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.”

MRI, HIMSS host first online National Health Information Infrastructure survey

The Medical Records Institute and the Healthcare Information Management Systems Society Foundation are hosting its first annual survey on the National Health Information Infrastructure (NHII).

April 22, 2004

VHA Health Foundation awarding grants for innovative healthcare programs

The VHA Health Foundation will award grants ranging from $100,000 to $250,000 to U.S. healthcare providers to implement or enhance promising healthcare initiatives at local facilities.

April 22, 2004

ASRT, SNMTS work together to further PET-CT training

The American Society of Radiologic Technologists (ASRT) and the Society of Nuclear Medicine Technologist Section (SNMTS) will collaborate to advance education for technologists to gain competency in PET-CT imaging.

April 22, 2004

Quantum Medical Imaging scores CE Mark for its technology

Quantum Medical Imaging has received CE certification for its line of analog and digital radiographic systems, Ultra high-frequency x-ray generators and system components.

April 22, 2004

EP MedSystems gets FDA OK for deflectable diagnostic catheters

Cardiac electrophysiology developer EP MedSystems Inc. has received FDA market clearance for its line of deflectable diagnostic catheters.

April 22, 2004

New Jersey healthcare provider to deploy Eclipsys advanced technologies

St. Mary's Hospital in Passaic, N.J., will deploy Eclipsys Corp.'s SunriseXA advanced clinical software solution and Health Information Management workflow module.

April 22, 2004

Philips Medical Systems contributes to Fletcher Allen's Renaissance Project

Philips Medical Systems has signed a long-term, strategic alliance with Burlington, Vt.-based Fletcher Allen Health Care Inc.

April 22, 2004

Planar Systems posts lower sales, earnings in second quarter of FY04

The market's shift to digital imaging took its toll on Planar Systems Inc.'s financial results in its second fiscal quarter, ending March 26.

April 22, 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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