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.
Luggage, air-fare and hotel accommodations are not necessary for Telehealth 2003, the seventh annual international conference of the Association of Telehealth Service Providers (ATSP).
This month marks the 23rd year mammography imaging provider, Instrumentarium Imaging, has sponsored the annual Breast Imaging Conference being held in New Orleans Sept. 15-17.
Visualization software developer Viatronix Inc. received FDA marketing clearance for its general purpose 2D/3D medical imaging workstation V3D Explorer for x-ray.
Toshiba America Medical Systems (TAMS) on Wednesday launched its new Excelart Vantage 1.5-tesla (1.5T) high-field MRI system equipped with what the company asserts is the world's shortest magnet.
Siemens Medical Solutions will provide its upright mammography system, Mammomat 3000, to four mobile mammography coaches as part of a program implemented by the non-profit CDC Foundation that supports the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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.
