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. 

Quest offers mobile display carts and stainless steel LCD enclosures

Quest International has released new mobile carts and stainless steel enclosures, two additions to its NEC and Totoku medical displays.

ACC announces registration figures

The American College of Cardiology (ACC) has announced a total registration of 28,332 for its 54th Annual Scientific Session Exposition in Orlando, Fla., March 6-9.

GE Healthcare releases new products, upgrades at SIR

GE Healthcare announced a series of new products and upgrades at the Society of Interventional Radiology's (SIR) 30th Annual Scientific Meeting in New Orleans, La., March 31 - April 5.

Fischer reports 2004 financial results; receives $2 million in additional funding

Fischer Imaging Corp. has reported a 38.7 percent jump in revenue in 2004 to $64 million for the year ending Dec. 31, up from $46.2 million the previous year.

Heartlab increases capacity of StoreSafe DVD archive

Heartlab Inc. is increasing the capacity of its StoreSafe DVD archive using double layer DVD technology from PowerFile Inc. of Santa Clara, Calif., that will provide hospitals with even faster access to more patient records.

Hx Technologies wins grant for information exchange

Health information service provider Hx Technologies has been awarded a grant for $1.7 million by the National Cancer Institute (NCI), a part of the National Institute of Health (NIH).

TeraMedica launches clinical information manager

TeraMedica this week introduced its new Evercore Clinical Information Manager that embodies a new type of clinically oriented information lifecycle manager.

Study: CAD helps detect small breast cancers

A new study on computer-aided detection (CAD) published in the March issue of the American Journal of Roentgenology confirms CAD can detect small breast cancers.

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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