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.”

Dynamic scores PACS install

Olean General Hospital, a 186-bed hospital in western New York, has deployed Dynamic Imaging's IntegradWeb, the company's second-generation web-driven picture archiving and communication system (PACS).

September 2, 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

Healthlink boosts presence in the federal healthcare sector

IT consulting firm Healthlink Inc. of Houston, Texas, has signed a Schedule 70, five-year contract with the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA).

September 2, 2004

GE revamps cardiology services at Doctor's Hospital

Doctor's Hospital in Dallas, Texas will revamp its cardiology services and install systems from GE Healthcare's Cath Lab, including the Innova 3100 flat-panel x-ray system, Mac-Lab IT hemodynamic monitoring, CardioLab IT electrophysiology monitoring and C

September 2, 2004

TeraMedica, Capital Data ink agreement

TeraMedica has inked an agreement with Capital Data Inc., a Milwaukee-based provider of enterprise technology systems and financial services.

September 2, 2004

Eastern isotope reveals new web site

Eastern Isotopes Inc., a subsidiary of Ion Beam Applications (IOA), has launched a new web site at www.easternisotopes.com.

September 2, 2004

Quantum opens two new sales support offices

Quantum Medical Imaging Inc. this week announced the opening of two new sales support offices located in the Chicago and Portland, Ore., areas.

September 2, 2004

Kodak opens Asia-Pacific technology & innovation center

Eastman Kodak Company's Health Imaging Group this week opened the doors to its technology and innovation center in Pudong, Shanghai, China, that will develop localized medical imaging and information systems for Asia-Pacific customers.

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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