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.”

Cisco and EMC: Two Powerhouses partner

Cisco Systems Inc. and EMC Corp. have partnered to provide customers with an end-to-end storage consolidation system for remote-office data.

January 13, 2005

MMT, ScanSoft integrate technologies

Electronic medical record (EMR) developer Mountain Medical Technologies Inc. (MMT) will implement ScanSoft Inc.'s Dragon NaturallySpeaking Medical to enable speech recognition within its CYRAMED EMR system.

January 13, 2005

PatientKeeper teams with Cingular, deploys system in Kansas

Mobile computing technology developer PatientKeeper has certified its patient care platform designed for medical mobile computing devices for use with Cingular Wireless' nationwide GSM/GPRS wireless data network.

January 13, 2005

Companies donate money for Tsunami relief

Eastman Kodak Co. this week announced contributions of approximately $1.5 million in cash, services, and materials to survivors and recovery efforts in regions devastated by the December 26 earthquake and tsunami that struck Southeast Asia.

January 13, 2005

Heartlab: IHE participant and ACC Foundation recipient of software certification

Heartlab Inc. said this week it will participate in the Integrating the Healthcare Enterprise (IHE) technical framework demonstration for cardiology at the 54th American College of Cardiology (ACC) meeting, March 6-9, in Orlando.

January 13, 2005

SonoSite ships SonoCalc IMT software

SonoSite Inc. has begun shipping its SonoCalc IMT software that is used in conjunction with its compact ultrasound imaging system, Titan.

January 6, 2005

Philips goes for the Gold

Philips Medical Systems has renewed its Gold level sponsorship of the ASRT (American Society of Radiologic Technologists) Education and Research Foundation's Healthcare Industry Advisory Council (HCIAC).

January 6, 2005

ComSynTech, MedPay augment InFORM RIS

Communication Synergy Technology Inc. (ComSynTech) and MedPay USA have expanded the workflow functions in ComSynTech's InFORM RIS with additional power of MedPay's billing verification software.

January 6, 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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