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. 

Dell introduces service for dense server environments

Dell this week introduced the Data Center Environment Assessment, a new service that will help customers analyze their current data centers and appropriately design for air flow and power requirements of more demanding server environments.

Philips touts ranking in 2004 MD Buyline report

According to a 2004 MD Buyline report, Philips Medical Systems' picture archiving and communication systems (PACS) has been ranked No. 1 in customer service and support, and among the top four in applications training, installation/implementation, system

Intelerad PACS aids radiography training program in Vancouver

Medical technologists and healthcare specialists enrolled in the radiography training program at British Columbia Institute of Technology (BCIT) will be entering the digital era.

Radiology Goes to Washington

Imaging representatives convened in front of Congress last week at a House Ways and Means Health Subcommittee hearing to focus on managing the use of imaging services -- a topic of growing concern after the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) re

Philips SpeechMagic cuts transcription costs at Borgess by 40%

Physicians at Borgess Medical Center, a 424-bed teaching hospital in Kalamazoo, Mich., are electronically recording various medical reports, including medical records, emergency medicine, cardiology, occupational medicine and physical therapy.

Siemens adds 16-slice capability to Somatom line

Siemens Medical Solutions this week introduced the Somatom Emotion 16-slice CT scanner.

Fujifilm announces PACS admin scholarship for SCAR

Fujifilm Medical Systems USA is offering an educational scholarship valued at more than $2,000 for a PACS administrator to attend the SCAR (Society for Computer Applications in Radiology) meeting, June 2 - 5, in Orlando.

Camtronics offers customers UDO option

Camtronics Medical Systems is giving customers using its VERICIS cardiovascular image and information management system the option to use Ultra-Density Optical (UDO) next-generation high-capacity optical technology to meet their storage needs.

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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