Attendees at the Association of Medical Imaging Management (AHRA) Meeting and Exposition this week will have the opportunity to see the latest entries to the growing line of 14x17 inch wireless flat panel detectors by Rayence, the new 1417WCC (Csl) and 1417WGC (Gadox).  

In order to help treat an aging detainee population being held at the Guantanamo Bay Navy Base in Cuba, the detention center ordered a $1.65 million mobile MRI in 2012. The problem? The scanner never made it to its destination.

Ultrasound boutiques offering elective ultrasounds for expectant mothers seems like a harmless bit of fun for parents looking to collect images or video of their child before they are even born, but the FDA and others are not as amused.

Konica Minolta Medical Imaging, a world-class provider and market leader in medical diagnostic Primary Imaging Solutions, announced today a partnership with SonoSim to provide an integrated ultrasound training solution for the SONIMAGE P3 hand-held ultrasound system.

The Medical Imaging & Technology Alliance (MITA) today said that patients and healthcare providers will benefit from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) mandate that medical imaging and radiation therapy (RT) equipment in hospitals must be maintained according to the manufacturer’s recommended maintenance standard. 

vRad (Virtual Radiologic), the  largest U.S. telemedicine company and radiology practice with over 450 physicians, and Ramsay Diagnostics, a network of imaging centers in St. Petersburg and Moscow, have announced they have signed an exclusive agreement with plans to increase their footprint across Russia.

Richard J. Albin, the pathologist who is often cited for having discovered the prostate-specific antigen (PSA) in 1970, makes a case against prostate screening in his new book, coauthored with Ronald Piana, The Great Prostate Hoax: How Big Medicine Hijacked the PSA Test and Caused a Public Health Disaster, as reported by the Washington Post on May 12. 

McKesson Technology Solutions, a leading provider of healthcare IT and enterprise medical imaging solutions, is pleased to announce that Erkan Akyuz will be joining the organization as president, Imaging & Workflow Solutions (IWS).