The University of Texas at San Antonio and Southwest Research Institute plan to award $200,000 in FY2012-2013 in a Connect program funding to a collaborative research proposal: Novel Scaffolds for Tendon/Ligament Regeneration and Tissue Engineering Applications.

Merge Healthcare has signed a definitive merger agreement to acquire Ophthalmic Imaging Systems (OIS).

Long considered the gold standard for soft tissue imaging, the static nature of MRI has meant that many functional injuries in athletes have remained invisible, a limit that may have been significantly outgunned by the recent invention of an MRI-safe method and device to recreate controlled passive motion of a patient's joint.

Care to comment on the proposed guidelines for accountable care organizations? You have until June 6. CMS wants to hear from you, said John Pilotte, CMS' acting director of performance-based payment policy staff, during a National eHealth Collaborative webinar on accountable care and payment models yesterday.

The FDA has warned women that thermography should not be used in place of mammography for breast cancer screening or diagnosis. Mammography remains the most effective way of detecting breast cancer in its earliest stages, the agency stated.

Of 652 radiology mistakes reported to the Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority (PPSA) in 2009, half were specifically related to wrong-procedure or test errors, according to a report published in the June issue of the Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority. Another 30 percent of the incidents were related to wrong-patient errors. 

Radiology benefit managers (RBMs) are assuming an increasing role in the utilization of imaging, but as the authorization system makes its way into more hospitals and national healthcare policy, a study published in the June issue of the Journal of the American College of Radiology questions the cost-effectiveness of RBMs and points to substantial cost shifting to providers.

An analysis of diffusion-tensor MRI images suggested that blast-related mild traumatic brain injury can involve axonal injury, according to a study published in the June 2 issue of New England Journal of Medicine.