For many years gadolinium-based contrast agents (GBCAs) have been considered the go-to for MRI studies, but a new discovery suggests that another material could be a well-suited alternative in the future—diamond dust.Read More

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration recently handed down a warning to Royal Philips for failing to appropriately address manufacturing issues related to some of the company’s imaging equipment.Read More

Four imaging societies shared their criticism in a recent letter to leaders at the commercial insurer. They’re concerned about coverage for basivertebral nerve ablation, a minimally invasive interventional procedure meant to help address lower back pain.Read More

American Health Imaging is the seller, with the centres altogether handling over 100,000 procedures per year and collecting $15 million in annual revenue.Read More

Medical physics plays a large role in radiology and is one of the subspecialty session tracts at the annual Radiological Society of North America meeting.Read More

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) voted in support of the benefit-risk profile of Lumisight (pegulicianine), an imaging enhancement agent used with the Lumicell fluorescent-guided imaging system.Read More

Interlune, a natural resource extraction company, has unveiled plans to extract Helium-3 and other resources from the moon. Helium-3 isotopes are scarce on Earth and there is high demand for a scalable supply, as it’s vital for medical imaging, quantum computing and fusion energy.Read More

Aycan has launched a “mini” enterprise imaging PACS designed for smaller practices, offering them a chance to store and share medical images in a more cost-effective way.Read More

IRLS Radiopharmacies is expanding its drug manufacturing capabilities through an agreement with global radioisotope developer Eckert & Ziegler. As part of the supply contract, all 31 of RLS’s radiopharmacies will be equipped with generators capable of producing Gallium-68 pharmaceuticals, which are used for PET imaging cancers.Read More

In an attempt to comply with the information blocking provision of the 21st Century Cure Act that gives patients freedom to review their data, a large three-campus health system opted to provide patients with swift access to elements of their electronic health information, including imaging results.Read More