August 2021 Newsletter

FDA: Stop using Eco-Med ultrasound gels, lotions

MedicalXpress

Health care providers and facilities should immediately stop using and discard all ultrasound gels and lotions manufactured by Eco-Med Pharmaceutical Inc. due to a risk for bacterial contamination, according to a letter to health care providers published online Aug. 18 by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

CT Guidance During Lung Cancer Radiation Therapy May ID COVID-19 Patients

Diagnostic Imaging

Screening for COVID-19 exposure, particularly for patients with cancer on active treatment, has become a priority during the pandemic.

Prediction models may reduce false-positive MRI screenings in women with dense breasts

News-Medical.net

Prediction models based on clinical characteristics and imaging findings may help reduce the false-positive rate in women with dense breasts who undergo supplemental breast cancer screening with MRI.

Women Who Canceled Pandemic-Era Screening Mammograms Share Similarities

Diagnostic Imaging

One of the first things to be side-lined during the early days of the pandemic was the screening mammogram.

Similarities and Differences of CT Features Between COVID-19 Pneumonia and Heart Failure

Imaging Technology News

This paper describes how patients with heart failure or COVID-19 pneumonia and one patient with both diseases were assessed with clinical information and chest CT images being obtained and analyzed.

Immunotherapy pairs ultrasound with immune cells to destroy tumors without toxic side effects

News-Medical.net

Bioengineers at the University of California San Diego have developed a cancer immunotherapy that pairs ultrasound with cancer-killing immune cells to destroy malignant tumors while sparing normal tissue.

RSNA 2021 Will Require Vaccines and Masks

ICE Magazine

The Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) announced that it will require proof of COVID-19 vaccination from all in-person attendees and exhibitors at the Society’s 107th Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting (RSNA 2021) to be held at McCormick Place Chicago, Nov. 28 – Dec. 2, 2021.

MITA Applauds Senate FIND Bill

ICE Magazine

The Medical Imaging & Technology Alliance (MITA) applauds Senators for introducing the Facilitating Innovative Nuclear Diagnostics (FIND) Act of 2021 (S. 2609), which would significantly expand patient access to advanced nuclear diagnostic imaging technologies.

Biden Signs Executive Order Regarding Right to Repair

24x7

State lawmakers across the country have advanced the Right to Repair debate. Twenty-seven states had repair legislation active in 2021, up from the four states that first attempted to enact Right to Repair reforms in 2015.