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.”

Dunlee selects Ampronix to distribute Fimi monitors in U.S.

Dunlee TubeMaster and Ampronix Inc. have signed a contract with Fimi Information Displays, a division of Philips based in Saronno, Italy, establishing Ampronix as the sales and service representative for Philips Fimi medical monitors within the United Sta

December 9, 2004

HP, Siemens to deliver integrated image management platform

HP and Siemens Medical Solutions have inked an agreement to combine Siemens' SIENET Cosmos image management system with HP's ProLiant servers and services.

December 2, 2004

SourceOne, IDC sign distribution agreement

Imaging equipment distributor SourceOne Healthcare Technologies this week announced the signing of a distribution agreement with digital x-ray developer Imaging Dynamics.

December 2, 2004

SourceOne distributing Barco displays

Medical imaging equipment supplier SourceOne Healthcare Technologies Inc. and digital display provider Barco have inked a national distribution agreement.

December 2, 2004

CompuMed: Swissray integrates OsteoGram, patent needed for digital mammo systems

Computer aided diagnostic (CAD) software developer CompuMed Inc. and Swissray International Inc. inked a licensing agreement that authorizes Swissray to integrate CompuMed's proprietary OsteoGram software into its direct digital radiography ddR-systems.

December 2, 2004

FDA clears Kodak CAD system

Eastman Kodak Health Imaging this week at RSNA announced that it entered the mammography CAD market with the FDA clearance of its mammography computer-aided detection (CAD) system. Shipments are beginning immediately, the company said.

December 2, 2004

NEMA presents new code of ethics for imaging equipment manufacturers

The National Electrical Manufacturers Association (NEMA) on Wednesday announced its new Code of Ethics for member companies that manufacture medical imaging equipment and radiation therapy systems.

December 2, 2004

IDX buys PointDx

IDX Systems Corp. is expanding the depth of its IDX Imagecast RIS/PACS with the announcement this week of its acquisition of PointDx Inc., a developer of structured medical reporting technology based in Winston-Salem, N.C. According to IDX, PointDx struct

December 2, 2004

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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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