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.”

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May 27, 2004

IHE's Cardiology Technical Committee welcomes Heartlab's Elion

Heartlab Inc. this week announced that its co-founder and medical director has been selected for a leadership position in the Cardiology initiative of "Integrating the Healthcare Enterprise" (IHE).

May 27, 2004

Gamma Medica launches new option for X-SPECT

Gamma Medica this week unveiled a cardiac gating sub-system for its X-SPECT preclinical imaging system.

May 27, 2004

AHRA to host two audio conferences in June

The American Healthcare Radiology Administrators (AHRA) has scheduled two new audio conferences for June.

May 20, 2004

ASTRO publishes new brochure for breast cancer patients

The American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology (ASTRO) has published a new patient information brochure called Radiation Therapy for Breast Cancer: A Patient's Guide to Understanding Treatment.

May 20, 2004

Fonar show increases in MRI scanner sales

Sales of its MRI units powered Fonar Corp. to greater revenues and a lower net loss in its third fiscal quarter, ending March 31.

May 20, 2004

Exavera launches wireless information delivery system

Exavera Technologies Inc. is debuting eShepherd, a secure broadband wireless information-delivery system that is designed specifically for healthcare at the TEPR 2004 meeting in Orlando, Fla., this week.

May 20, 2004

Emageon, IBM offer financing options

Emageon Inc. and IBM Inc. solidified an agreement allowing Emageon's customers to take advantage of IBM Global Financing (IGF) offerings.

May 20, 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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