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.

eRAD/ImageMedical, MedLink link

Web-based PACS provider eRAD/ImageMedical and MedLink VPN Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Western Media Group Corp., have inked an agreement to deliver medical image management systems.

Merge eFilm announces stock repurchase program

Merge eFilm this week said it has authorized a stock repurchase plan providing for the purchase of up to $10 million of common stock.

Eclipsys delivers clinical IT systems to Texas-based healthcare provider

The Methodist Hospital System in Houston, Texas, has transformed patient care with the implementation of Eclipsys Corp.'s line of clinical information technology (IT) systems.

Dynamic provides PACS for Medical Resources' Florida region

Dynamic Imaging Inc. will be the PACS for the Florida region of Medical Resources Inc. (MRII), a chain of 62 imaging centers.

AHRA & GE award CRAs at annual meeting

The American Healthcare Radiology Administrators (AHRA) recognized the 2004 GE Healthcare Award for Excellence recipients at the 32nd annual meeting and exposition in Boston, August 1 - 5.

Siemens begins shipping 4D imaging technology for Antares

Siemens Medical Solutions commenced shipments of its new fourSight 4D (four-dimensional) ultrasound imaging technology on Sonoline Antares ultrasound systems.

InSight withdraws IPO

InSight Health Services Holdings Corp. has filed its application with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to withdraw a registration statement which it had filed on June 23 in connection with its proposed initial public offering of Income Deposit

NetApp revenues surge 38 percent in 1Q FY05

Network Appliance Inc. came out of the gates galloping, reporting its revenues for the first quarter of FY05 to be $358.4 million - an increase of 38 percent compared with revenues of $260.5 million in the year-ago quarter.

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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