The Society of Breast Imaging (SBI) and Oxford University Press (OUP) announced Wednesday, Oct. 10, that they are partnering to publish a new peer-reviewed journal focused on breast imaging, the Journal of Breast Imaging (JBI).

The £1 million ($1.3 million U.S.) pilot project will target more than 7,000 smokers or former smokers between the ages of 60 to 75 years in the U.K., according to a recent report by The Standard U.K.

Researchers found a modified structured reporting template to monitor ultrasound (US)-performed deep vein thrombosis (DVT) outcomes was widely adopted at their institution and accurately determined positive DVT rates across various patient locations.

MINNEAPOLIS, Oct. 10, 2018 – Cardialen, Inc., a medical device company developing a low-energy implantable defibrillation therapy designed to more gently restore normal heart rhythm, announced today the closing of a $17 million Series B investment led by RiverVest Venture Partners, along with Qiming Venture Partners, HBM Healthcare Investments and Cultivation Capital.

A genomic risk prediction tool developed by researchers in Australia and the U.K. has achieved greater risk discrimination than its predecessors while identifying patients at the highest and lowest likelihood of developing coronary artery disease (CAD), according to a study published ahead of print in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology.

Many breast cancer patients choose a mastectomy over breast conservation therapy so that they no longer need to worry about future screening or a biopsy. However, according to new research published in the Annals of Surgical Oncology, up to 15.5 percent of patients who undergo a unilateral or bilateral mastectomy still require breast imaging later in life.

OCHESTER, NY—Asante Ashland Community Hospital (Ashland, Ore.) purchased a CARESTREAM DRX-Evolution (see video link), CARESTREAM DRX-Excel Plus, CARESTREAM DRX-Ascend System and CARESTREAM DRX-Revolution Mobile X-ray System to expedite image access, enhance image quality and lower patient dose. The hospital also upgraded an existing portable system to DR with a CARESTREAM DRX-1 System. 

Multinational investment holding conglomerate Tencent and healthcare firm Medopad are partnering to train systems to use artificial intelligence (AI) to provide better diagnoses of Parkinson’s disease, according to a report by VentureBeat.

Enterprise imaging continues to gain importance in healthcare as technologies evolve and providers grow larger and larger. Mix in the industry’s laser-like focus on such topics as data analytics, security, and interoperability and it’s easy to see why so many organizations are working around the clock to beef up their enterprise imaging strategies and plan for the years ahead.

When cardiologists get involved in the treatment of patients with a history of cancer and newly diagnosed atrial fibrillation (AFib), those people see a subsequent 11 percent reduction in the risk of stroke, according to a new study in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology. But those visits occur less often for that subgroup of patients than in AFib patients without cancer.