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.
Addressing the need of radiologists and ergonomic PACS reading room environments, AFC Industries Inc. unveiled at the AHRA meeting this week in Boston ErgoTier, its new customizable workstation for radiology reading.
Fischer Imaging Corp. featured its SenoView dedicated workstation and SenoViewPlus multi-modality workstation this week at the American Healthcare Radiology Administrator's meeting in Boston.
Imaging Dynamics Company (IDC) introduced a new digital radiography system that is pending Food and Drug Administration approval at the annual meeting of the American Healthcare Radiology Administrators this week in Boston.
Misys Healthcare Systems was on board at AHRA 2004 this week in Boston showcasing its new Misys PACS Integration Module that connects a healthcare organization's RIS, the various modalities and PACS to communicate in the same language without a broker.
Avocent Corp. has deployed its wireless technology in the new Regional Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (RNICU) facility at Huntsville Hospital for Women & Children in Alabama opening this month.
Shared PET Imaging LLC of Canton, Ohio, this week launched a viewing software program called ClarityPET that has already been cleared by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
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.
