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.”

Toshiba's FPD advances cardiovascular services at Indiana hospital

Reid Hospital and Healthcare Services in Richmond, Ind., is the first hospital to deploy and utilize Toshiba America Medical Systems Inc.'s (TAMS) new cardiac flat-panel detector (FPD) for the Infinix-i cardiovascular X-ray system.

September 16, 2004

TAMS unveils new version software for Aplio

Toshiba America Medical Systems Inc. (TAMS) this week released Version 5.5 software for its Aplio ultrasound system.

September 16, 2004

Study: High risk breast cancer needs MRI detection

Women with a high genetic risk for breast cancer run a better chance of having it detected with MRI than with mammography and other methods, according to a study published in this week's Journal of the American Medical Association.

September 16, 2004

22 medical practices implement Misys EMR

Misys Healthcare Systems has locked down 22 more installs for its electronic medical records (EMR) system.

September 9, 2004

JHU's School of Nursing and Eclipsys partner for healthcare IT

The Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing and Eclipsys Corp. have formed a partnership that will increase the healthcare information technology (IT) competence of nursing graduates and design new ways of delivering safe and efficient healthcare utili

September 9, 2004

Philips, AWHONN partner for patient safety and perinatal risk reduction

Philips Medical Systems and the Association of Women's Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses (AWHONN) Consulting Group today announced that they have signed a joint agreement to distribute AWHONN's Perinatal Risk Assessment Survey (PRAS).

September 9, 2004

Matrox display controllers support new Eizo displays, TaraMed expands partnership

September 9, 2004

CTI, Toshiba to develop new integrated PET-CT system

CTI PET Systems Inc. and Toshiba Medical Systems Corp. will jointly develop a line of integrated PET-CT systems for Toshiba to distribute in Japan.

September 9, 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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