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.”

GE Healthcare Financial Services transition to boost medical, dental lines

GE Healthcare Financial Services on Wednesday unveiled a definitive agreement to acquire HPSC Inc., a provider of financing to medical and dental practices with more than $1 billion in managed assets.

November 13, 2003

CoActiv reveals plans to showcase new PACS offering at RSNA

CoActiv Medical Business Solutions, a recently formed affiliated business of Amsys Inc of Ridgefield, Conn., will introduce its new Exam-PACS at the annual Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) conference Nov. 30 - Dec. 2 in Chicago, Ill.

November 6, 2003

Philips ships record number of mobile ultrasound system in 10 months

Philips Medical Systems' EnVisor ultrasound system has gained worldwide acceptance with more than 1,600 systems shipped in ten months.

November 6, 2003

Toshiba's Aquilion 16 CFX CT system in use for cardiac applications

Toshiba America Medical Systems has deployed its Aquilion 16 CFX CT multislice computed tomography (CT) scanner to many healthcare providers for advanced cardiac studies.

November 6, 2003

iCAD received FDA OK on iQ CAD system

The FDA has cleared iCAD Inc.'s new iCAD iQ computer-aided detection (CAD) system for marketing.

November 6, 2003

Philips Medical, Epic Systems partner on IT integration

Royal Philips Electronics N.V. and Epic Systems Corp. are aligning to integrate Epic's patient-centric, enterprise-wide healthcare information systems with Philips' medical imaging, picture archiving and communication system (PACS), and patient monitoring

November 6, 2003

Invivo declines Intermagnetics offer of $19 per share

Intermagnetics General Corp. on Monday offered Invivo Corp. $19 per share to sell the company. So far, Invivo has said "Thanks, but no thanks."

November 6, 2003

Fitting the X-ray Retrofit into the Network

Extending equipment life and acquiring digital capabilities without taking on greater expenses are two reasons facilities look to upgrade their systems with retrofits.

November 1, 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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