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. 

Controlled Power unveils emergency lighting inverter

Electrical power conditioning and protection vendor Controlled Power Company has introduced its new Model ELN centralized emergency lighting inverter.

Molecular Imaging revenues down

Molecular Imaging Corp. this week announced its revenues for the fiscal quarter ending December 31, 2004.

Emageon year-end revenue increases 97%

Emageon Inc. this week released financial results for the quarter and the year ending December 31, 2004.

Matrox launches new boards

Matrox Graphics Inc. this week introduced the Aurora VX2mp medical imaging display controller boards.

Biosound Esaote announces MyLab enhancements

Ultrasound vendor Biosound Esaote of Indianapolis, Ind. has released a new version of its operating system software - MyLab30CV - and introduced a portable ultrasound imaging system, MyLab25.

McKesson partners for nursing informatics

Advancing the field of nursing informatics, McKesson Corp. and the University of Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences Center (UCDHSC) School of Nursing in Denver have entered into a strategic relationship to study how technology can be used to promote p

FDA clears GE's OEC Fluorostar

GE Healthcare has been granted U.S. FDA clearance for its new mobile x-ray system called OEC Fluorostar, a digital C-arm designed to provide fluoroscopic images of the patient during diagnostic, surgical and interventional procedures.

Radiologist describes MRI as a non-invasive microscope

Clinical research presented at the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons annual meeting in Washington, D.C. (Feb. 23 - 26) by orthopedic specialist Hollis Potter, MD, chief, director of research, Department of Radiology and Imaging at the Hospital for S

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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