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.

ACR criticizes Tom Cruise's reported unsupervised use of fetal keepsake ultrasound

Actors Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes may be placing their unborn child at risk if they are performing fetal ultrasound on Holmes, who is about 6 months pregnant, with no medical supervision and, if so, should not, in any way, view their fetal keepsake ultra

Intelerad, XIMIS to integrate RIS and PACS

Intelerad Medical Systems and XIMIS have announced the integration of XIMIS XIRIS radiology information software with Intelerad's INTELEPACS.

Winchester ups capacity for its enterprise-class disk technology

Data storage provider Winchester Systems, Inc. has introduced 400 GB hard drives for its line of Serial ATA (SATA) disk arrays.

IHE calls for participants in its Connectathon, other programs

The annual IHE North America Connectathon will be held Jan. 16-20, 2006 in Oak Brook, Ill. The Connectathon is the centerpiece of the IHE testing process. Companies that choose to participate in this weeklong interoperability testing event will be evaluat

Breast imaging expands beyond traditional boundaries

A variety of new breast imaging technologies debuted and gained new strength at RSNA 2003.

Array's upgrade links legacy devices to DICOM

Array Corp USA announces its latest upgrade -- DICOM Pro Capture -- to its DICOM Pro series of legacy modality gateways and print servers.

GEMS and eProject ink distribution agreement

GE Medical Systems (GEMS) has signed a pact to distribute eProject Inc.'s enterprise project and portfolio management software.

Siemens, University of Michigan to create cardiovascular center

Siemens Medical Solutions USA Inc. and the University of Michigan Health System (UMHS) have established a five-year technology partnership in medical imaging and information technology (IT) services for a new $200 million cardiovascular center.

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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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