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. 

EMR slow on the up take, study finds

Manhattan Research this week unveiled its annual multi-client study, Taking the Pulse v5.0: Physicians and Emerging Information Technologies.

SonoSite debuts new portable ultrasound system

SonoSite Inc. this week launched its new MicroMaxx - its third generation hand-carried ultrasound systems.

Brailer to discuss national agenda for health IT at Misys meeting

Dr. David Brailer, National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, will do the keynote address at the Misys Healthcare Systems Annual Conference & Expo in Orlando, Fla., July 21-24.

ASTRO 2005 sets new record for abstract submissions

The American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology announced this week that more than 1,500 abstracts were submitted for the scientific program of ASTRO's 47th annual meeting to be held October 16 - 20, in Denver.

Expanding the integrated digital healthcare enterprise the focus of PACS 2005

The University of Rochester, Department of Radiology, hosted its fifth annual PACS Conference, "The Expanding Integrated Digital Healthcare Enterprise," March 9 - 12, in San Antonio, Texas.

EMC posts double-digit Q1 results

EMC Corp. this week reported its financial results for first quarter 2005 with double-digit year-to-year growth for the seventh consecutive quarter, according to a release.

AMICAS hits the road

AMICAS Inc. has announced the 2005 AMICAS PACS Road Show - an educational forum for radiologists, CIOs, IT directors, radiology managers and PACS administrators during which the company's Vision Series PACS will be demonstrated.

Misys activates enhanced lab reporting, CPR systems

Misys Healthcare Systems has announced Misys Laboratory-Disease Reporting Interface, a new connectivity system which manages the transmittal of infectious disease data between state electronics laboratory reporting databases.

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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