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.

Printers: When Only Hardcopy Will Do

Multitasking printers offering varying film sizes, from a variety of modalities, gain more compact footprints. And DICOM interfaces smooth the path from modality to film in the physician's hands.

Workstations: Taking Clinical Utility Up a Notch

These clinical workhorses are gaining in strength, with enhancements debuting at RSNA for more complex surgery planning such as orthopedic measurement and templating and trending reports for examining outcomes as well as advanced search tools, dynamic wor

Breast Imaging: Images and Business Made Better

Integration is the name of the game for breast imaging vendors. Look for mammography PACS solutions and products to ease the transition from analog to digital.

Cedara reports profitable 1Q in FY05

In the first quarter of FY05 ending September 30, Cedara Software Corp. reported a 22 percent increase in revenue to $12.3 million, compared with $10.1 million in the first quarter of FY04.

USPTO reissues Xenogen patent for in vivo imaging

Xenogen Corp. announced this week that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has reissued a patent on its proprietary biophotonic imaging technology, exclusively licensed to the company.

ComSynTech, MedPay integrate technologies

Communication Synergy Technology Inc. (ComSynTech) has integrated its InFORM Radiology Information System (RIS) with MedPay USA's billing verification software.

Mercury reveals imaging and visualization technology for Life Sciences

Mercury Computer Systems this week introduced its new portfolio of advanced 3D imaging products and services for life sciences OEMs.

Cedara partners with All-Pro Imaging, appoints 2 new directors

Cedara Software Corp. has partnered with All-Pro Imaging, a division of Air Techniques Inc., to offer an affordable computed radiography (CR) system for private practice clinics and radiology imaging centers.

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.