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. 

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Philips: Shipping 40-slice CT and PET/CT system, launching 64-slice upgrade

Philips Medical Systems has begun shipping its Brilliance 40-slice CT scanner to the global imaging community, for installation in October.

B. Braun gains patent for wireless capability on IV pump

B. Braun Medical Inc. has been granted a patent for its wireless communications pump technology.

Molecular Imaging gets extension of L.A. Veterans Hospital contract

Provider of PET diagnostic imaging services Molecular Imaging Corp. (MIC) this week announced the extension of its contract with a Veterans Hospital in Los Angeles.

Arnot Health selects Misys EMR

Arnot Health (Arnot Ogden Medical Center and Arnot Medical Services) in Elmira, N.Y., has purchased Misys Healthcare Systems' EMR physician office ambulatory clinical system for its affiliated physician group.

Berlex, Bracco, E-Z-EM, PETNET form alliance

Berlex, a U.S. subsidiary of Schering AG, Bracco Diagnostics Inc., E-Z-EM Inc. and PETNET Solutions, a subsidiary of CTI Molecular Imaging Inc., have formed the Imaging Choice Consortium.

Varian launches information systems division with Hanna at the helm

Varian Medical Systems has formed an Oncology Information Systems unit and named Chris Hanna, PhD, as VP of the new division.

Nomos releases dose adjustment tools for Corvus

The Nomos Radiation Oncology Division of North American Scientific Inc. this week introduced ActiveRX, new real dose adjustment tools incorporated in the latest version of the company's flagship intensity modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) inverse treatme

Immunomedics settles patent infringement suit

Immunomedics Inc. this week settled a patent infringement suit against Cytogen Corp. and C.R. Bard Inc. for an undisclosed payment and without any admission of fault or liability.

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Cardiovascular Business
Global shortage of nuclear imaging isotopes may be over

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.

Cardiovascular Business
‘A huge win’: CMS significantly increases Medicare payments for cardiac CT

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.

Cardiovascular Business
FDA clears AI tool that flags signs of heart disease in chest CT scans

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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