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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Barco buying Voxar

Barco on Wednesday announced that it has signed a $47.2 million agreement to acquire Voxar Inc., the Edinburgh, Scotland-based provider of 3D medical imaging software.

HIPAAT ensures security and network privacy compliance at Florida hospital

Shands Hospital at the University of Florida (Shands at UF), a teaching hospital of the Shands HealthCare system, has selected HIPAAT Inc.'s products to assist with HIPAA security and privacy efforts.

National Medical Development forms new affiliate company

National Medical Development Inc. (NMDI) has formed a new affiliate company, Renaissance Medical Ventures LLC.

Toshiba's FPD advances cardiovascular services at Indiana hospital

Reid Hospital and Healthcare Services in Richmond, Ind., is the first hospital to deploy and utilize Toshiba America Medical Systems Inc.'s (TAMS) new cardiac flat-panel detector (FPD) for the Infinix-i cardiovascular X-ray system.

TAMS unveils new version software for Aplio

Toshiba America Medical Systems Inc. (TAMS) this week released Version 5.5 software for its Aplio ultrasound system.

Study: High risk breast cancer needs MRI detection

Women with a high genetic risk for breast cancer run a better chance of having it detected with MRI than with mammography and other methods, according to a study published in this week's Journal of the American Medical Association.

Certification of EHRs to begin pilot studies by next summer

At its initial meeting on Tuesday in Chicago, a new commission combining the resources of the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA), Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS), and The National Alliance for Health I

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."

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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.

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‘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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