Diagnostic Imaging

Radiologists use diagnostic imaging to non-invasively look inside the body to help determine the causes of an injury or an illness, and confirm a diagnosis. Providers use many imaging modalities to do so, including CT, MRI, X-ray, Ultrasound, PET and more.

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Shore Medical Center picks Toshiba’s Aquilion Prime CT

Shore Medical Center in Somers Point, N.J., has installed the Aquilion Prime 160 CT system from Toshiba America Medical Systems.

RSNA: Philips highlights imaging portfolio

Philips Healthcare (Booth # 7719) is highlighting technologies focused on the patient and tools to facilitate collaboration between radiologists and referring clinicians at RSNA 2012 in Chicago, Nov. 25-30.

CT growth comes to a halt, except in the ED

After growing rapidly for years, total Medicare CT utilization declined by 1.7 percent in 2010, according to a study published in the Journal of the American College of Radiology.

Traditions: Old & New

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Who is the Radiologist of the Future?

Young radiologists discuss their futures, how they will practice and how tomorrow’s physicians will differ from today’s.

Patient Safety: On the Radar?

What patient safety concerns fly under the radar?

Science and the surreal

It has been a surreal week. Tucked away in the safety of the upper Midwest, I’m fairly insulated from the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy. The storm, as we all know, has left millions without power, re-shaped the New Jersey shore, forced hospital evacuations and led the American Society of Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) to suspend its annual convention on Oct. 29.

Cleveland Clinic: Breast tomosynthesis, melanoma scanner are ‘game changers’ for 2013

Breast tomosynthesis and a handheld optical scanner for melanoma are two imaging-related innovations that Cleveland Clinic has pegged in their top 10 list of up-and-coming technologies that will have the biggest impact on healthcare in 2013.

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Cardiovascular Business
Positron partners with Upbeat Cardiology Solutions to improve cardiac PET/CT access

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

Cardiovascular Business
Global shortage of nuclear imaging isotopes may be over

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.

Cardiovascular Business
‘A huge win’: CMS significantly increases Medicare payments for cardiac CT

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.