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.
Philips Medical Systems highlighted its new iE33 echocardiography system, the Allura FD20 flat detector x-ray system and the Allura 3D Coronary Angiography heart imaging tool at this week's American Heart Association (AHA) Scientific Sessions in New Orlea
GE Healthcare revealed at this week's American Heart Association (AHA) Scientific Sessions in New Orleans, La. a Six Sigma-based program that will help medical facilities adopt a new strategy for the treatment of chest pain patients.
Communication Synergy Technologies Inc. (ComSynTech) has integrated its Document Vault archiving technology into its InFORM' Radiology Information System (RIS) to develop a patent-pending archiving software called CDV1000 Document Vault.
Varian Medical Systems Inc. attributed strong demand for its radiation therapy and x-ray imaging products to its FY04 record earnings, revenues and net orders.
Inking a number of contracts and installations helped IDX Systems Corp. maintain revenue and earnings momentum in the third quarter of FY04, ending September 30.
Cedara Software Corp. has teamed with ONI Medical Systems to integrate its medical imaging console technologies for application by ONI on its MRI systems.
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.
