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. 

eRAD upgrades PACS software

eRAD has unveiled its new eRAD PACS Version 5.1 which includes a number of upgrades from previous releases to boost workflow and system performance, eRAD said.

Winchester: simplifying the management of large amounts of data

Burlington, Mass.-based Winchester System Inc. introduced a large scale Serial ATA (SATA) disk array that is targeted at data archiving applications.

Eclipsys unveils new revenue cycle manager

Eclipsys Corp. this week released Sunrise Access Manager/Patient Financial Manager 11.5 a revenue cycle management product.

Cerner delivers Q1 results

Cerner Corp. has released its revenue results for its first quarter, ending April 2.

Biomorph designs range of level 3 PACS workstations

Biomorph, a New York based ergonomic furniture company, has designed a range of Level 3 PACS (picture archiving and communications system) workstations.

Strong 1Q orders fuel GE Healthcare revenues

The GE Healthcare division of GE Electric announced strong first quarter 2005 financial results, fueled mostly by a 33 percent increase in sales growth.

CompOne, Misys build joint EMR service

CompOne and Misys Healthcare Systems have inked an agreement that will build upon their existing partnership by adding electronic medical records (EMR) to their offerings using an application service provider model.

Siemens, Safety Stop make MRI facilities safer

Siemens Accessories Group has announced a partnership with Safety Stop Inc. to prevent potential accidents related to the powerful magnetic fields created by magnetic resonance (MR) systems.

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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