News & Updates

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

• In The NewsMITA News
  08.06.10

  CARE bill for medical radiation, imaging services introduced

  The Consistency, Accuracy, Responsibility and Excellence (CARE) in Medical Imaging and Radiation Therapy bill (S. 3737) was introduced in the U.S. Senate last week for the establishment of minimum education and credentialing standards for personnel who plan and deliver radiation therapy treatments and medical imaging services as part of the Medicare program.

• In The NewsMITA News
  08.06.10

  Care Act Builds on Manufacturing Industry Efforts to Ensure Safe and Effective Medical Imaging Services

  The Medical Imaging & Technology Alliance (MITA) voiced its support today for the “Consistency, Accuracy, Responsibility, and Excellence in Medical Imaging and Radiation Therapy Act of 2010,” introduced yesterday by Senators Mike Enzi (R-WY) and Tom Harkin (D-IA).

• In The News
  08.06.10

  CMS alters PET policy for treatment planning

  The U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has changed its reimbursement policy, which previously called for payment for only one PET scan for treatment planning in patients with solid tumors and myeloma.

• In The News
  08.06.10

  Combined PET/CT CAD improves lung nodule detection

  Researchers in Japan have developed computer-aided detection (CAD) software that detects lung nodules in PET/CT images of lung cancer screening patients.

• In The News
  08.05.10

  ASTRO publishes guidelines for accelerated whole-breast RT

  The American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) on August 4 announced that it has published evidence-based guidelines for the use of hypofractionated whole-breast radiation therapy (WBRT) treatment.

• In The News
  08.05.10

  In Push to Detect Early Alzheimer’s Markers, Hopes for Prevention

  Will Alzheimer’s disease, a terrible degenerative brain disease with no treatments and no clear guidelines for diagnosis before its end stages, become like heart disease? That might mean early markers of risk, analogous to high cholesterol levels, that predict who is likely to get it. And it might mean drugs that actually prevent it.

• In The NewsMITA News
  08.05.10

  Industry: FDA’s proposed 510(k) changes more “benign” than feared

  It looks like the medical device industry is breathing a collective sigh of relief after its initial review of the FDA’s proposed changes to its so-called fast-track 510(k) clearance rules. However some serious worries remain.

• In The News
  08.05.10

  Subharmonic breast ultrasound technique shows promise

  A dynamic display method for subharmonic ultrasound imaging may offer considerable added value in detecting breast cancer, according to research published in the August issue of the Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine.

• In The NewsMITA News
  08.04.10

  FDA overhauls 510(k) process

  The FDA issued two evaluations containing recommendations that address three objectives of the agency’s public health mission as it relates to medical devices–foster device innovation, create a more predictable regulatory environment and enhance device safety.

• In The News
  08.04.10

  FDA moves toward tighter medical device oversight

  Makers of X-ray machines, drug pumps and other medical devices would have to submit more safety information to win federal approval under a proposal designed to tighten regulation of thousands of products reviewed each year.