CHICAGO – Two breast imaging technologies reported at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA; Oak Brook, Illinois) fill significant voids in cases where traditional mammography and MRI fail to accurately diagnose cancer. (Diagnostics & Imaging Week)

CHICAGO – Technology advances and radiology provider shortages are intersecting in Europe with the R-Bay project, an EU-funded effort to create a virtual exchange of radiology services across numerous countries. (Medical Device Daily)

CHICAGO – One doesn't immediately connect radiological innovation with mental health diagnosis or care. But two reports out of the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA; Oak Brook, Illinois) this week highlighted, first, how one young radiologist astutely identified an emerging and disturbing psychiatric disorder among teens, and, second, the role functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) is playing in future treatments of stress-related disorders. (Medical Device Daily)

CHICAGO – Two breast imaging technologies reported at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA; Oak Brook, Illinois) fill significant voids in cases where traditional mammography and MRI fail to accurately diagnose cancer. (Medical Device Daily)

CHICAGO – Why not kill two birds with one stone — especially when those fowl are cancer and osteoporosis? That's the theory behind new research which has shown that computed tomography (CT) colonography, also known as virtual colonoscopy, has the potential to screen for both colorectal cancer and osteoporosis in one shot. (Diagnostics & Imaging Week)

CHICAGO – Why not kill two birds with one stone – especially when those fowl are cancer and osteoporosis? That's the theory behind new research which has shown that computed tomography (CT) colonography, also known as virtual colonoscopy, has the potential to screen for both colorectal cancer and osteoporosis in one shot. (Medical Device Daily)

CHICAGO – Breast augmentation is the most popular cosmetic procedure in the U.S. Millions of women have implants – 347,500 in 2007 alone. But like other women, one in eight will be faced with breast cancer. For these cancer patients, treatment is far more devastating – often resulting in mastectomy rather than lumpectomy, due to treatment complications. (Medical Device Daily)