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. 

ASRT receives Heritage Preservation Award

ASRT (American Society of Radiologic Technologists) has recently been given a 2005 Heritage Preservation Award from the Historic Preservation Division of the New Mexico Department of Cultural Affairs.

Fed releases multiple health IT RFPs

In recent weeks Health Imaging & IT has reported on developments leading to a Health IT bill introduced last week by Rep. Tim Murphy (R-P.A.) and Patrick J. Kennedy, (D-R.I.) called the 21st Century Health Information Act (H.R. 2234).

IMPAC renews its support of health care ASRT council

IMPAC Medical Systems Inc. has recently renewed its sponsorship of the ASRT Education and Research Foundation's Health Care Industry Advisory Council, a group whose mission is to link leading industry manufacturers and suppliers with radiologic technologi

Philips debuts IntelliVue Telemetry System

Philips Medical Systems has launched the new IntelliVue Telemetry System for bidirectional communication between patient-worn transceivers and bedside monitors, and a central station with remote clinician access.

AnyDoc software upgrades scanning software

Automated document and data capture vendor AnyDoc Software has released an upgraded version of its CAPTUREit scanning software.

US healthcare giant places $5.7 million dental CCD order with e2v

Dentrix Dental Systems has announced the placement of a $5.7 million dental CCD (charge couple devices) order with e2v technologies for the continued supply of digital intra-oral dental X-ray sensors.

IntrinsiQ's new speech-enabled oncology clinical workflow tool

IntrinsiQ Research Inc. this week announced that it will integrate ScanSoft Dragon NaturallySpeaking to enable speech recognition within IntelliDose.

ODS Medical, XMA partner for PACS

ODS Medical and X-Ray Marketing Associates, Inc. (XMA) have officially announced their new national partnership to offer ODS' PACScomm and PACSstor total DICOM image recording and storage solutions through XMA's dealer network which consists of 50 indepen

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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