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. 

Thinking Systems' PACS gets smarter

Thinking Systems is at SCAR highlighting the new diagnostic tools that have been integrated in its multimodality PACS workstation.

EMC showcases Centera system for mid-tier organizations

EMC Corp. is using SCAR to showcase its recently unveiled offering for mid-sized enterprises to expand its Centera family of content addressed storage (CAS) systems.

Cedara rolls out 1st breast ultrasound CAD system

The advantages of CAD are now available for breast ultrasound thanks to a new product from Cedara Software Corp., a division of Merge Technologies Inc.

GE reading room eyes the future

Move over Star Trek -- the radiology reading room of the future is the focus of GE Healthcare's SCAR exhibit.

Siemens touts PACS and RIS to drive workflow

Siemens is touting the benefits of its SIENET Cosmos web-based RIS-PACS with integrated digital dictation and voice functions - which will be installed in 40 facilities by year's end.

IBM, Bycast team on grid-powered storage

IBM Healthcare and Life Sciences announced a new joint offering with Bycast, Inc.

A Technologist's Look at CR and DR

Regina O. Redfern, RT (R) of the University of Pennsylvania Medical Center presented on Thursday a session on Working with CR and DR: A Technologist's Perspective.

CR and DR: Then and Now

CR and DR past, present and future was the theme of the SCAR University Fundamentals of CR and DR presented Thursday by Katherine P. Andriole, PhD, of Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School.

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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