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.”

Upcoming DICOM and HL7 training course

OTech Inc. is offering training courses on DICOM and/or HL7 for five days -- Sept. 29 through Oct. 3 -- at Hilton DFW Lakes in Dallas.

September 18, 2003

World's largest scientific symposium for interventional vascular therapy

This week marked the 15th annual Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT) Scientific Symposium sponsored by the Cardiovascular Research Foundation (CRF) and the Lenox Hill Heart and Vascular Institute of New York.

September 18, 2003

SourceOne inks one, ends two distribution pacts

Radiology supplier distributor SourceOne Health Technologies terminated two distribution agreements and gained one contract over the last week.

September 18, 2003

Philips Medical Systems acquires The R.P. Kincheloe Co.

Philips Medical Systems' sales and service organization is expanding in Texas and Oklahoma.

September 18, 2003

Regulators give green light to GE's acquisition of Instrumentarium

General Electric Co. (GE) on Sept. 16 cleared the final hurdle in the regulatory process to purchase Instrumentarium Corp. for approximately $2.1 billion.

September 18, 2003

CRAs pass AHRA test with flying colors

The credential, CRA, may be more prevalent throughout the radiology community as the American Healthcare Radiology Administrators (AHRA) announced the results from its August Certified Radiology Administrators (CRA) exam.

September 11, 2003

Merge eFilm expands European presence

Merge eFilm will partner with four European companies to resell or distribute Merge eFilm's Fusion RIS/PACS and eFilm Workstation solutions.

September 11, 2003

Swissray chooses not to renew pact with SourceOne

Digital radiography equipment manufacturer Swissray International Ltd. has terminated its two-year distribution agreement with Mentor, Ohio-based SourceOne Healthcare Technologies.

September 11, 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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