Most patients are dissatisfied with the efficacy of radiology reporting systems, according to a study published in the November issue of the Journal of the American College of Radiology.

iCAD reported a drop of in revenue in the third quarter of 2009, which ended Sept. 30.

NovaRad has installed its NovaRIS and NovaPACS technologies at two Kentucky imaging facilities.

The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston has released new screening guidelines for breast, cervical and colorectal cancers based on redefined risk-based categories for the public to follow.

Bassetlaw Hospital in Nottinghamshire, England, which is part of the U.K.'s Doncaster and Bassetlaw Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, has installed a Magentom Avanto 1.5 Tesla MRI, Artis zee Multipurpose C-arm and Somatom Sensation CT from Siemens Healthcare.

Consumer advocacy organization Consumer Watchdog issued a letter last week chastising the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) for its interpretation of security protocols for personal health records (PHRs). The Washington D.C.-based nonprofit organization is seeking to repeal the HHS interpretation and properly implement what Congress enacted.

Carestream Health has released a new Web-based cardiology PACS product in the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, the Netherlands and Italy.

To prevent age cheating, the International Association of Federation Football (FIFA) will use MRI on soccer players at the FIFA U-17 World Cup, which starts Saturday in Nigeria.