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.”

SmartPACS enhances workstation with Provox speech recognition technology

SmartPACS has integrated its diagnostic workstations with Provox Technologies Corp.'s Provox VoxReports radiology speech recognition software.

November 18, 2004

VitalWorks sells medical division to Cerner

VitalWorks Inc. this week revealed plans to unleash to Cerner Corp. its medical division, which markets private physician office information technology, for $100 million in cash. The divestiture of VitalWorks' medical division will allow the company to f

November 18, 2004

Workspaces

November 15, 2004

Storage & Archiving: Here Whenever You Need It

New cost-effective, powerful devices and media are debuting for use in a variety of sizes of healthcare facilities. Storage and archiving are about more than providing safe-keeping for images these days - helping to boost productivity and ease workflow th

November 15, 2004

CAD: Breast and Chest Units for Just About Any Facility

CAD vendors are diversifying with new products tailored (and priced) specifically to the unique needs of organizations of various sizes.

November 15, 2004

Clinical Information Systems: RIS and CIS

The key RIS words at RSNA 2004 are enhanced functionality, PACS integration and departmental offerings-particularly for mammography and cardiology.

November 15, 2004

Displays: A Look Inside

These 'windows on the radiology world' are growing in sophistication and applications. Flat-panel displays are gaining favor with their higher pixel counts and easier siting as radiologists strive to find the best means to view complex patient images.

November 15, 2004

VitalWorks reports 3Q results

VitalWorks reported financial results for its third quarter ending September 30.

November 11, 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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