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.”

CardioMag to sell MCG in the U.S. following FDA approval

CardioMag Imaging Inc. of Schenectady, N.Y., has received clearance from the FDA to market and sell the magnetocardiograph (MCG), a cardiac device which can detect the magnetic field generated by a person's heart.

July 29, 2004

TeraRecon offers 3D training workshop with Jacksonville hospital

The University of Florida Health Science Center Jacksonville has entered into an agreement with TeraRecon Inc. to offer hands-on training courses for three dimensional (3D) imaging and advanced post-processing of large thin-slice CT and MR datasets using

July 29, 2004

Children's Medical Center Dallas implements Cerner Millennium

Children's Medical Center Dallas implemented eight Cerner Corp. systems to connect its laboratory, radiology, pharmacy and clinical operations, marking the company's 3,000th Cerner Millennium conversion.

July 29, 2004

SourceOne and Merge eFilm announce strategic distribution agreement

SourceOne Healthcare Technologies Inc. and Merge eFilm this week solidified a new nationwide distribution agreement.

July 29, 2004

Siemens unveils physics support services

Siemens Medical Solutions introduced Momentum Physics Support Services this week at the 46th annual meeting of the American Association of Medical Physicists (AAPM) in Pittsburgh, Pa.

July 29, 2004

Industry leaders launch HIT product certification initiative

The American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA), Healthcare Information Management Systems Society (HIMSS) and National Alliance for Health Information Technology (the Alliance) have established a collaborative initiative for the certificat

July 29, 2004

Siemens movable C-arm gets FDA nod

The Angiography and X-ray Division of Siemens Medical Solutions today announced FDA marketing clearance for the new AXIOM Artis U, a moveable, digital C-arm imaging system.

July 22, 2004

TeraMedica inks agreement with I2m

TeraMedica has signed an agreement with Australian-based Intelligent Image Management (I2m) that authorizes I2m to license TeraMedica's Intelligent Image Manager (TI2m) in Australia and South Asia and re-sell TI2m software to healthcare providers in the r

July 22, 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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