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.”

Where Images & Information Meet

"Communication for Better Patient Care" is the theme for this year's 89th Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) in Chicago from Nov. 30 through Dec. 5.

November 1, 2003

MRI Broadening the Field

November 1, 2003

Displays: The Big Picture

November 1, 2003

PACS / IT: The Key to Connectivity

With a show theme based on communication, what better place to start the exhibitor preview than with picture archiving and communications systems (PACS) and a host of related information technologies (IT).

November 1, 2003

ECRI rolls out new Health Technology Forecast product

ECRI has launched a new online resource called Health Technology Forecast to assist healthcare executives in strategic technology planning.

October 30, 2003

EP MedSystems gets the FDA OK for ultrasound catheter imaging system

EP MedSystems, of West Berlin, N.J., received FDA market clearance for its ViewMate intracardiac ultrasound catheter imaging system.

October 30, 2003

Elekta Synergy receives FDA 510(k)

The FDA this week granted 510(k) pre-market clearance to Elekta AB's Elekta Synergy system.

October 30, 2003

IDX's RIS ventures down South

Moses Cone Health System has chosen IDX Systems Corp.'s Imagecast RIS (radiology information system) for installation.

October 30, 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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