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AHRA President Addresses Members at Annual Meeting

AHRA President Kimlyn Queen-Weis addressed members prior to the keynote presentation “Running Towards Chaos” by Dr. Natalie Stavas at the organization’s 50th annual meeting in Phoenix, Arizona.

Patients for Safer Nuclear Medicine, a coalition of 29 patient advocacy organizations representing thousands of patients, along with more than 600 concerned US citizens today praised the House of Representatives for passing two appropriations bills that include important language calling on federal agencies to improve patient safety in nuclear medicine.

Study: Neck Ultrasound Helpful for Diagnosing Sarcoidosis

Having an ultrasound of the neck may be useful for diagnosing certain cases of sarcoidosis — and for ruling out other similar conditions, a new study highlights.

Experts at MIT have developed ultrasound stickers that can be worn in the same manner as a Band-Aid while also producing diagnostic quality images in real-time. The innovative technology was recently described in a paper published in Science.

'Professionalism' is first step beyond the ABCs of preventive cardiology

Look beyond the ABCs, toward diversity, respect and health equity, to improve prevention cardiology for the future, a speaker said at the American Society for Preventive Cardiology Congress on CVD Prevention.

The Role of Capital Planning in
Smart Growth

The weight of discussions about the acquisition of medical imaging equipment frequently is given over to questions of financing, budget cycles, clinical stakeholder interests and revenue. What may be further down the list of considerations, however, are details about the physical environment in which those devices will be housed and from within which they must function.

The Columbus Regional Health Director of Imaging Services Bill Algee recently received the Jim Conway Gold Award from the Association for Medical Imaging Management.