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. 

Gamma Medica launches pre-clinical research accessories division

Gamma Medica announced this week the launch of a new division to supply accessories and related products and services to users of the company's FLEX Pre-Clinical Imaging systems.

Planar releases new high-end, flat-panel monitors

Planar Systems Inc. has unveiled the latest in its PX line of high-end LCD monitors.

PortAuthority relaunches itself, upgrades products

Security software developer PortAuthority Technologies, formerly Vidius, recently announced that it is re-launching itself and has upgraded its core product.

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.

Siemens to boost ultrasound transducer technology via Sensant Corp. purchase

Siemens Medical Solutions Ultrasound Division announced today that it has inked an agreement to acquire Sensant Corp. of San Leandro, Calif.

KLAS: CPOE usage on the rise

The use by hospitals of computerized physician order entry systems (CPOE) is slowly growing, according to a survey by KLAS Enterprises.

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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