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. 

e-HIM announces EHR workshop

e-HIM has announced that it will be offering a one-day workshop "Turning Theory into Practice: The Next Steps for e-HIM," at the Marriot Downtown Hotel in Chicago, on May 25th.

Sectra to produce mammography systems in Stockholm

Sectra has announced that it will begin production of mammography systems in Stockholm, Sweden. Gran Persson, the Prime Minister of Sweden, is set to help inaugurate production.

ISMRM to hold annual meeting

The International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (ISMRM) will hold its 15th annual meeting in South Beach, Miami, Fla., May 7-13.

Agfa scores cardiology PACS deal

Integris Southwest Medical Center, a facility of Oklahoma-based Integris Health, has awarded Agfa HealthCare a contract to provide its cardiology department with an electronic image management system.

Two fellowships offered by GE Healthcare

GE Healthcare has announced its sponsorship of two American College of Cardiology (ACC) Fellows, which are two-year career development grants to cardiologists who hope to further cardiac research by using imaging technology.

Medrad expands MR product line

Medrad Inc. introduced the Veris physiological monitor designed for adult, pediatric and neonate patient monitoring that can withstand high-field magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) environments up to 3 Tesla.

GE Healthcare unveils multiple products at AORN

GE Healthcare issued a number of announcements and product releases at the Association of periOperative Registered Nurses (AORN) Annual Conference in New Orleans, April 3-7.

Mennen debuts Horizon Angio at SIR

Mennen Medical Corp. launched the Horizon Angio, a patient hemodynamic monitoring and documentation system for the interventional radiology market, at Society of Interventional Radiology's (SIR) 30th Annual Scientific Meeting in New Orleans, La., March 31

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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