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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Sun Microsystems, InstantDx to provide first physician-based national health record

Sun Microsystems Inc. and InstantDx, a pioneer in electronic prescribing (e-prescribing) services for physicians, hospitals and healthcare organizations, today announced an initiative to jointly provide a revolutionary new physician-based electronic healt

Study looks at optical imaging for non-invasive breast imaging

An engineering optimization study conducted at the Cedars Breast Center of the Royal Victoria Hospital in Montreal illustrated the sensitivity of near-infrared (NIR) optical techniques to the metabolic functions of breast tissue.

CAD technology useful for difficult-to-detect breast cancers

Study findings revealed that CAD technology effectively identified 98 percent of the microcalcifications, 95 percent of the invasive lobular carcinomas, 89 percent of the mixed mass/microcalcification lesions and 84 percent of the masses in 273 women with

New study could give boost to digital mammo

Digital mammography is widely regarded as a powerful new tool in the detection of breast cancer. Yet, thus far the technology is not broadly utilized with the FDA estimating that fewer than 10 percent of breast screening facilities use the new systems.

Survey: Big jump in health IT efforts

Over the past year there has been a big increase in interest levels and also activity associated with electronic information exchanges, according to survey results recently released by the eHealth Initiative Foundation.

Sun Microsystems wraps up purchase of StorageTek

Sun Microsystems Inc. this week announced it has completed its acquisition of StorageTek. The acquisition is valued at approximately $4.1 billion.

Medical costs crippling many Americans

More than one out of every four Americans today are struggling to keep up with healthcare costs, while many worry about futures medical bills or are skimping on treatments as they try to make ends meet.

TEPR calls for 2006 conference topic submissions

For the first time, TEPR has put out a call for topics for the 2006 conference, May 20-24, 2006 in Baltimore.

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Cardiovascular Business
Global shortage of nuclear imaging isotopes may be over

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.

Cardiovascular Business
‘A huge win’: CMS significantly increases Medicare payments for cardiac CT

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.

Cardiovascular Business
FDA clears AI tool that flags signs of heart disease in chest CT scans

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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