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.

Kodak's medical imaging technology to be used at summer Olympic games

Technology from Eastman Kodak Co.'s Health Imaging Group will be used during next month's Olympic Games in Athens to send digital images and accompanying reports to Attiko University Hospital in Athens, which will assist in serving Olympic athletes and of

Cyberknife arrives at NJ's Overlook Hospital

Overlook Hospital, part of New Jersey's Atlantic Health System, said it is now treating its first patients with the hospital's new $5 million Cyberknife Stereotactic Radiosurgery System, an incision-free "surgical" option that uses technology to precisely

Fonar deploys 45th MRI unit

Fonar Corp. said this week that it has installed its 45th Stand-Up magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) system.

Camtronics' VERICIS heads to the mid-west

Camtronics Medical Systems Ltd., a subsidiary of Analogic Corp., will roll out its VERICIS for cardiovascular image and information management at HCA Midwest in Kansas City, Mo.

Oakworks highlights improved features of its patient positioning device for spine

Oakworks Inc. unveiled improved positioning features of its Spinal Imaging Platform, a radiolucent device that provides stable patient positioning in the prone position during cervical, thoracic, and lumbar procedures.

Dictaphone, eMed integrate technologies

Dictaphone Corp.'s Healthcare Solutions Group and eMed Technologies have integrated the Dictaphone PowerScribe workstation v. 4.6 speech recognition application with eMed's Matrix Version 1.1 PACS.

iCAD launches promotional program for Second Look 200

iCAD Inc. this week launched Summer Splash, a promotional program for its Second Look 200 system that offers customers purchase, lease and ClickCAD fee-per-procedure options.

Group approves HL7 messaging, documentation standard

The American National Standards Institute has fully approved seven specifications of standards body Health Level Seven's messaging and clinical documentation.

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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