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.”

Massachusetts launches 3 EHR pilot projects

The Massachusetts eHealth Collaborative (MAeHC) last week launched three pilot projects which will be the first large-scale demonstrations in the country to test implementation of electronic health records (EHR) for use in patient care at a community leve

May 19, 2005

AMICAS approved to repurchase shares

AMICAS Inc. has announced that its Board of Directors has approved the repurchase of as much as $15 million of the Company's common stock from the open market or privately negotiated transactions as needed, AMICAS said.

May 12, 2005

ScanSoft releases PDF Converter 3

Speech recognition vendor ScanSoft Inc. has introduced the ScanSoft PDF Converter Professional 3 that converts word documents into PDF files.

May 12, 2005

ABLE Software upgrades 3D-DOCTOR

ABLE Software Corp. has announced a new version of its 3D-DOCTOR software for vector-based 3D imaging, modeling and measurement of CT (computed tomography), MRI (magnetic resonance images), microscopy and volumetric images.

May 12, 2005

TeraRecon releases new 3D tools

TeraRecon Inc. has released new software updates for its Aquarius product family designed for improved reading and reporting of Multidetector CT (MDCT) and magnetic resonance (MR) studies using modern 64-slice CT (computed tomography) scanners.

May 12, 2005

Siemens showcases new ultrasound systems

Siemens Medical Solutions highlighted its new all-digital SONOLINE G40 ultrasound system this week at the 53rd annual clinical meeting of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) in San Francisco.

May 12, 2005

Star Micronics printer certified for Praxis EMR

Star Micronics America Inc. has announced that its TSP800 prescription printer has been certified for use with PRAXIS Electronic Medical Record (EMR) software.

May 12, 2005

GE Healthcare touts LightSpeed VCT success

GE Healthcare last week announced it has the largest global install base of 64-slice detector CT systems in the world.

May 12, 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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