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.

McKesson closes on purchase of Moore Medical

McKesson Corp. on April 2 announced that it had completed its acquisition of Moore Medical Corp. in New Britain, Conn.

ECRI schedules audio PACS conference

ECRI will hold an audio conference on the "Next-Generation PACS: Planning, Purchasing, and Implementation" on May 12 from 1:00 to 2:15 p.m. EDT.

March brings record sales to Swissray

Swissray International Inc. is reporting record sales for the month of March.

Fuji Medical to offer SCAR scholarship

Fujifilm Medical Systems USA Inc. has created a scholarship to alleviate the expenses for a prospective PACS administrator to attend this year's annual meeting of the Society for Computer Applications in Radiology's (SCAR) PACS Administration Overview Cou

Cedara inks software supply agreement with Hitachi Medical

Software provider Cedara Software Corp. has signed an agreement with Hitachi Medical Corp. to supply certain of Cedara's medical imaging technologies and services to Hitachi.

IT Challenges for fMRI

After unlocking secrets to brain function for the past two decades at research sites, functional MRI is gaining value in clinical practice, particularly in managing patients with brain tumors and arteriovenous malformations. The large fMRI data files thes

3T Defines A Role in Clinical Imaging

The marketplace for high-field MRI, specifically 3-tesla, is transitioning from research institutes to a more clinically centered customer base at the community and specialty facility level.

International Isotopes posts results for 2003

Sales at International Isotopes Inc. (I3) dipped slightly to $2.1 million, compared with $2.2 million in 2002.

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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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