''Kidney cancer is a radiographic diagnosis which means treatment decisions are often made based on the findings of a solid mass on CT or MRI. Unfortunately these tests cannot distinguish the different types of kidney cancers which have variable risks. As ...'

''Including a coronary artery calcium score in a risk assessment for future heart disease events, such as heart attacks, provides a better estimate in some populations than a standard coronary risk factors assessment, according to research supported by ...'

''Just as with computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), the growth rate among non-radiologists who own or lease positron emission tomography (PET) equipment is also on the rise, contributing significantly to the ongoing issues ...'

''Medical radiation, used to diagnose and treat patients, has saved countless lives in this country. But some doctors now warn that more needs to be done to ensure that the technology is used more safely. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said ...'

''The need for tools, such as X-ray instruments, in these environments is on the rise. In particular, portable instruments are seeing widespread uptake, and are poised to buoy the future prospects for the X-ray instrumentation market. New analysis from ...'

''For many years, a large number of experts have argued that repeated exposures to radiation may be be associated with an increased risk of developing cancer for the general public. The US National Institutes of Health (NIH) have recently decided to ...'

''The plan for broad use of X-ray body scanners to detect bombs or weapons under airline passengers' clothes has rekindled a debate about the safety of delivering small doses of radiation to millions of people - a process some experts say is certain to ...'

''A study published in the January issue of the American Journal of Roentgenology found that the image quality of multi-detector computed tomography (MDCT) scans can be significantly affected by patient characteristics such as ethnicity, body mass index ...'

''A large multicenter international trial found that the image quality of multi-detector computed tomography (MDCT) scans, used for the noninvasive detection of coronary artery disease, can be significantly affected by patient characteristics such as ...'

''Bank of America has recently restarted its coverage of the world's largest manufacturer of dental consumables, Dentsply (NASDAQ: XRAY). Dentsply is likely to benefit from growing dental needs of rising middle class in growing economies. In developed ...'