Compared to clinical diagnosis of synovitis, ultrasound-detected synovitis provides either improved sensitivity or specificity when used with the American College of Rheumatology/European League Against Rheumatism (ACR/EULAR) criteria for identifying patients with a disease requiring methotrexate (MTX) treatment, according to research published in the April issue of Arthritis & Rheumatism.

American Heart Association Meeting Report: Abstract 105

Massachusetts' healthcare reform didn't result in substantially more hospital use or higher costs, according to data presented at the American Heart Association's Quality of Care and Outcomes Research Scientific Sessions 2013.

Allows for More Precise and Efficient Planning and Monitoring of Cancer Treatment

Columbia University has signed a licensing agreement with Varian Medical Systems for novel imaging software that facilitates 3-D segmentation, the process by which anatomical structures in medical images are distinguished from one another—an important step in the precise planning of cancer surgery and radiation treatments.

ClearDATA, the leading healthcare cloud computing platform and service provider, announced that VisualShare, an imaging informatics company and leading provider of image exchange, management and collaboration solutions, has selected the ClearDATA HealthDATA™ Cloud Computing Platform for HIPAA compliant hosting of its line of VisualStrata™ Healthcare Information Technology Solutions. ClearDATA will host both the image management software and corresponding medical images.

BIOLASE, Inc., the world's leading manufacturer and distributor of dental lasers, announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (the "FDA") has cleared the NewTom(TM) BIOLASE VG3 ("VG3") digital panoramic, cephalometric, and tomographic extra-oral X-ray system which BIOLASE(R) will market and distribute in the U.S. for $50,000 to $120,000. BIOLASE is the exclusive distributor of NewTom digital imaging products for the dental market in the U.S. and Canada.