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Image: The new DRX Core detector (Photo courtesy of Carestream Health).

Imaging Provider Releases New Family of Digital Radiology Detectors

A large medical imaging equipment manufacturer has released a new family of Digital Radiology (DR) core detectors intended for use in mobile imaging, imaging centers, small and mid-sized hospitals, urgent care centers, specialized clinics, and other facilities. More...
20 Sep 2016

Trained Radiologists Can Detect Breast Cancer in An Instant

Researchers at Brigham and Women's Hospital, the University of York, and other institutions showed radiologists mammograms for half a second, and found that they could identify abnormal mammograms at better than chance levels. They further tested this ability through a series of four experiments to explore what signal may alert radiologists to the presence of a possible abnormality, in the hopes of using these insights to improve breast cancer screening and early detection. More...
15 Sep 2016
Image: A bony growth on the toe of a hominid from between 1.6 million and 1.8 million years ago (Photo courtesy of P. Randolph-Quinney/UCLAN).

X-Ray Studies of Two Million-Year-Old Fossil Reveal Earliest Known Cancer

The results of two studies carried out in South Africa, and in the UK, suggest that a hominid who lived between 1.6 million to 1.8 million years ago, had a potentially-fatal bone cancer. More...
13 Sep 2016
Image: The image displays an example of Hippocampal-sparing whole brain radiotherapy (Photo courtesy of ResearchGate).

Brain Radiotherapy May Not Be Necessary for Patients with Lung Cancer Metastases

The results of a phase 3 randomized trial have revealed that there was no beneficial effect in terms of survival rate or quality of life, for patients who underwent whole brain radiotherapy, compared to those who received only steroid treatment and supportive care. More...
13 Sep 2016
Image: A multi-ciliated cell, as seen in a scanning electron micrograph (SEM) (Photo courtesy of Biomedical Optics Express).

Imaging Technique Provides Physicians and Researchers with New Tools

A new optical imaging technique called biophotonics is providing researchers and clinicians with new non-invasive imaging tools to study biological molecules, tissue, and cells. More...
12 Sep 2016
Image: The RADSpeed Pro EDGE system (Photo courtesy of Shimadzu).

Radiographic Table with Advanced Applications Package Released

A medical equipment manufacturer that developed the world’s first mobile Digital Radiology (DR) system has launched a new radiographic table system, and an optional series of new advanced applications including tomosynthesis, advanced auto-stitching, and dual energy subtraction. More...
06 Sep 2016
Image: A sentinel node biopsy for breast cancer diagnosis (Photo courtesy of CancerQuest).

Novel SLN Tracer Maps Breast Cancer Metastasis

A new study describes how a novel sentinel lymph node (SLN) radiotracer helps determine breast cancer spread by targeting a specific antigen. More...
01 Sep 2016
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The MedImaging Radiology channel covers fluoroscopy, digital radiography, computerized tomography, mammography, interventional radiology, and other medical uses of X-ray imaging as well as related instrumentation, trends and safety issues.