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. 

myNDMA.com helps woman manage health

i3ARCHIVE Inc. is offering women a new online tool called myNDMA.com (My National Digital Medical Archive).

The big cost of a national EHR network

A national electronic health records (EHR) network is certainly possible, but it's going to cost some serious dough.

Intuitive gains FDA clearance

Intuitive Imaging Informatics L.L.C, this week announced that it has received 510(k) clearance from the Food and Drug Administration for its ImageQube, a web-based PACS, the company said.

Patient safety is now the law of the land

President Bush last week signed the Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Act (S 544) into law.

UltraRAD releases UltraBURN

UltraRAD Corporation this week announced UltraBURN, a new CD/DVD burning device which can help a facility index patient data as well as burn and label media.

WellPoint inks $719 million deal with IBM

WellPoint Inc., an Indianapolis-based health insurer, announced last that it has finalized a $719 million, seven-year information technology service agreement with IBM.

Xilinx, Siemens developing new 3D imaging technology

Xilinx Inc. a leading programmable logic supplier, and Siemens Medical Solutions, this week announced a collaboration to develop innovative 3D medical imaging products.

Bio-Imaging makes some gains

Bio-Imaging Technologies Inc. yesterday announced its financial results for the 2nd quarter which ended June 30, 2005, making some gains from the 1st quarter and moving in the direction of profitability.

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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