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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Siemens will showcase cardiovascular technologies at TCT 2004

Siemens Medical Solutions will highlight its range of cardiovascular technologies at the Cardiovascular Research Foundation's 16th annual Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT) Scientific Sessions that start Sunday in Washington, D.C. (Sept. 27 -

BRIT Systems integrating Guardian compression technology into PACS, teleradiology

Dallas-based BRIT Systems Inc. has signed an agreement to integrate Guardian Technologies International Inc.'s DEVision JPEG2000 compression capabilities with its PACS and teleradiology systems.

GE unveils pre-clinical CT scanner at SMI

GE Healthcare introduced the Locus Ultra, a pre-clinical CT scanner, at the 3rd annual meeting of the Society of Molecular Imaging in St. Louis, Mo., from Sept. 9 - 12.

Senate bill looks to back broadband with $654 million

The Senate Appropriations Committee this week passed a FY05 bill to allocate $654 million in loans and grants for broadband access and for programs to improve telemedicine and distance learning.

SNM supports CMS recent approval to cover PET for Alzheimer's

The Society of Nuclear Medicine (SNM) this week said it supports the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services' (CMS) decision to approve coverage of PET for Medicare beneficiaries with suspected Alzheimer's disease (AD) or fronto-temporal-dementia under s

Cardinal Health debuts daily check device for oncology QA

Cardinal Health Inc. this week introduced IntelliCheck Daily Check Device, a portable, daily check device for therapy beam quality assurance (QA).

Merge gains 32 customers for Fusion

Image and information management software provider Merge eFilm announced this week that 32 customers have gone live with the Fusion RIS, PACS or RIS/PACS systems, including existing customers that added RIS or PACS or expanded the number of sites using Fu

Shared PET debuts mobile PET/CT

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

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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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