Fonar sells three MRI chairs

Fonar has sold three more of its Upright Multi-Position MRI, which the company said bring the total number units sold in the U.S. and Europe to 164.

The Melville, N.Y.-based company said the technology images all parts of the body, particularly the spine and joints, in the weight-bearing state. The system is equipped with a MRI-compatible, motorized patient handling system that will move the patient into the magnet and place the anatomy of interest into the center of the magnet gap, according to Fonar.

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CMS has more than doubled the CCTA payment rate from $175 to $357.13. The move, expected to have a significant impact on the utilization of cardiac CT, received immediate praise from imaging specialists.

The newly cleared offering, AutoChamber, was designed with opportunistic screening in mind. It can evaluate many different kinds of CT images, including those originally gathered to screen patients for lung cancer. 

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