News & Updates

Check here regularly for news about medical imaging and updates from MITA.

• In The News
  08.25.10

  Health Care Gap May Raise Rates of Colorectal Cancer Death in Blacks

  Unequal health care may explain why black colorectal cancer patients have a much higher death rate than white patients, a new U.S. study suggests.

• In The News
  08.25.10

  Payor reaction to healthcare reform could affect radiology

  Amid the political firestorm over U.S. healthcare reform, one point has been ignored: the reaction of healthcare payors.

• In The News
  08.24.10

  AHA endorses cardiac CT for low-risk patients

  Cardiac CT is safe, accurate, and cost-effective in low-risk patients presenting with chest pain, according to a scientific statement published by the American Heart Association (AHA) of Dallas.

• In The News
  08.24.10

  Researchers hope to quell a surge of Alzheimer’s cases with new diagnostic tools

  New brain-imaging technologies will help the researchers evaluate the drugs’ efficacy.

• In The News
  08.24.10

  Extracolonic findings add value to VC screening

  In a new study of more than 2,000 patients, virtual colonoscopy found nearly as many cancers outside the colon as inside it.

• In The News
  08.20.10

  ASIR cuts dose by 27% in coronary CT angiography

  A low-dose coronary CT angiography (CTA) technique known as adaptive statistical iterative reconstruction (ASIR) can reduce the radiation dose associated with coronary CTA by 27%, according to a study published online August 20 in the American Journal of Roentgenology.

• In The News
  08.19.10

  Radiology: Rad role may evolve as image-guided biopsies trend up

  CT, ultrasound and MRI have helped shift biopsy techniques away from more invasive approaches toward image-guided percutaneous techniques, according to a study published in the September issue of Radiology.

• In The NewsMITA News
  08.16.10

  Vital Images CEO joins MITA board

  The Medical Imaging and Technology Alliance (MITA) of Arlington, VA, has added a new member to its board of directors.

• In The NewsMITA News
  08.16.10

  Blame Game Begins While FDA Finalizes Report on Excessive Radiation Doses

  While the FDA finalizes a report on its investigation into hundreds of excessive radiation cases, state officials, healthcare providers and federal lawmakers are already pointing fingers.

• In The News
  08.16.10

  Gold in scan finds dangerous artery clogs: U.S. study

  Using an experimental scanner and nanoparticles of gold, U.S. researchers said they have found a way to identify the most dangerous types of blocked arteries.