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.
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.
The American Healthcare Radiology Administrators (AHRA) this week announced the results of its Certified Radiology Administrator examination administered on April 17.
Digital imaging and telemedicine firm Trestle Holdings Inc. announced that Harborview Medical Center (HMC), a 368-bed patient care, teaching and research facility located in Seattle has purchased MedMicro.
DR Systems Inc. has signed a multi-year vendor reseller agreement to represent Imaging Dynamics Co. Ltd.'s (IDC) portfolio of Xplorer digital radiography (DR) systems.
Blue Cross and Blue Shield (BCBS) of Massachusetts will triple to more than 500 the number of physicians in its Internet-based consultant pilot program.
DeJarnette Research Systems Inc. has signed a data migration service agreement with McKesson Corp. and a data migration licensing pact with Fujifilm Medical Systems USA Inc.
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.
