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.

Planar releases Dome Dashboard, reports success at Lahey Clinic

Planar Systems Inc. released its remote monitoring software, Dome Dashboard, and said that Xtria Healthcare Solutions division, a managed services provider for the implementation and management of PACS, reports early success after utilizing the calibratio

Heartlab expands storage backup options for cardiology data

Heartlab Inc. this week introduced a Remote Archive DVD library offering for off-line back up of critical cardiology images and information.

StorageTek: launches storage appraisal program, realigns global services

StorageTek has launched a Storage Appraisal service program to help its customers, such as healthcare facilities, identify and improve components of their enterprise storage infrastructure.

Dalsa adds to scan camera line

Dalsa has introduced two new multi-megapixel area scan cameras, the Pantera TF 6M8 and Pantera TF 11M4, which are based on TrueFrame image sensor technology.

GE touts 12% growth in ultrasound business

GE Healthcare announced this week that its Ultrasound business' revenues grew by more than 12 percent in 2004, marking the company's 10th consecutive year of double-digit growth in ultrasound.

Image Systems releases new display calibration software

Image Systems Corp. introduced a new version of its Calibration Feedback System (CFS) software that enables remote calibration and maintenance of diagnostic imaging displays.

Infinitt, SmartPACS sign agreement for joint venture

SmartPACS and Infinitt Co. Ltd., who developed a professional partnership in 2000, signed a memorandum of understanding this week that is a prelude to a joint venture agreement to be signed by the end of 2005.

PatientKeeper deploys mobile charge capture system

Physicians at the Samuel Bronfman Department of Medicine at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York City are downloading patient lists from their mobile computing device and recording services immediately following the visit using PatientKeeper Inc

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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.