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. 

Toshiba shows its full nuclear medicine platform

Toshiba Medical Systems showcased its e.soft Version 4.0 nuclear medicine platform which has been updated with a new look and feel at the 52nd Society of Nuclear Medicine (SNM) annual meeting in Toronto, Canada, June 18-22.

Philips details installs of hybrid imaging systems, product upgrades

Royal Philips Electronics announced that the company's advanced hybrid imaging systems have been installed at several facilities across North America, at the 52nd Society of Nuclear Medicine (SNM) annual meeting in Toronto, Canada, June 18-22.

Thinking Systems highlights PACS nuclear medicine functionalities

Thinking Systems Corp. emphasized the unique nuclear medicine capabilities that are a part of its ThinkingPACS workstation and other products at the 52nd Society of Nuclear Medicine (SNM) annual meeting in Toronto, Canada, June 18-22.

Siemens previews cardiac CT software

Siemens Medical Solutions introduced syngo Circulation, designed to set a new benchmark in cardiac evaluation software for computed tomography (CT), at Stanford Radiology's 7th Annual International Symposium on Multidetector-Row CT, June 15-18 in San Fran

fMRI benefits in noninvasive evaluation of epilepsy patients

Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) of the brain lowers the need for invasive testing of seizure disorder patients, according to a study published in the July issue of Radiology.

Fischer to sell its digital mammography intellectual property to Hologic

Fischer Imaging Corp. announced Wednesday it has entered into a definitive agreement to sell to Hologic, Inc. the intellectual property associated with its mammography business and products, including the rights to Fischer's SenoScan digital mammography a

Cerner to acquire point-of-care software provider Bridge Medical

Cerner Corp. has inked an agreement to acquire Bridge Medical Inc., an AmerisourceBergen Corp. subsidiary and provider of point-of-care software.

SG&A announces PACS training with clinical, IT tracks

SG&A Consultants Inc. recently announced the first course in PACS administration which pinpoints course content to match registrants' backgrounds with a goal of boosting the effectiveness of the education.

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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