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.

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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.

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

CT: All the possibilities

Multislice CT has radiology and cardiology abuzz. The advent of next-generation scanners at last fall's RSNA meeting brought new hopes for improved procedures old and new, namely in cardiac applications. Debuts of a variety of new units and high accolades for installs since then have kept CT high on the radar screen.

CT Revs Up the Slices

Higher CT slice counts - 16, 32, 40 and 64 - are bringing more imaging punch.

RamSoft rolls out PACS technology at Pennsylvania imaging centers

PACS and teleradiology software provider RamSoft Inc. has deployed its PowerServer PACS system at three imaging centers in Pittsburgh, Pa., operated by PresGar Companies.

McKesson reports growth in 1Q of FY04

McKesson Corp. this week released its sales and earnings in the first quarter of FY04, ending June 30.

A4 Health Systems unveils HealthMatics ED Remote Chart Access

Provider of electronic medical record (EMR) software A4 Health Systems released HealthMatics ED Remote Chart Access (HMED RCA) to enable secure remote access using the internet to EMRs produced within the HealthMatics ED (emergency department) information

KOM Networks awarded patent for accessing removable storage media

Provider of data preservation and information lifecycle management KOM Networks Inc. of Ottawa, Canada, this week announced that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has granted the company U.S. Patent # 6,370,545 entitled "method of accessing removable s

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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.

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‘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.

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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. 

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