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.”

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

Anthro's ergonomic workstation to be released in November

Anthro Corp. has joined forces with AO Medical Products of Sweden to manufacture and sell Carl's Table, an ergonomic radiology workstation for softcopy reading, in the United States and Canada.

September 9, 2004

Aloka introduces new diagnostic ultrasound system

Ultrasound systems provider Aloka Co. Ltd. of Japan released a new diagnostic ultrasound system called ProSound alpha 5(1) at the 14th World Congress on Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology (ISUOG) this week in Stockholm, Sweden.

September 9, 2004

Barco's 5MP mammo display gets FDA nod

The FDA has stamped Barco's Coronis 5 mega-pixel (MP) Mammo display system with 510k approval for reading and interpreting digital mammograms.

September 9, 2004

DR Systems receives FDA OK to add digital mammo to PACS

The FDA has cleared DR Systems Inc.'s PACS (picture archiving and communication system) for diagnostic reading of digital mammography breast images.

September 9, 2004

MarCap adds to credit and legal departments, moves headquarters

MarCap Corp., a healthcare financing company that specializes in imaging centers and surgery centers, has expanded its management team.

September 9, 2004

Camtronics' CardioIMS pulses at Children's Heart Center in Ohio

The Children's Heart Center of Columbus Children's Hospital in Ohio has signed an agreement to purchase and implement CardioIMS, a pediatric cardiovascular information system from Camtronics Medical Systems Ltd., a subsidiary of Analogic Corp.

September 9, 2004

Stentor welcomes Filion onboard

Medical informatics company Stentor Inc. this week announced that Scott J. Filion has joined the company as division VP of sales.

September 2, 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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