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. 

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.

R2 Technology releases new pulmonary artery patency exam tool

R2 Technology Inc. last week announced the launch of its new pulmonary artery patency exam (PE) tool.

This year's SCAR a record breaker

This year's Society for Computer Applications in Radiology (SCAR) annual meeting which took place in Orlando, Fla. in early June, had record-breaking attendance of 2,975, up 18 percent from last year's meeting.

SNM's Image of the Year goes to 3D PET/CT image

Drum roll please An image by Stanford University researchers that details taking molecular/nuclear imaging to a three-dimensional level has been named the 2005 Image of the Year at the Society of Nuclear Medicine's (SNM) 52nd Annual Meeting in Toronto ea

Merge eFilm is now Merge Healthcare

Merge Technologies Incorporated, historically d.b.a. Merge eFilm, has recently announced that it has changed its corporate name to Merge Healthcare.

The first medical imaging degree program for PACS to be offered

The Medical Imaging Program of Clarkson College has launched a two-level certificate specialization for PACS Administration, Digital Imaging, and Medical Imaging Informatics.

Agfa assists in large-scale breast screenings in China

Agfa has contributed the first mobile screening unit fully equipped with the company's mammography imaging systems to the Chinese Ministry of Health project One Million Women Project.

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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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