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.
EMC Corp. this week introduced new versions of its EMC CLARiiON networked storage systems with native iSCSI (Internet small computer system interface) support, including the new CLARiiON AX100i, CLARiiON CX300i and CLARiiON CX500i models.
Digital video systems vendor SeaChange International Inc. of Maynard, Mass. and on-and off-site secure DICOM storage vendor InSiteOne have formed a strategic partnership.
IBM is providing Teges Corp. of Coral Gables, Fla. with its WebSphere software that enables doctors making their rounds to enter or access patient information using speech, a keyboard or handwriting via handheld, slate tablet PCs.
Medcon Telemedicine Technology Inc. announced at HIMSS it has complete integration of its TCS Symphony's cardiac image and information management system with EMC Corp.'s Centera storage system at the Saint Thomas Heart Institute in Nashville, Tenn.
Attendees at this year's HIMSS experienced first hand how interoperable electronic health record (EHR) systems can work in both acute and ambulatory settings at two interoperability showcases, the Cross-Enterprise and Ambulatory Care Interoperability Show
Is digital mammography ready for prime time? That was the question presenter J. Anthony Siebert, PhD, University of California (Davis) outlined last week in a session at the Healthcare Information Management and Systems Society meeting in Dallas.
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.
