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.

Swissray inks sales deals with Konica and Fujifilm

Swissray International Inc. is expanding its U.S. sales force in the digital x-ray market with two distribution agreements.

HIMSS and MS-HUG unite to promote healthcare IT

The Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) and the Microsoft Healthcare Users Group (MS-HUG) have become one.

Konica and Minolta close on merger

Konica Medical Imaging and Minolta Corp. on Wednesday completed their merger to become Konica Minolta Medical Imaging USA Inc.

HealthSouth readies to split Ambulatory Services division

HealthSouth Corp. will divide its Ambulatory Services division into Outpatient Rehabilitation and Diagnostics business units to optimize both operations.

AHIMA hosts October convention and exhibit

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.

Traveling an option for IOM's annual meeting

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.

Baltimore is the location of HIDA's 2003 MedSurge Conference & Expo

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).

CAD: Computer-Aided Detection is Proving its Worth in Mammography

Computer-aided detection has become an increasingly valuable tool in radiology departments, as the detection of more cancer lesions in patients convert more believers.

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GE HealthCare designed the new-look Revolution Vibe CT scanner to help hospitals and health systems embrace CCTA and improve overall efficiency.

Clinicians have been using HeartSee to diagnose and treat coronary artery disease since the technology first debuted back in 2018. These latest updates, set to roll out to existing users, are designed to improve diagnostic performance and user access.

The cardiac technologies clinicians use for CVD evaluations have changed significantly in recent years, according to a new analysis of CMS data. While some modalities are on the rise, others are being utilized much less than ever before.