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. 

Shared PET debuts mobile PET/CT

Shared PET Imaging LLC has launched its first PET/CT mobile unit.

TDK releases medical DVD/CD recording station and software

TDK Medical this week launched the DMC-2000 DICOM Media Creator, a medical DVD/CD recording device that incorporates an integrated PC.

Malehorn takes helm at GE Healthcare Financial Services

Jeffrey A. Malehorn has been named president and CEO of GE Healthcare Financial Services, a business unit of GE Commercial Finance that provides capital, financial solutions and related services to the global healthcare market.

Orex debuts Or-PACS for CR line

Orex Computed Radiography of Auburndale, Mass., this week introduced Or-PACS, a new DICOM 3.0 image analysis, communication and archiving software for its CR line.

Sencore announces medical imaging & video display tech school

Sencore Medical has developed a two-day digital video calibration seminar to teach hands-on video calibration procedures on different medical displays used in the field.

Fujifilm offering storage consulting services to Synapse customers

Storage consulting is now on the list of services Fujifilm Medical Systems USA offers its Synapse PACS customers.

Daou builds physician portal at Salem Hospital

Daou Systems Inc. has inked an agreement with Salem Hospital Regional Health Services in Salem, Ore., to design and implement an internet portal tool for physicians.

Kodak augments services at Florida ortho clinic

Eastman Kodak Company's Health Imaging Group has installed a DirectView Web distribution system, DirectView computed radiography (CR) 900 and CR 800 system and a DryView 8700 laser imaging system at Tallahassee Orthopedic Clinic P.A. in Florida.

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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