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.
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.
Celebrating 75 years as an influential healthcare organization, The American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) hosts its national convention and exhibit Oct. 18 - 23 at the Minneapolis Convention Center.
While Washington, D.C., is the setting for this year's annual meeting of the Institute of Medicine (IOM) Oct. 27 and 28, participants can stay at home and partake via the World Wide Web.
More than 300 manufacturers from all markets of healthcare will participate in this year's MedSurg Conference and Expo Oct. 2 - 4 hosted by the Health Industry Distributors Association (HIDA).
The American Registry of Radiologic Technologists (ARRT) will offer nuclear medicine technologists certification in CT (computed tomography) starting in 2005, approximately 10 years after the CT exam was first introduced for registered radiographers and r
To improve the storage capabilities of its nationwide network of 2,200 community-owned healthcare organizations, VHA Inc. will offer IBM storage products, additional servers and Cisco hardware and maintenance services.
Siemens Medical Solutions has signed an agreement with i3Archive Inc. to deliver its National Digital Mammography Archive (NDMA) to healthcare facilities nationwide.
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.