Cardiac Imaging

While cardiac ultrasound is the widely used imaging modality for heart assessments, computed tomography (CT), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and nuclear imaging are also used and are often complimentary, each offering specific details about the heart other modalities cannot. For this reason the clinical question being asked often determines the imaging test that will be used.

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Fujifilm to unveil new pediatric solutions at RSNA 2017 in Chicago

Sponsored by FUJIFILM Healthcare Americas

At RSNA 2017 in Chicago, FUJIFILM Medical Systems U.S.A., Inc., is unveiling its brand new suite of solutions for pediatric patients. Each solution was designed specifically to combat the challenges associated with treating children while focusing on efficiency, low radiation dose and convenience.

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Long-view digital radiography improving the lives of pediatric orthopedic patients

Sponsored by FUJIFILM Healthcare Americas

The Radiology Department at Driscoll Children’s Hospital in Corpus Christi, Texas, didn’t need a nudge from Washington, D.C., to upgrade to digital radiography (DR). With one exception, the department’s x-ray rooms were fully DR-capable as of last year; Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) said it would start reducing payments for analog X-ray in 2017 and for computed radiography (CR) in 2018.

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Small yet mighty mammography center becomes a 3D leader

Sponsored by FUJIFILM Healthcare Americas

She did it once then and she’s done it again. In 1989, Mary Lou Catania, RN, brought modern mammography to the women of California’s Monterey Peninsula when she founded the Mammography Center of Monterey. 

10-year MRI study reveals brain damage from West Nile virus

Researchers have found evidence of brain damage in patients who have suffered from the mosquito-borne West Nile virus, according to a recent article by The Washington Post. 

Siemens Healthineers introduces Share360 tailored service portfolio

New Seimens Share360™ portfolio offers customers flexibility in determining level of support servicces for clnical engineering departments.

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Research suggests lung cancer risk increases with size of new solid nodules

Recent findings published in the American Journal of Roentgenology suggest that new solid lung nodules may increase a patient's risk of developing lung cancer. 

UK hospitals give free postmortem CT scans

Hospitals in Leicester, England, will now be giving free CT scans postmortem, according to a recent article by BBC News.  

Are CT scans safe for detecting head trauma in children?

A recent article published by The New York Times addressees this concern in exploring how using CT scans to evaluate head trauma in children may not be safest diagnostic approach. But then the question remains, what is safe approach?   

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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.