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.

AI rules out abnormal findings on chest X-rays, significantly reducing workloads
The commercially available software can correctly exclude pathology on chest radiographs with accuracy rates similar to those of radiologists.
Older adults among the walking wounded with incident TBI
The demographic most at risk seems to be White women who are healthy, active and of high socioeconomic status.
Philips moves digital pathology to the cloud with AWS
The partnership aims to move labs to digital workflows to streamline diagnostics.
PHOTO GALLERY: What does fetal medical imaging look like?
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.
Speaker laments radiology’s major contribution to climate change
Jonathan Gross, MD, argues that diagnostic and interventional radiology were “not developed with sustainability in mind.”

Image-guided radiation therapy used for treating cancer

Image-guided radiation therapy (IGRT) is being used to treat cancer at UK-based Clatterbridge Oncology Center located in Liverpool.

June 2, 2005

Kodak receives RIS/PACS orders

Eastman Kodak Co.'s Health Imaging Group has received new orders for its integrated radiology information system (RIS) and picture archiving and communications system (PACS).

June 2, 2005

Medicalis incorporates ACR guidelines into decision support knowledgebase

Medicalis Corp. is incorporating the American College of Radiology (ACR) Appropriateness Criteria guidelines into its Percipio clinical decision support knowledgebase.

June 2, 2005

Siemens, Gamma Medica end SPECT, SPECT-CT partnership

Siemens Medical Solutions and Gamma Medica Inc. this week announced that they will not renew their worldwide marketing agreement which included exclusive marketing rights for Siemens to market Gamma Medica's pre-clinical SPECT and SPECT/CT imaging product

June 2, 2005

PACS enables care in the rural community

PACS can open up the world of 24/7 diagnostic imaging services to rural communities that have typically not had fast access to the technology, said William J. Halsted, MD, PACS specialist/outreach coordinator, Kalispell Regional Medical Center (KRMC), Kal

June 2, 2005

How automated image alignment impacts image interpretation

A presentation by Bradley J. Erickson, MD, PhD, of the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, N.Y. featured details about according to a SCAR-supported R&D project that evaluated the possible benefits of comparing and matching prior images to more recent studies using

June 2, 2005

iCAD: improving breast, lung, and colon cancer detection

iCAD is onboard at SCAR 2005 displaying its flagship mammography CAD (computer assisted detection) line, SecondLook, as well as featuring two advanced CAD systems as works-in-progress.

June 2, 2005

Analog & Digital: The Mammography Workflow Primer

Workflow efficiencies must be refined for facilities working in digital, analog and mixed mammography environments.

June 1, 2005

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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.

Cardiovascular Business

FDA clears AI tool that flags signs of heart disease in chest CT scans

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.

Diagnostic Imaging

AI rules out abnormal findings on chest X-rays, significantly reducing workloads

Older adults among the walking wounded with incident TBI

Philips moves digital pathology to the cloud with AWS

PHOTO GALLERY: What does fetal medical imaging look like?

Speaker laments radiology’s major contribution to climate change

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