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.
This is a clinical photo gallery of fetal imaging that explains what all can be seen on medical imaging, how sex is determined, how measurements are used to track the development of a baby.
Richardson Healthcare, a division of Richardson Electronics, Ltd. (NASDAQ: RELL), will be showcasing high-value solutions for the diagnostic imaging market at the upcoming 2015 Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) Annual Meeting.
Patients who have had an allergic reaction to iodinated CT contrast in the past don’t fare better by taking preventive corticosteroid pills the next time around.
The FDA issued a safety announcement on Nov. 17 warning that, in rare cases, infants have been reported to have underactive thyroid after using contrast media containing iodine for x-rays and other imaging procedures.
Two doctors have agreed to partner with HIFU Prostate Services to offer minimally-invasive prostate cancer treatments that use high intensity focused ultrasound for the first time in the U.S. outside of a clinical trial, according to a news release.
Not using the word “cancer” to describe abnormal cells in the breast can prevent women from panicking or pursuing overly aggressive treatment for a common pre-invasive breast cancer.
Carestream’s affordable, high-quality CARESTREAM DRX-Excel and CARESTREAM DRX-Excel Plus radiography/fluoroscopy systems are now shipping to countries across the globe.
Just as computed simulation helps pilots learn to fly and flight instructors gauge trainee progress, so too the technique can aid the teaching and assessment of nonradiologist healthcare trainees in diagnostic image interpretation.
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.
