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.

Siemens receives FDA approvable letter for digital mammo system

Siemens Medical Solutions will soon join the digital mammography market, with the announcement today that it received an approvable letter from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for the MAMMOMAT NovationDR full-field digital mammography system.

Boston is site of AHRA's annual meeting & exposition in August

Boston will be the location of this year's American Healthcare Radiology Administrators' (AHRA) 32nd annual meeting & exposition, August 1 - 5, at the Hynes Convention Center.

Merge eFilm releases Fusion RIS v. 2.5

Merge eFilm this week released the Fusion RIS (RIS Logic Module) Version 2.5, which includes integration with Fusion PACS.

Unfors releases Direct X-ray Ruler

Unfors has released Direct X-ray Ruler (DXR), a new tool to meet the needs of real-time checks of the light and radiation field alignment.

InfiMed offers image stitching software for DR system

InfiMed Inc. this week released a new stitching software program called StingRay ImageStitch as a complement to their StingRay DR (digital radiography) system

NovaRad deploys its PACS at East Texas hospital

Nacogdoches Memorial Hospital in East Texas has selected NovaRad Corp.'s NovaPACS.

Matrox introduces the new RAD3mp medical display controller board

Matrox Graphics Inc. this week released a new addition to its Matrox RAD Series of display controller boards, the Matrox RAD3mp.

Misys unveils new technology for the clinical lab

Misys Healthcare Systems this week launched its Misys Laboratory-Collection Manager.

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.