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. 

Siemens highlights molecular imaging technology at SMI

Siemens introduced a new tool as a works-in-progress for molecular medicine in collaboration with the Center for Molecular Imaging Research (CMIR) during the third annual meeting of the Society for Molecular Imaging (SMI), in St. Louis, Mo., Sept. 9th to

Cedara shareholders OK acquisition of eMed

Cedara Software Corp. on Tuesday signed a $48 million agreement to acquire RIS, PACS and teleradiology provider, eMed Technologies Corp. of Burlington, Mass.

MedImage adds volume registration tool

MedImage Inc. this week released MedView, a new volume registration tool for DELTAmanager.

Ascension to unveil microBIRD at MICAAI

Ascension Technology of Burlington, Vt., will introduce microBIRD, a new 3D measurement device that tracks the location of instruments inside and outside the human body, at the Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention Conference (MICAAI)

Planar debuts point-of-care workstations

Planar Systems Inc. this week released Invitium, a new series of mobile point-of-care (POC) workstations for bedside clinician documentation and order entry.

Varian releases new brachytherapy applicator

Varian Medical Systems this week introduced the Advanced Breast Template System for high-dose-rate (HDR) brachytherapy.

IDC study: EMC continues to dominate storage market

EMC Corp. extended its worldwide storage software lead again in the second quarter of 2004 to 32.5 percent revenue share, according to a new report released today by IDC.

Siemens releases 3D technology for visualization of coronary vessels

The Angiography and X-ray Division of Siemens Medical Solutions has introduced interventional cardiac 3D (IC3D) technology to create three-dimensional (3D) images of the coronary vessels in the heart.

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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