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.
Medical Simulation Corp. of Colorado will provide its SimSuite System to train 3,000 invasive and interventional cardiologists who are members of the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions (SCAI).
More than 45.4 million CT procedures were performed in the U.S. in 2002, up 15 percent from 39.6 million in 2001, according to a new market growth report from IMV Medical Information Division of Des Plaines, Ill.
Networking storage provider, McDATA Corp.of Broomfield, Colo., announced the successful implementation of the company's storage area network (SAN) for the Austin Radiological Association (ARA) in Texas.
Revenue gains from its SenoScan digital mammography systems lifted Fischer Imaging Corp. to higher financial ground in its second fiscal quarter, ending June 29.
Barco this week unveiled a new backlight technology called DuraLight, which is designed to extend the lifetime of medical liquid crystal displays (LCD).
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.
CCTA is being utilized more and more for the diagnosis and management of suspected coronary artery disease. An international group of specialists shared their perspective on this ongoing trend.
