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.”

Konica Minolta improves CR workflow

Konica Minolta Medical Imaging this week introduced the Konica Minolta Xpress Portable Assistant.

June 17, 2004

ComMedica speeds up transfer of skin images at St. Mary's NHS Trust

ComMedica Ltd.'s web-based telemedicine software has been rolled out at St Mary's NHS Trust in Paddington (London, England) to form an electronic image-sharing link between St Mary's Pediatric A&E department and the specialist Burns Unit at Chelsea & West

June 17, 2004

IDX provides LSU revenue cycle management technologies and services

IDX Systems Corp. and LSU Healthcare Network (LSUHN) in Louisiana this week announced an agreement under which LSUHN will outsource significant portions of its business office and technology functions through the IDX Flowcast Business Services Outsourcing

June 17, 2004

Camtronics deploys Vericis at Florida-based hospital

Camtronics Medical Systems Ltd., a subsidiary of Analogic Corp., rolled out its Vericis for cardiovascular image and information management at Halifax Medical Center (HMC) in Daytona Beach, Fla.

June 17, 2004

AMD Telemedicine and iCRco reach CR and Film Scanner Agreement

iCRco Inc. of Torrance, Calif., and AMD Telemedicine Inc. of Lowell, Mass., this week inked a global agreement enabling AMD to offer its customers the iCRco systems.

June 17, 2004

Eaton completes purchase of Powerware Corp.

Industrial manufacturer Eaton Corp. this week completed its purchase of Powerware Corp., the power systems business of Invensys PLC.

June 17, 2004

Sectra acquires digital detector maker Mamea , sells wireless information systems to Axentia

Sectra AB has completed its acquisition of Mamea Imaging AB

June 17, 2004

IOM mammography report: Improve access, boost number of medical personnel to interpret scans

Improving access to mammography and increasing the number of medical personnel who can interpret mammograms offer the greatest potential for immediately reducing the number of lives lost to breast cancer in the United States, says a new report from the In

June 17, 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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