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. 

Survey: Drop continues in companies that provide employee health coverage

Fewer and fewer businesses are offering health insurance to their workers in a decline that started 5 years ago.

HHS publishes proposed electronic claims attachment standards

The Department of Health and Human Services (HSS) has published a proposed rule to establish national standards for electronic claims attachments in the Sept. 23 Federal Register.

S&S makes looking at pictures easier with new workstation, cart

S&S Technology has introduced the EW100 Full Featured Ergonomic Workstation and a new OR PACS Cart.

Toshiba shipping large-bore CT systems

Touting new "true isotropic resolution to oncology," Toshiba America Medical Systems today announced U.S. shipments of the Aquilion LB, which received FDA clearance in March.

GE enhances bone mineral density system

GE Healthcare (GEHC) recently revealed major pediatric application enhancements for its GE Lunar Prodigy bone density system.

FDA clears Midwest RF oncology MRI head array coil

Midwest RG LLC has received FDA marketing clearance for its Radiation Oncology MRI Head Array Coil (ROH).

iCAD expands CAD technology agreement with 3D imaging partner TeraRecon

iCAD Inc. has announced the broadening of its technology partnership with TeraRecon Inc., a provider of advanced image processing and 3D visualization techniques.

Sectra signs strategic cooperation agreement with leading RIS company in Australia

The Swedish IT and medical technology company Sectra has announced the formation of a long-term strategic alliance with Australian-based Kestral Computing Pty Ltd.

Around the web

The nuclear imaging isotope shortage of molybdenum-99 may be over now that the sidelined reactor is restarting. ASNC's president says PET and new SPECT technologies helped cardiac imaging labs better weather the storm.

CMS has more than doubled the CCTA payment rate from $175 to $357.13. The move, expected to have a significant impact on the utilization of cardiac CT, received immediate praise from imaging specialists.

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. 

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