Diagnostic screening programs help catch cancer, abnormalities or other diseases before they reach an advanced stage, saving lives and healthcare costs. Screening programs include, lung, breast, prostate, and cervical cancer, among many others.
Ultrasound is routinely used to screen for HCC. However, its utility is limited by numerous factors, including patient body habitus, operator experience and certain liver conditions, all of which contribute to decreases in sensitivity.
In conjunction with prevention efforts, the introduction of screening examinations has resulted in a reduction of nearly 6 million cancer-related deaths since 1975.
Breast density is most often discussed within the context of cancer risk, but new research suggests that it also could be used as a marker of cardiometabolic health.
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.
Digital hospitals offer a range of opportunities, such as wireless and remote access to health records, consolidated workflow, summarized results of structured and unstructured data, detailed documents, and available medical images.
Agfa HealthCare highlighted its CR25-TR computed radiography (CR) system tailored for radiotherapy system the CR25-RT at last week's American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology (ASTRO) annual meeting in Denver, Colo.
An innovative chip design that could increase the portability and lower the cost of currentmedical ultrasound equipment is the winner of the first phase of the System-on-a-Chip Design Contest sponsored by Semiconductor Research Corporation and the Semico
We may be on the dawn of a new era in medical imaging, according to two just-published peer-reviewed international journals, Kybernetes and Functional Diagnostics.
Double Black Imaging, the North American distributor and service center for WIDE Corp. has received FDA 510(k) approval for WIDE's 5MP display system, meaning that the system has been officially cleared for use in digital mammography applications by the F
KODAK's Health Group showcased its Radiation Oncology Beam Dosimetry Package at last week's at last weeks last week's American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology (ASTRO) annual meeting in Denver, Colo.
RBMA President Peter Moffatt discusses declining reimbursement rates, recruiting challenges and the role of artificial intelligence in transforming the industry.
Deepak Bhatt, MD, director of the Mount Sinai Fuster Heart Hospital and principal investigator of the TRANSFORM trial, explains an emerging technique for cardiac screening: combining coronary CT angiography with artificial intelligence for plaque analysis to create an approach similar to mammography.
A total of 16 cardiology practices from 12 states settled with the DOJ to resolve allegations they overbilled Medicare for imaging agents used to diagnose cardiovascular disease.
