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.

Matrox launches new boards

Matrox Graphics Inc. this week introduced the Aurora VX2mp medical imaging display controller boards.

McKesson partners for nursing informatics

Advancing the field of nursing informatics, McKesson Corp. and the University of Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences Center (UCDHSC) School of Nursing in Denver have entered into a strategic relationship to study how technology can be used to promote p

Radiologist describes MRI as a non-invasive microscope

Clinical research presented at the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons annual meeting in Washington, D.C. (Feb. 23 - 26) by orthopedic specialist Hollis Potter, MD, chief, director of research, Department of Radiology and Imaging at the Hospital for S

FDA OKs CoActiv PACS for digital mammography

CoActiv Medical Business Solutions has received U.S. FDA approval for its CoActiv EXAM-PACS for primary reads and archival storage of digital mammography exams.

Agfa unveils CR radiotherapy system

Agfa HealthCare this week introduced the CR (computed radiography) Radiotherapy system, a digital simulation and portal imaging system for both low and high dose applications that handles both low and high energy x-rays.

Siemens to market hospital's pediatric order sets

Siemens Medical Solutions is integrating its computerized physician order entry (CPOE) technology with CPOE pediatric order sets developed and used at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center (CCHMC).

ODS Medical adds to PACScomm

ODS Medical, developer and distributor of the PACScomm CD/DVD Image Recording System and the PACSstor Image Storage System, has added features to PACScomm.

The Low-down on Digital Mammography Displays

Choice is a new addition to digital mammography displays and workstations - with new monitors now on the market.

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.