Medical Imaging

Physicians utilize medical imaging to see inside the body to diagnose and treat patients. This includes computed tomography (CT), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), X-ray, ultrasound, fluoroscopy, angiography,  and the nuclear imaging modalities of PET and SPECT. 

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‘A troublesome trend’: Top imaging groups slam insurer-directed test substitution policies

Advocates say payers' push for single first-line imaging tests for all patients isn't backed by evidence and may cause harm.

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Top medical groups release new appropriate use criteria for PSMA-PET imaging

SNMMI is among the many organizations that collaborated on the updated guidance for imaging prostate cancer.

5 Years into the Cloud, John Muir Health Is Just Getting Started

Sponsored by Sectra

One 3D mammogram acquired via digital breast tomosynthesis adds about 500 MB of image data to a hospital’s storage system. That’s the average. On the high end, a single study can occupy as much as 3 GB of real estate on a finite-volume storage server.

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GE Healthcare beefs up ultrasound business with $1.4B acquisition

The healthcare giant agreed to acquire advanced surgical visualization firm BK Medical from Altaris Capital.

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Revised lung cancer screening guidelines still leave many high-risk groups ineligible

Mass General radiologists say changing the age and smoking pack-years doesn't fully address cancer risk.

Radiologist-founded company wins $1.7M for stroke busting device

Mubin Syed, MD, plans to put the money toward research and prototypes, hoping for the device to hit the market in the next two years.

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Amyloid PET pinpoints ‘tipping point’ for developing Alzheimer’s dementia

Washington University in St. Louis experts say they can estimate how far dementia has progressed and how much time is left before cognitive impairment sets in.

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Google Health’s AI tool slashes abnormal chest X-ray turnaround times by 28%

The Palo Alto giant used exams from nearly 250,000 patients to upgrade its already robust algorithm.

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Radiology Business
Shift toward imaging outside the hospital could save billions

Harvard’s David A. Rosman, MD, MBA, explains how moving imaging outside of hospitals could save billions of dollars for U.S. healthcare.

Cardiovascular Business
‘A significant milestone’: First US patients receive doses of new PET radiotracer for CAD

Back in September, the FDA approved GE HealthCare’s new PET radiotracer, flurpiridaz F-18, for patients with known or suspected CAD. It is seen by many in the industry as a major step forward in patient care. 

Cardiovascular Business
Continuation of 99mTc-PYP shortage prompts need for alternative cardiac amyloidosis imaging

After three years of intermittent shortages of nuclear imaging tracer technetium-99m pyrophosphate, there are no signs of the shortage abating.