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.”

GEMS Information Technologies inks Catholic Health Initiatives supply pact

GE Medical Systems Information Technologies (GEMSIT) will provide its Centricity picture archiving and communications system (PACS), computed radiography (CR) products and support services to Catholic Health Initiatives (CHI) in Denver.

October 30, 2003

AMIA hosts its annual symposium next month in Washington

More than 450 presenters are scheduled to highlight the 27th annual symposium of the American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA) Nov. 8-12 at Washington, D.C.

October 30, 2003

JCAHO conference: Decisions that Count

The Joint Commission Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) will host its 2003 National Conference on Quality and Safety in Healthcare: Decisions that Count Dec. 3-5 at the Chicago Hilton Towers.

October 30, 2003

NASA developing electronic health records

NASA is on board with EHRs (electronic health records) as it unveiled plans to develop a comprehensive EHR system.

October 23, 2003

CMS gets 510(k) clearance for mobile patient positioning system

Radiation treatment software developer, CMS Inc. of St. Louis, Mo., announces 510(k) clearance of I-Beam, a self-contained mobile patient positioning system.

October 23, 2003

Hologic debuts the Explorer QDR Bone Densitometer

Hologic rolled out its new Explorer fan-beam bone densitometry system at the annual Journees Francaises de Radiologie (JFR) 2003 meeting in Paris, France.

October 23, 2003

Varian on board at ASTRO to unveil two new radiation treatment products

New products and enhancements were announced by Varian Medical Systems at the annual meeting of the American Society for Therapeutic and Radiology and Oncology (ASTRO) in Salt Lake City, Utah, this week.

October 23, 2003

Quinton, Camtronics partner on hemodynamic monitoring

Quinton Cardiology Systems inked a four-year strategic alliance with cardiovascular information management provider, Camtronics Medical Systems, a subsidiary of Analogic Corp. of Peabody, Mass.

October 23, 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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