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.

Multifunction Multislice

More sophisticated, volumetric imaging studies are being designed to capitalize on advances in CT scanners, workstations and software.

Handheld Computing

Vendors have optimized both notebooks and handheld computers for the healthcare market with ultra-durable, portable products and workflow-enhancing handheld software. The newest solutions promise to facilitate anytime-anywhere medicine, increase productiv

Wireless Technology

At HIMSS, healthcare and IT professionals can take in everything from the latest wireless network technology, which boasts increased security, bandwidth and flexibility to the latest tools that allow healthcare institutions to maximize their investment in

Storage

HIMSS visitors in the market for storage will find solutions to simplify the transition to PACS, facilitate EHR-PACS storage integration and improve data and image backup.

Hologic posts strong 1Q results

Huge gains in digital detector and mammography system sales produced strong numbers for the first quarter of FY05, ending Dec. 25th.

eRAD now InSiteOne distributor

Web-enabled PACS and teleradiology vendor eRAD is now bundling its image management systems with the archiving technology of on- and off-site secure DICOM storage vendor InSiteOne Inc.

Philips, NTC partner for training and education

Philips Medical Systems and Northcentral Technical College (NTC) of Wausau, Wis., have inked a five-year agreement for the implementation of advanced medical imaging equipment and the development of a comprehensive training program for medical practioners

Varian debuts new tri-focus x-ray tube for special procedure labs

Varian Medical Systems Inc. has developed a new metal technology replacement tube for use with special procedures equipment from Siemens Medical Solutions.

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.