After multiple quarters of consistent declines in hospital inpatient volumes, financial analysts from Jefferies LLC found a modest 0.4 percent average inpatient admission increase in their survey on 2014 second quarter volume trends. {read more here}

A novel, non-invasive molecular imaging technique uses nanotechnology to allow clinicians a view into the gastrointestinal track without having to resort to invasive procedures, according to a study published July 6 in Nature Nanotechnology . {read more here}

Information that is hidden in [PET] imaging tests has the potential to help physicians choose the right radiation therapy dose to kill tumors, according to a study presented at the annual American Association of Physicists in Medicine. {read more here}

Preliminary research shows that O-(2-[18F]-fluoroethyl)-L-tyrosine (FET) could be used as a biomarker for response to chemoradiotherapy in glioblastoma patients, the University of West Australia School of Medicine announced last week. {read more here}