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.

Medicsight gets FDA green light for "joint-read" software

Medicsight this week announced FDA approval for Medicsight Colon CAR 1.2, an image analysis software tool designed to be used with CT colonography to assist radiologists in searching for and measuring potential colorectal polyps.

Data Dimensions moves HQs

Data Dimensions this week announced the company moved its headquarters to Janesville, Wis.

ASTRO releases brochure on colorectal cancer treatments

The American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology (ASTRO) has published a new patient information brochure on radiation therapy for colorectal cancer to help patients and their families better understand how different treatments work to cure col

Cerner delivers strong performance in 3Q FY04

Cerner Corp. continued to ride the success of it healthcare IT systems, as sales and earnings increased in the third quarter of FY04.

Orex focuses on mobile x-ray distribution

Orex Computed Radiography has signed distribution agreements with three companies that specialize in imaging services for the mobile x-ray market.

Vital Images, iCAD integrate CT colon CAD technology

Vital Images Inc. has signed an agreement with iCAD Inc. to integrate iCAD's Second Look CT Colon CAD application into Vitrea 2, Vital Images flagship 3D software.

CIRS launches IMRT/IGRT 4D QA Phantom

CIRS released Model 008 Dynamic Thorax Phantom designed to investigate and minimize the impact of organ motion and patient positioning errors in radiation therapy.

GE enters the fast lane of diagnostic colon imaging

GE Healthcare has introduced its next-generation CT colonography technology, AdvantageCTC, at the Fifth International Symposium on Virtual Colonoscopy, Oct. 28 - 29, in Boston.

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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