''Ultrasounds are just as effective as CT scans at finding kidney stones and should be used as a first step to avoid unnecessary radiation exposure, researchers say. The study in the New England Journal of Medicine randomised nearly 3,000 people who ...'

''Radiopaque Solutions, Inc., the world leader in x-ray visible materials technology, has released a new High Definition x-ray visible coating for medical device use. The biocompatible radiopaque coating material is in widespread use as the base material ...'

''X-ray phase-contrast imaging is a method that uses the refraction of X-rays through a specimen instead of attenuation resulting from absorption. The images produced with this method are often of much higher quality than those based on absorption. The ...'

''Hospitals are now able to address their interventional cardiology needs with Toshiba America Medical Systems, Inc.'s newest X-ray system, the Infinix™ Essential. As healthcare reform challenges hospitals to do more with less, the Infinix Essential is an ...'

''An Albuquerque startup company has licensed a Sandia National Laboratories technology that offers a way to make molybdenum-99, a key radioactive isotope needed for diagnostic imaging in nuclear medicine, in the United States. Known as moly 99, it is made ...'

''Investigators of the COSMOS (Continuous Observation of SMOking Subjects) study show good compliance and patient survival outcomes using a 5-year low-dose computed tomography (LDCT) screening protocol in individuals at high-risk of developing lung cancer. ...'

''Among patients with a certain type of colorectal cancer with limited spread to the liver, imaging using positron emission tomography and computed tomography (CT) before surgery did not significantly change the surgical treatment of the cancer, compared ...'

''Shimadzu Medical Systems USA, announced today an agreement with Konica Minolta Medical Imaging to expand the availability of the AeroDR Portable Wireless solution to the advanced MobileArt portable X-ray systems. The new wireless mobile imaging solution ...'

''Radiopaque Solutions, Inc., the industry leader in the design and application of x-ray visible materials technology, announced the production of new high definition radiopaque catheter marker bands. The new bands will replace traditional metal bands used ...'

''An imaging technique used in medicine could help detect hidden nuclear material, according to the results of a computer simulation reported this week in the Journal of Applied Physics1. The work suggests a way to improve efforts to stem illegal transport ...'