Agfa lands Canadian data storage install

Agfa HealthCare will be installing its medical imaging repository, the Impax Data Center 2.0, at Hospital Diagnostic Imaging Repository Services (HDIRS) in Toronto.

The technology will allow for study synchronization between HDIRS's Impax spoke facilities and its Impax Data Center hub, as well as IHE cross-enterprise document sharing and disaster recovery, said the Mortsel, Belgium-based company.

 

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Positron, a New York-based nuclear imaging company, will now provide Upbeat Cardiology Solutions with advanced PET/CT systems and services. 

The nuclear imaging isotope shortage of molybdenum-99 may be over now that the sidelined reactor is restarting. ASNC's president says PET and new SPECT technologies helped cardiac imaging labs better weather the storm.

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.