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. 

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

Merry X-Ray to distribute ComSynTech's RIS

Communication Synergy Technologies Inc. (ComSynTech) has picked up a new distributor for its MedSynTech InFORM RIS (radiology information system).

AOL ex-chief starts Revolution

Former AOL chairman Steve Case this week announced a Washington, D.C.-based $500 million venture called Revolution.

Keystone's Blue Cross provides physicians with PDAs

Blue Cross of Northeastern Pennsylvania is embarking on an initiative that will put clinical information at the point of patient care.

Portable Ultrasound Redefines Portability and Connectivity

Over the past five years, rapid advances in ultrasound technology have made these systems more compact while increasing their ability to handle complex applications and provide greater image quality.

X-ray Vision is Taking Over

About 40 percent of x-ray rooms are supported by digital radiography, and some say the number of digital scans has surpassed analog.

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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