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.

Misys' Vision plants in Kentucky

Misys Healthcare Systems will roll out its an enterprise-level practice management system called Misys Vision at Summit Medical Group, a Covington, Ky.-based multi-specialty group practice.

TeraRecon inks luminary site agreement

TeraRecon Inc. has signed an agreement with the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine (PCOM) to deploy its UF-750XT portable color Doppler ultrasound system for clinical practice, research applications, and hands-on teaching of ultrasound imaging t

Vital Images, E-Z-EM expand agreement

Medical imaging software provider Vital Images Inc. and E-Z-EM Inc., a provider of conventional colonoscopy contrast agents and disposables, have expanded the terms of an existing agreement.

Rensselaer researchers explore possibilities of relative stiffness imaging

Researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, N.Y. have said they are working to develop a new medical imaging technique designed to determine the relative stiffness of soft tissue for the diagnosis of injury and disease.

Duke researchers use Siemens Cypress to measure and monitor IMT

Researchers from Duke University Medical Center are using Siemens Medical Solutions' Acuson Cypress cardiovascular ultrasound system to study the use of cholesterol-lowering drugs in the prevention of premature atherosclerosis in pediatric patients with S

Siemens' service organization reveals Guardian Program

The service organization of Siemens Medical Solutions recently released the Guardian Program for angiography and invasive cardiology technologies that ensures the continuous uptime of medical systems.

InSiteOne receives financing from ATEL Ventures

Provider of on-site and off-site DICOM storage InSiteOne Inc. has received significant financing from ATEL Ventures Inc., a division of ATEL Capital Group, which provides secured financing to emerging growth companies.

Stentor integrates PACS with Voxar's 3D technology

Stentor Inc. this week inked an agreement with Voxar Inc. to integrate Stentor's iSite PACS with Voxar's 3D imaging technology.

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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