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Bayer's MRI contrast drug should get 'lowest risk' NSF label, panel says.

The first imaging agent to detect Alzheimer's plaques in living brains gets conditional OK.

Global ultrasound market could hit $5.6 billion by 2015.

Florbetapir and Gadovist come under agency eyes this week.

The medical device industry cautiously welcomes changes to the device clearance process, but activists fault the agency for delaying controversial reforms.

Researchers say a PET imaging agent is able to detect a biomarker for Alzheimer's disease.

Largely symbolic GOP-backed measure unlikely to pass Democratic-controlled Senate.

An exclusive glimpse into the growth of CT in the ER and OR.

USPSTF confirms proposed guidelines floated last year.

Outsourcing CT scans to a private clinic provokes outcry from labor groups and politicians.

Radiology benefits manager set to appeal $11.7 million verdict in antitrust case.

The market continues to drive innovation.

A DOTmed Business News exclusive report into the developments in this sector.

Sector prospers as cash-strapped hospitals look to keep older equipment alive.

Significant proportions of hospitals and physicians plan to adopt electronic health records, according to a new survey.

Group estimates 231,400 patients might have been affected by the breach.

Highest prices since the Civil War could mean strains on your budget.

Researchers say therapy is no longer "experimental" when it comes to low-risk prostate cancer patients.

Varian's ProBeam could be treating patients as early as 2013.

First field test confirms CT scan's bullet-tracking prowess.

The Supreme Court unanimously ruled that medical residents should be considered employees when it comes to gathering their Social Security taxes.

This month in 1934, Marie Curie's daughter discovered artificial radioactivity.

Hologic Inc. said Friday it bought Interlace Medical Inc., a manufacturer of a device for removing uterine fibroids, for $125 million in cash.

Abbott gets CE Mark for dissolving stent.

Families can return to their homes after officials say they've fixed a tornado-damaged MRI unit they feared might explode.

A wafer-thin plurality favors repealing the health reform bill.

Doctors ordering in-house PET, MR and CT scans must now inform patients of at least five rival imaging suppliers.

Medicare fee-for-service payments for many kinds of imaging are now around 4 percent higher for nonradiologists, according to the study.

Update represents a cut of about 7.8 percent from last year's conversion factor.

Images from medical scans brought by patients on CDs, DVDs or other media for radiologists to view often can't be used, according to a new survey.

Imaging center chain finishes purchase of New York teleradiology group.

Sex assault scandal rages, CT scans reveal the hidden aging in our faces, and residents discover radiologist referral letters in the rubbish.

Contract for Mo-99 to last through 2013.

A DOTmed News exclusive report on the mobile mammography boom.

And nearly one in 10 gets a CT scan, according to a new study.

Anesthesia induces a brain state that more closely resembles a controlled, reversible coma than sleep, according to a new study.

The imaging software maker sealed the purchasing deal for about $12.9 million.

A U.S. biotech company is first to receive FDA clearance for two trials using human embryonic stem cells.