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.”

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.

September 30, 2004

SNM supports CMS recent approval to cover PET for Alzheimer's

The Society of Nuclear Medicine (SNM) this week said it supports the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services' (CMS) decision to approve coverage of PET for Medicare beneficiaries with suspected Alzheimer's disease (AD) or fronto-temporal-dementia under s

September 23, 2004

Malehorn takes helm at GE Healthcare Financial Services

Jeffrey A. Malehorn has been named president and CEO of GE Healthcare Financial Services, a business unit of GE Commercial Finance that provides capital, financial solutions and related services to the global healthcare market.

September 23, 2004

Sencore announces medical imaging & video display tech school

Sencore Medical has developed a two-day digital video calibration seminar to teach hands-on video calibration procedures on different medical displays used in the field.

September 23, 2004

Fujifilm offering storage consulting services to Synapse customers

Storage consulting is now on the list of services Fujifilm Medical Systems USA offers its Synapse PACS customers.

September 23, 2004

Daou builds physician portal at Salem Hospital

Daou Systems Inc. has inked an agreement with Salem Hospital Regional Health Services in Salem, Ore., to design and implement an internet portal tool for physicians.

September 23, 2004

Kodak augments services at Florida ortho clinic

Eastman Kodak Company's Health Imaging Group has installed a DirectView Web distribution system, DirectView computed radiography (CR) 900 and CR 800 system and a DryView 8700 laser imaging system at Tallahassee Orthopedic Clinic P.A. in Florida.

September 23, 2004

Siemens, Heart Center of Indiana partner for cardiac MRI

Siemens Medical Solutions and The Heart Center of Indiana (THCI) have inked an agreement to leverage the power of cardiovascular MRI using Siemens' technologies.

September 23, 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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