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. 

Roche, GE Healthcare to collaborate on innovative Alzheimer treatments

Roche, a healthcare group focused on pharmaceuticals and diagnostics, and GE Healthcare (GEHC) have announced a collaboration to develop new innovative treatments for Alzheimer's disease using both medical equipment and pharmaceuticals.

ASTRO awards nearly $400,000 in grants

The American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology (ASTRO) has announced the recipients of its 2005 Junior Faculty Career Research Training Award, Residents/Fellows in Radiation Oncology Research Seed Grants.

TeraMedica unveils new universal EHR image viewer

TeraMedica Healthcare Technology, a Milwaukee-based high technology informatics company, has recently launched the WADOWeb Universal Electronic Health Record (EHR) Image Viewer.

CCHIT calls out for healthcare stakeholder feedback

Over the next few weeks the Certification Commission for Healthcare Information Technology (CCHIT) is seeking comments from healthcare stakeholders regarding Phase II of its project to create a mechanism for the certification of HIT products.

Given Imaging lowers profit forecast as CFO resigns

Given Imaging Ltd., maker of a small pill that contains a camera for gastrointestinal imaging has recently dropped its profit forecast.

Encentuate and Carefx enter technology integration partnership

Enterprise access security system provider Encentuate Inc. has announced a marketing and technology integration partnership with Carefx Corporation, a developer of healthcare clinical context management and web integration software.

Varian, Onco to offer cancer registry software

Varian Medical Systems Inc. this week announced that the company has entered into an agreement with Onco Inc. to offer OncoLog and Case Finding, Onco's cancer registry software products, to users of Varian's Oncology Information System for managing radiat

New HSA Workgroup to develop best practices for health savings accounts

PricewaterhouseCoopers and Medical Banking Project (MBProject) are joining forces to form the HAS Workgroup, a new initiative to develop best practices for Health Savings Accounts (HSAs).

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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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