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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KLAS releases mid-year rankings

Health IT vendor research firm KLAS Enterprises LLC has issued its 2005 mid-year rankings of customer satisfaction with vendor products.

SNOMED, HL7 ink 2-year deal to standardize applications

SNOMED International, a division of the College of American Pathologists (CAP) has inked a two-year agreement with Health Level Seven (HL7) which formalizes the long-standing relationship between the organizations aimed to further bind the SNOMED Clinical

Amplification: Codonics shows Horizon, new entry-level color printer

Codonics, a provider of nuclear medicine imagers, showcased the Horizon medical imager as well as the company's newly released entry-level EP-1000 color printer at the 52nd Society of Nuclear Medicine (SNM) annual meeting in Toronto, Canada, June 18-22.

GE shows additions to PET/CT platform, new Evolution software, works-in-progress, and more at SNM

GE Healthcare showed a wide array of new products, upgrades, works-in-progress, and touted install base numbers related to the nuclear medicine area at last week's 52nd Society of Nuclear Medicine (SNM) annual meeting in Toronto, Canada.

UltraSPECT introduces Xpress.cardiac with WBR technology at SNM 2005

UltraSPECT introduced its Xpress.cardiac a new myocardial perfusion SPECT image enhancement protocol at last week's 52nd Society of Nuclear Medicine (SNM) annual meeting in Toronto, Canada.

Siemens showcases new clinical hardware, clinical applications

The newly formed and renamed Siemens Medical Solutions Molecular Imaging division (formerly Siemens Nuclear Medicine Group) presented a vision of its entire molecular imaging portfolio including a new entry-level addition to its Symbia family of TruePoint

Tyco discusses the huge costs of appendicitis misdiagnosis, promotes NeutroSpec imaging agent

Appendicitis can be difficult to diagnose especially for certain groups, and the costs of misdiagnosis are tremendous, yet new diagnostic tools could greatly alleviate this problem. Those are the general conclusions of an economic study Tyco International

Hitachi shows enhancements to the Sceptre P3, introduces new cardiac app. for AVIA

Hitachi Medical Systems America (HMSA) showcased new capabilities to its Sceptre P3 PET/CT imaging system as well as the new Emory Cardiac Toolbox PETtools, a new software package for AVIA, the company's multi-modality workstation at last week's 52nd Soci

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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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