As radiation exposure continues to grab headlines and patients ply physicians with questions, more providers are transitioning to low-dose imaging. However, the road to low-dose CT is riddled with potholes.

Researchers from the Indiana University Center for Aging Research and the Regenstrief Institute are conducting the nation’s first randomized controlled dementia screening trial to weigh the benefits and risks of routine screening for dementia. The results of the five-year trial will help policy-makers, individuals and families weigh the pros and cons of routine screening of adults age 65 and older.

A review article published in a special issue of Nature Reviews Neurology dedicated to traumatic brain injury (TBI) came with a plea for more long-term studies and identification of genetic risk factors for permanent disability stemming from chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) and Alzheimer’s disease.

COLUMBIA, Mo. – Cancer painfully ends more than 500,000 lives in the United States each year, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The scientific crusade against cancer recently achieved a victory under the leadership of University of Missouri Curators’ Professor M. Frederick Hawthorne. Hawthorne’s team has developed a new form of radiation therapy that successfully put cancer into remission in mice. This innovative treatment produced none of the harmful side-effects of conventional chemo and radiation cancer therapies. Clinical trials in humans could begin soon after Hawthorne secures funding.

BOCA RATON, Fla.--The future of MRI imaging arrives at West Boca Diagnostic Imaging with the installation of the first Echelon Oval MR in the state of Florida. The Echelon Oval 1.5T MR system by Hitachi Medical Systems of America Inc. features the game-changing 74 cm oval shaped bore - the widest bore available in the industry offering maximum patient comfort and accommodation.

NEW YORK, April 5, 2013 – To expand imaging capabilities and improve productivity, Toshiba America Medical Systems, Inc. introduces Innovation 2013, new FDA-cleared software advancements for the AplioTM 500 and Aplio 300 ultrasound systems, at the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine (AIUM) annual meeting in New York, April 6-10, 2013 (Booth #510).

ROCHESTER, N.Y.--After a six-month evaluation that involved on-site testing of six portable digital imaging systems, four CARESTREAM DRX-Revolution Mobile X-ray Systems were installed at Indiana University Health Methodist Hospital (Indianapolis, Ind). These versatile X-ray systems perform more than 150 exams a day in the 650-bed hospital.

ROCHESTER, N.Y., April 4 — The CARESTREAM DRX-Revolution Mobile X-ray System earned the top rating in MD Buyline’s First Quarter 2013 User Satisfaction Report for portable radiographic systems. Users gave the DRX-Revolution the highest rating in all six categories in the report, which included three other suppliers.