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.

Breast CAD Comes of Age

Breast CAD for mammography has proven its value in greater detection of lesions and is now gaining efficiency coupled with digital mammography. And breast MRI CAD is shortening the reading time.

Images Guide Surgery

Powerful image-guided surgery systems are allowing surgeons to operate more efficiently and effectively in applications such as cranial, ENT, trauma and spine surgery. Most often it means less surgical time for the physician and less recovery time for the

Study: PET imaging on the rise, with PET/CT taking the lead

The PET imaging market experienced double digit growth with an estimated 706,100 clinical PET studies performed in the United States in 2003, compared with 447,200 patient studies in 2002, according to IMV Medical Information Division's 2003 PET Census Da

Amicas and Heartlab bridge cardiology and radiology PACS

Radiology PACS/RIS provider Amicas Inc. and cardiology PACS provider Heartlab Inc. have inked a co-marketing agreement to deliver imaging and information management systems which integrate access to both cardiology and radiology diagnostic images and repo

FIMI Philips, Matrox enhance PACS viewing capabilities

FIMI Philips and Matrox Graphics Inc. have collaborated to introduce FIMI's SmartPivot display technology in its PACS range of LCD monitors for the medical imaging market.

Shared PET Imaging launches ClarityFUSION software

PET developer Shared PET Imaging LLC has launched ClarityFUSION software, an FDA-approved multi-modality fusion software package.

Toshiba releases Aplio xV and new software for open-MRI system

Toshiba America Medical Systems Inc. (TAMS) this week introduced Aplio xV, an all-digital, high performance ultrasound system

GE adds advanced visualization software; updates education website

GE Healthcare is debuting the Volume Viewer Plus software for its Advantage Workstation (AW) for analysis of large image data sets from PET, MR, CT, XR, and vascular.

Around the web

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.

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. 

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