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.”

North American Scientific posts 20 percent net sales gain in quarterly report

North American Scientific Inc. (NAS) says progress of its direct sales force can be seen in the company's second fiscal quarter, ending April 30.

June 3, 2004

Misys Healthcare Systems takes 27 more orders for its Misys EMR

Misys Healthcare Systems has received 27 more orders for its Misys EMR electronic medical records technology.

June 3, 2004

Providence Health System re-ups with VHA

Providence Health System has renewed its relationship with group purchasing organization (GPO) VHA Inc.

June 3, 2004

Cedara Software expands in the Far East

Cedara Software Corp. has opened an office in Shanghai.

June 3, 2004

HIMSS and the Society for Health Systems to offer dual memberships

The Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) and the Society for Health Systems (SHS) will offer dual membership to individuals interested in joining both organizations.

June 3, 2004

FDA OKs iCAD's Second Look 200 CAD technology

The FDA has cleared iCAD Inc.'s computer-aided detection (CAD) imaging technology, Second Look 200, for early detection of breast cancer with enhanced cancer detection software.

June 3, 2004

CMS helps to fund family physician EHR project

The Department of Health and Human Services' Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has awarded a $100,000 grant to the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) to support a pilot project to provide comprehensive, standardized electronic healt

June 3, 2004

Swissray received $12 million capital infusion

Swissray International Inc. has received a $12 million investment from international venture capital company 3i Group.

June 3, 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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