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Philips issues security advisory for cardiac imaging, information management software

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The U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Control Systems Cyber Emergency Response Team (ICS-CERT) and Philips Healthcare issued security advisories for vulnerabilities regarding the Philips' IntelliSpace Cardiovascular (ISCV) and Xcelera cardiology image and information management software products on Aug. 14.

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Scotland's radiology shortage reaches ‘red alert’

August 16, 2018 | Practice Management

There’s a national shortage of radiologists in Scotland. Raigmore Hospital in Inverness is losing its last interventional radiologist in a substantive post this week, BBC reported. The head of the country’s radiology group says the situation is dire.

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MRI reveals contact lens embedded in woman’s eye for 28 years

August 16, 2018 | Imaging

A 42-year-old British woman was shocked to find from an MRI scan that her swollen eye was because a contact lens was embedded in her eyelid for 28 years, according to a recent article by CNN.

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Light-emitting nanoparticles may provide safer deep-tissue imaging, guide radiation therapy

August 16, 2018 | Advanced Visualization

Researchers from the Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory have developed an imaging application that utilizes light-emitting nanoparticles and could provide a safer way to see deeper into living tissue and cells, according to research published Aug. 6 in Nature Communications.

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15-minute PET acquisition time for rectal cancer improves care—without extending scan time

August 16, 2018 | Molecular Imaging

Extending PET acquisition time during PET/MRI for rectal cancer staging increases identified lymph nodes and has no impact on scan time, reported authors of a recent American Journal of Roentgenology study.

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Stanford’s “glowing” imaging technique could diagnose TB in an hour

August 16, 2018 | Diagnostic Imaging

Tuberculosis (TB) could now be diagnosed in an hour with a new imaging technique guided by glowing bacteria and developed by researchers at Stanford University.

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Thomas Berquist to retire as editor of AJR in 2020

August 16, 2018 | Practice Management

Thomas H. Berquist, MD, will step down from his position as editor-in-chief of the American Journal of Roentgenology (AJR) after 12 years at the journal, according to an AJR statement.

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Yale researchers link genetics, imaging to improve analysis of brain’s molecular activity

August 15, 2018 | Molecular Imaging

Yale University reserachers have developed a new approach that can provide more information about molecular function inside the brain through linking gene expression patterns to brain signals captured by MRI-derived T1-weighted/T2-weighted mapping.

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TBI linked to increased risk of suicide

August 15, 2018 | Practice Management

Those with traumatic brain injury (TBI) experienced an increased risk of suicide, according to a Danish study of more than 34,000 individuals.

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4 brain-scan checks that can improve care for stroke victims

August 15, 2018 | Diagnostic Imaging

Patients who have suffered a stroke may be helped by four easy checks of their brain CT scans, according to a large analysis published August 14 in The Lancet Neurology.

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fMRI reveals sleep deprivation can trigger loneliness, social rejection

August 15, 2018 | Neuroimaging

“The less sleep you get, the less you want to socially interact. In turn, other people perceive you as more socially repulsive, further increasing the grave social-isolation impact of sleep loss,” said Matthew Walker, PhD, a professor of psychology and neuroscience at UC, Berkeley.

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SNMMI urges FDA to help alleviate shortage of gallium-68

August 15, 2018 | Healthcare Economics & Policy

Currently, only one generator is FDA approved for the production of Ga-68 Dotatate injection (NetSpot), a radiopharmaceutical utilized for positron emission tomography (PET) imaging and radionuclide therapy in patients with neuroendocrine tumors (NET), according to a SNMMI letter sent to the FDA on Aug. 6.

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Fluorescent dye enables longer bioimaging of single molecules

August 15, 2018 | Advanced Visualization

Chemists from Japan have developed a photostable fluorescent dye that enables long-term bioimaging of living cells in the near infrared region (NIR), according to a new study in Angewandte Chemie International Edition.

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Radiology employee fired after using racial slur during argument

August 14, 2018 | Practice Management

A radiology employee at Mississippi Baptist Medical Center in Jackson, Mississippi, was fired after he was captured on video Aug. 11 using a racial slur at a local donut shop, WJTV 12 reported.

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Large online brain cancer dataset—including genomics and imaging scans—released to the public

August 14, 2018 | Imaging Informatics

One of the two largest brain cancer data collections in the U.S. has been made publicly available to researchers worldwide through the Georgetown Database of Cancer (G-DOC), according to an Aug. 10 release from Georgetown University’s Lombardi Cancer Center.

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Quality doctor-patient communication results in better cancer care

August 14, 2018 | Practice Management

New research from the American Cancer Society found cancer patients who reported experiencing better communication with a provider typically received more efficient care, fewer office visits and improved outcomes.

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Report: Radiologists involved in 15% of diagnosis-related malpractice claims

August 14, 2018 | Practice Management

Radiologists are involved in 15 percent of diagnosis-related malpractice claims, with 80 percent of those cases resulting in permanent injury or death, according to a debut report from medical liability insurer Coverys.

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