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.

Abington Memorial Hospital launches Eclipsys' SunriseXA 3.3

Abington (Pa.) Memorial Hospital has installed Eclipsys Corp.'s SunriseXA Release 3.3 advanced clinical software.

Impac, Siemens unite oncology imaging systems with informatics tools

Impac Medical Systems and Siemens Medical Solutions will integrate Impac's oncology management systems with Siemens linear accelerators and oncology workspaces systems.

FDA clears Sectra's cardiovascular imaging technology

Sectra AB has received FDA approval for its analysis package for cardiovascular imaging.

Study: Uninsured Americans will account for $125 billion in healthcare in 2004

The Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured on Monday reported that taxpayers and private entities will pay approximately $125 billion this year to provide healthcare to uninsured U.S. citizens.

Epix Medical grows 1Q revenues and shrinks net loss

Increased revenues from product development contributed to specialty pharmaceutical developer Epix Medical Inc.'s first-quarter financial results.

McKesson closes fiscal year on the upswing

Saying it delivered a "solid financial performance," McKesson Corp. released its results for its fiscal year ending March 31.

SonoSite posts double-digit revenue growth in 1Q

SonoSite Inc. says an "exceptionally strong performance" in Europe and "excellent growth" in the United States powered the hand-held ultrasound device maker to greater revenues in the first quarter.

Digital mammo helps Hologic reach record revenues in 2Q of FY04

Hologic Inc. credited a shift in product sales to the higher-margin digital mammography systems (Selenia) and decreased expenses in its general radiography systems business for heightened earnings in the company's second fiscal quarter, ending March 27.

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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