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. 

GE rolls out integrated 4D echo unit

GE Healthcare is introducing the Vivid 7 Dimension cardiovascular ultrasound system, which the company says is the system "first fully integrated real-time 4D and multi-dimensional imaging capabilities."

ASTRO releases up-to-date head and neck cancer brochure

The American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology (ASTRO) has published a new patient information brochure, Radiation Therapy for Head and Neck Cancer: A Patient's Guide to Understanding Treatment.

AMIA names new president & CEO

The American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA) has appointed Don E. Detmer, MD, president and CEO of the association.

Matrox unveils low profile controller boards at JSMRM

Matrox Graphics Inc. introduced two new display controller boards for low profile workstations, Low Profile RAD2mp and Low Profile RAD3mp, at the annual meeting of the Japanese Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (JSMRM) in Otsu, Japan, Sept. 16 - 1

ContextVision taps Toyo as Japanese distributor

ContextVision Inc. has made Toyo Corp. a distributor of its GOPView image enhancement products in Japan.

Molecular Imaging president and CEO resigns

Molecular Imaging Corp. this week announced that Paul Crowe, founder of the company, has resigned as director, chairman of the board, president and CEO, "to pursue other interests."

Totoku certifying displays for Matrox display boards

Totoku Electric Co. Ltd. says it is in the process of validating Matrox Graphics Inc.'s TheatreVUE series display projection boards, including the Matrox TheatreVUE T20 and TheatreVUE T30, with the ME201L, ME203L, ME213L and ME315L Totoku medical displays

Gamma introduces new Micro CT system

Gamma Medica Inc. debuted X-O, a micro CT system and the newest addition to its line of pre-clinical imaging products, at the third annual meeting of the Society of Molecular Imaging in St. Louis, Mo., Sept. 9 - 12.

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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