News & Updates

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

• Industry News
  11.21.11

  Major advances in radiation therapy for cancer treatment

  Radiation therapy has advanced dramatically in the past few decades and the rate of change is increasing rapidly. Innovations as a result of engineering and computer advances along with conceptual advances are making a dramatic difference.

• Industry News
  11.17.11

  The supercommittee’s health spending paradox, in three charts

  As every health care interest group girds for potential deficit reduction cuts, the Medical Imaging Trade Association sent around these charts to make the case that they’re not the bad guy on costs. They show that the use of medical imaging and associated costs has decreased over the past few years.

• Industry News
  11.15.11

  Guest column: Slashing medical imaging funds would hurt Michigan seniors

  What [legislators] should not do is continue the practice of making nicks and cuts in various health services for Medicare patients. These cuts don’t make the Medicare program any stronger, but they are hurting Michiganders access to preventive care.

• Industry News
  11.15.11

  From the readers: Cuts to Medicare come at too high a cost

  Older Americans are some of the most vulnerable members of our society, both financially and physically. Eight of every 10 people over the age of 65 have at least one chronic disease and many have multiple health conditions. These are the people who need the best preventive care we can offer. To make diagnostic testing less available is essentially confining many individuals to conditions like cancer, stroke and pulmonary embolisms that could have been avoided.

• Industry News
  11.15.11

  CT Colonography Improves Participation in Cancer Screening

  Noncathartic CT colonography requires limited bowel preparation, is less invasive, and has a low risk for complications. These features probably contribute to its perception as a less burdensome procedure.

• Industry News
  11.14.11

  2 MR parameters highly predictive of MS diagnosis in children

  In addition to demonstrating MRI’s prognostic power, the study also indicates that an MS diagnosis can be made shortly after the first attack, rather than waiting months or years until a second attack occurs

• Industry News
  11.11.11

  Screening key to preventing colorectal cancer

  “This is Bryan Wolfe of Hermiston, Oregon,” he said, his voice flowing deep. “Getting screened saved my life.” Wolfe meant colorectal screening used to detect cancers of the colon or rectum. It’s not the sexiest subject, Wolfe knows, but studies show more screening translates into saving lives — lots of lives.

• Industry News
  11.11.11

  Medicare imaging cuts would be bad for seniors and medicine

  Chipping away at reimbursements for preventive care is the ultimate penny-wise, pound-foolish approach. It isn’t fair to retirees who have paid Medicare payroll taxes all their lives, or to taxpayers who will foot the bill for hospitalizations and emergency room visits for patients who could not get imaging scans to identify their illness before it advanced.

• Industry News
  11.10.11

  MRI Scans Predict Long Term Prognosis in MS Patients

  An early treatment MRI can predict a multiple sclerosis (MS) patient’s five-year disability progression, according to a study recently presented in the Netherlands.

• Industry News
  11.10.11

  Save radiology

  It’s a simple concept really: To keep people from getting sick, you diagnose their conditions early and take steps to prevent an illness from worsening. Yet in Washington, policymakers are preparing to take a meat axe to an essential part of this process, the diagnostic imaging test.