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Terumo OpusWave

The OpusWave Dual Sensor Imaging captures both IVUS and OFDI, providing users with two complementary views of the coronaries at the same time.

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Radiologist Henry C. Lusane, MD, with Acumen Medical Imaging, interpreted the scans, reporting the mass as benign, a mistake later leading to a terminal cancer diagnosis. 

Cybersecurity lock

The Women’s Center for Radiology, which was acquired by Solis Mammography in January, hired a cybersecurity firm to help investigate the scope of the matter. 

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Most medical societies urge their clinical-guidance developers to include cost data alongside care recommendations. Yet less than a quarter of published advisements—22.5%—contain evidence-based discussions on economic considerations or resource consumption. 

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The health network, which operates 37 hospitals in California, drastically reduced scheduling delays after integrating an FDA-cleared algorithm designed to speed up imaging acquisition times.  

Heatwave forces MRI scanners offline

High temperatures in the U.K. are putting pressure on an already strained healthcare system, with imaging equipment on the fritz due to overheating.

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A report from Trilliant Health looking at payer data found that, as prescriptions for the popular weight loss drugs spike, so rises the number of approved benefits. 

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As of the end of June, U.S. nurses have staged at least eight strikes in 2026. Six or so more are planned, and one continues unsettled from 2025.

Artivion, an Atlanta-based medical device company, has received a Humanitarian Device Exemption (HDE) from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its AMDS Hybrid Prosthesis designed to treat DeBakey Type 1 dissections when malperfusion occurs. This HDE ensures select patients can be treated with the device before the FDA makes its final approval decision.

The AMDS Hybrid Prosthesis was designed to help clinicians treat DeBakey Type 1 dissections complicated by malperfusion. It works as a complement to hemiarch replacement, preserving the native arch and making reinterventions possible if needed. 

The recall includes a total of nearly 45,000 devices that should be returned to the manufacturer.

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New Neiman research explores how Medicare's New Technology Add-On Payment has impacted use of an AI triage tool for pinpointing severe strokes. 

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The Improving Seniors’ Timely Access to Care Act seeks to streamline the “often cumbersome and time-consuming” task of approving requests for medical imaging in Medicare Advantage. 

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The OpusWave Dual Sensor Imaging captures both IVUS and OFDI, providing users with two complementary views of the coronaries at the same time.

Radiologist Henry C. Lusane, MD, with Acumen Medical Imaging, interpreted the scans, reporting the mass as benign, a mistake later leading to a terminal cancer diagnosis. 

The Women’s Center for Radiology, which was acquired by Solis Mammography in January, hired a cybersecurity firm to help investigate the scope of the matter.