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.

Elekta highlights technologies to improve cancer treatment

Elekta Inc. showcased Synergy, its radiation treatment machine equipped with an integrated 3D volume imaging system, this week at the 46th annual meeting of the American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology (ASTRO) in Atlanta.

Varian launches Clinac iX, adds capabilities to VARiS Vision

Varian Medical Systems Inc. this week at the American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology (ASTRO) meeting in Atlanta unveiled the Clinac iX linear accelerator.

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DeJarnette announces three new products

DeJarnette Research Systems Inc. this week released Ledger, a web-based, IHE conformant HIPAA logging and reporting tool for radiology department management.

Philips highlights new x-ray, CT cardiovascular imaging technologies at TCT 2004

Philips Medical Systems presented enhanced cardiovascular X-ray and CT systems at the Cardiovascular Research Foundation's annual Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics Scientific Symposium (TCT) this week in Washington.

Arnot Health selects Misys EMR

Arnot Health (Arnot Ogden Medical Center and Arnot Medical Services) in Elmira, N.Y., has purchased Misys Healthcare Systems' EMR physician office ambulatory clinical system for its affiliated physician group.

Varian launches information systems division with Hanna at the helm

Varian Medical Systems has formed an Oncology Information Systems unit and named Chris Hanna, PhD, as VP of the new division.

Nomos releases dose adjustment tools for Corvus

The Nomos Radiation Oncology Division of North American Scientific Inc. this week introduced ActiveRX, new real dose adjustment tools incorporated in the latest version of the company's flagship intensity modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) inverse treatme

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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