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.”

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

August 12, 2004

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.

August 12, 2004

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.

August 12, 2004

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.

August 12, 2004

Meditech, Fuji reveal alliance

Medical Information Technology Inc. (Meditech) and Fujifilm Medical Systems USA have successfully integrated each other's respective technologies and this week revealed improved clinical outcomes from providers using Meditech's RIS with Fuji's Synapse PAC

August 12, 2004

TAMS demonstrates cardiac CT technology

Toshiba America Medical Systems Inc. (TAMS) recently demonstrated its Aquilion 32 CFX utilizing the 64-row Quantum detector cardiac computed tomography (CT) technology at the 5th International Conference on Cardiac CT in Nuremberg, Germany, July 23-24.

August 5, 2004

Picis, Ibex Healthdata Systems merge

ICU and OR information system vendor Picis Inc. and ER information system vendor Ibex Healthdata Systems Inc. this week announced they have merged to form a combined entity that will provide technology to automate and support healthcare organizations' hig

August 5, 2004

InSiteOne inks contracts with Ultimate Medical and Force 3

InSiteOne Inc. has signed an agreement with Ultimate Medical Services of Lake Charles, La., for the sale of the InSiteOne product line throughout the U.S.

August 5, 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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