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.”

Confirma shows efficiency of CAD for breast MR

Confirma Inc. this week highlighted its CADstream 3.0 computer-aided detection system for breast MRI studies featuring more automated features to help radiologists achieve higher quality imaging studies, lower costs for their practices and better communic

December 4, 2003

Hologic previews progress on breast tomosynthesis

Hologic Inc. at RSNA this week previewed add-on hardware and software breast tomosynthesis for its first full field digital breast tomosynthesis research system.

December 4, 2003

RSNA's 89th annual meeting winds down with the naming of its new president

The gavel comes down on Friday to signal the close of the 89th edition of the Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA).

December 4, 2003

Cedara Software revs up its technology portofolio

Cedara Software Corp. will market its family of I-Suite PACS (picture archiving and communications systems) through Beijing Invention & Technology Corp. (BITC) in China.

December 4, 2003

Hologic partners with InSiteOne and Mammography Reporting System

Hologic Inc. has signed a definitive distribution agreement with InSiteOne and a sales pact with Mammography Reporting System Inc.

December 4, 2003

ASRT: Enrollment increases in radiation therapy programs

Some 1,274 first-year students enrolled in radiation therapy programs nationwide in the fall of 2003, 23 percent more than 2002 and 57 percent more than 2001.

December 4, 2003

In the OR: Image-guided Surgery Soups Up Need for Networks

By importing detailed anatomical images into an image-guided surgery planning system, neurosurgeons and other surgeons gain a roadmap to superimpose on a patient's internal structure.

December 1, 2003

MRI Broadening the Field

The demand for MRI systems remains as steady as rock. Procedures reached 21.9 million in 2002, a 22 percent jump from 18 million in 2001, according to IMV Medical Information Division.

November 25, 2003

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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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