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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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.

Siemens, Gamma Medica end SPECT, SPECT-CT partnership

Siemens Medical Solutions and Gamma Medica Inc. this week announced that they will not renew their worldwide marketing agreement which included exclusive marketing rights for Siemens to market Gamma Medica's pre-clinical SPECT and SPECT/CT imaging product

PACS enables care in the rural community

PACS can open up the world of 24/7 diagnostic imaging services to rural communities that have typically not had fast access to the technology, said William J. Halsted, MD, PACS specialist/outreach coordinator, Kalispell Regional Medical Center (KRMC), Kal

How automated image alignment impacts image interpretation

A presentation by Bradley J. Erickson, MD, PhD, of the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, N.Y. featured details about according to a SCAR-supported R&D project that evaluated the possible benefits of comparing and matching prior images to more recent studies using

iCAD: improving breast, lung, and colon cancer detection

iCAD is onboard at SCAR 2005 displaying its flagship mammography CAD (computer assisted detection) line, SecondLook, as well as featuring two advanced CAD systems as works-in-progress.

Agfa buys Heartlab, completes purchase of Italian RIS vendor

Agfa-Gevaert announced Wednesday that it concluded the acquisition of Heartlab, Inc., a leading designer and supplier of image and information networks for cardiology.

The SCAR QA/QC Primer: CR, DR, displays and teleradiology

Charles E. Willis, PhD, medical physicist with MD Anderson Cancer Center teamed up with MD Anderson's S. Jeff Shepard and John Romlein, clinical engineer with Xtria Healthcare Systems, to provide SCAR attendees with a comprehensive overview of quality con

IHE releasing how-to handbook

The IHE (Integrating the Healthcare Enterprise) organization is releasing its Radiology User Handbook, which is essentially a how-to for IHE.

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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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