News & Updates
Check here regularly for news about medical imaging and updates from MITA.
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In The News 08.16.10
New Cardiac Imaging Device Pioneered
Researchers from Mount Sinai School of Medicine have for the first time developed a way to visualize coronary artery plaques vulnerable to rupture using multi-color computed tomography (CT), an innovation that will lead to better and earlier diagnosis of cardiovascular disease.
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FDA is holding a meeting Sept. 14 to start a public dialogue on the next reauthorization of medical device user fees, more than two years before Congress needs to renew the program.
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A website designed to use comparative effectiveness research to help patients and their doctors choose a treatment option for localized, low-risk prostate cancer begins a test run in New England this week.
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Dual-source CT (DSCT) accurately identifies significant coronary artery disease in patients with rate-controlled atrial fibrillation, researchers from Germany report in the July 11 online issue of European Heart Journal.
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Despite the dwindling number of days left on the legislative calendar this year, sponsors of legislation to better protect the public against the hazards of radiological procedures to diagnose and treat disease says they’ve got a shot at getting it into the lawbooks this year.
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In 2003, a group of scientists and executives from the National Institutes of Health, the Food and Drug Administration, the drug and medical-imaging industries, universities and nonprofit groups joined in a project that experts say had no precedent: a collaborative effort to find the biological markers that show the progression of Alzheimer’s disease in the human brain.
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A large waistline more than doubles the risk that people in their 40s will develop precancerous cells in the colon, according to Korean researchers.
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Changes in breast cancer mortality after 1988 varied widely among European countries, and the U.K. is among the countries with the largest reductions, found a study published Aug. 11 in the British Medical Journal.
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Scientists are making steady gains toward developing tests that can predict whether patients with mild cognitive difficulties or even no symptoms at all are likely to progress to full-blown Alzheimer’s disease.
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A 15-minute brain scan could in future be used to test for autism, helping doctors diagnose the complex condition more cheaply and accurately.
Access to Virtual Colonoscopy
In line with American Cancer Society guidelines, H.R. 5461 would give Medicare patients access to CT colonography, often referred to as “virtual colonoscopy.” Access to virtual colonoscopy has been shown to increase colorectal cancer screening rates. Learn More
Further Enhancing Radiation Therapy
A new industry-wide initiative to develop and implement additional patient protection features for radiation therapy equipment will help ensure that cancer patients receive their treatments as intended. Learn More
CT Radiation Dose Check Initiative
As part of its ongoing commitment to ensuring safe, appropriate and effective medical imaging, MITA and CT manufacturers are spearheading the effort to include new, more expansive radiation dose safeguards on CT technology. Learn More
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