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.
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.
Volugraphics Inc. of Atlanta, Ga., this week released a new three-dimensional (3D) hardcopy printing and imaging system that delivers autostereoscopic prints and transparencies.
The University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) has acquired Elekta Inc.'s Neuromag MD MEG (magnetoencephalography) device for registration and localization of neural activity both for brain research and clinical practice.
DeJarnette Research Systems Inc. has inked a contract with Philips Medical Systems for the migration of PACS data at University Hospital of Brooklyn, SUNY Downstate Medical Center.
An alliance between Elekta Inc. and North American Scientific Inc. (NASI) positions Elekta to begin including ultrasound targeting technology with its linear accelerator platforms.
A study published in July's Breast Journal concludes that BioLucent Inc.'s FDA-cleared MammoPad breast cushion greatly reduces the discomfort many women experience during mammograms, even when compression force is increased.
Swearingen Software this week introduced a new version 4.0 of its RMS for Windows radiology information system (RIS) product with added branching capability.
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.