulses from a diagnostic ultrasound transducer helped prevent microvascular obstruction and improved functional outcomes at one-month follow-up in patients with STEMI who underwent PCI.