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.”

QuadraMed completes three-year deal with Chester River Health System

Over the next three years, QuadraMed Corp. will implement its Affinity health information system (HIS) to the non-profit Chester River Health System (CRHS).

February 5, 2004

Abbott Northwestern Hospital takes delivery on Siemens' Acuson systems

Abbott Northwestern Hospital and the Minneapolis Heart Institute have purchased and installed 23 new Acuson Sequoia echocardiography systems and two Acuson Cypress cardiovascular systems from Siemens Medical Solutions.

February 5, 2004

Pro Radiology forms new business relationships

Pro Radiology has broadened its medical imaging platform through recent partnerships with three healthcare companies.

February 5, 2004

GE Healthcare to partner with Questra on remote diagnostics software

GE Healthcare (formerly GE Medical Systems) says it will use remote diagnostics firm Questra's software to power the next generation of GE's InSite remote device monitoring and diagnostic services.

February 5, 2004

Siemens announces upgrade for Sonoline Antares ultrasound system

Siemens Medical Solutions unveils that its Clarify vascular enhancement (VE) technology is now available on the Sonoline Antares ultrasound system with the StellarPlus performance package.

February 5, 2004

FDA panel recommends R2 Technology's lung CAD for clearance

The FDA's Radiological Devices Panel of the Medical Devices Advisory Committee unanimously recommended approval of R2 Technology Inc.'s ImageChecker CT computer-aided detection (CAD) system for the detection of lung nodules during review of multi-detector

February 5, 2004

Connecting Portable X-ray: The Vision for DR

Increasing the efficiency of accessing portable CR images - and introducing portable DR - is on the minds of many healthcare facilities wanting to maximize the all-too-tight time of their techs and take advantage of their PACS investment.

February 1, 2004

AHRA sets 2004 dates for CRA exam

The American Healthcare Radiology Administrators (AHRA) has scheduled the 2004 Certified Radiology Administrators (CRA) examination for April 17 at approximately 200 CompUSA testing centers in 41 states.

January 29, 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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