Screening

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.

Brit PACS adds tools for the radiologist

PACS vendor Brit Systems Inc. is showing at SCAR Version 2.3 of its Linux-based PACS Diagnostic Workbench that improves the efficiency of reading and diagnosing electronic patient images.

NEC debuts new name and new products

SCAR 2005 is the first exhibit for NEC Display Solutions of America, formerly NEC-Mitsubishi, after ending its long-term partnership with Japan-based NEC Corp. NEC used the show to introduce two accessory products for its MD series of LCD displays.

FDA OKs Swissray digital x-ray system for trauma

Swissray International, Inc. announced that the FDA granted approval for its ddR Combi Trauma on Wednesday.

Amicas, DeJarnette team in debuting data migration tool for PACS

Amicas is debuting at SCAR Amicas Migrations powered by DeJarnette - a new product to fulfill the increasing need for replacement PACS and the migration of legacy PACS to modern architectures.

The SCAR QA/QC Primer: CR, DR, displays and teleradiology

Charles E. Willis, PhD, medical physicist with MD Anderson Cancer Center teamed up with MD Anderson's S. Jeff Shepard and John Romlein, clinical engineer with Xtria Healthcare Systems, to provide SCAR attendees with a comprehensive overview of quality con

IHE releasing how-to handbook

The IHE (Integrating the Healthcare Enterprise) organization is releasing its Radiology User Handbook, which is essentially a how-to for IHE.

InSiteOne shows growing archive

On-site and off-site secure DICOM storage provider InSiteOne is showcasing at SCAR 2005 the rapid growth of its InDex Archive with a display of minute-by-minute image storage statistics taken from daily operations logs.

Smooth Talk and Smart Operations

At Southern Ohio Medical Center, the adoption of speech recognition software in the radiology department has yielded significant gains in productivity and decreases in report turnaround time.

Around the web

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.