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. 

CTI, Toshiba to develop new integrated PET-CT system

CTI PET Systems Inc. and Toshiba Medical Systems Corp. will jointly develop a line of integrated PET-CT systems for Toshiba to distribute in Japan.

SCC Soft Computer receives top score in LIS survey

SCC Soft Computer was ranked No. 1 in a recently released 2004 Laboratory Information System evaluation conducted by HCIT Research, a healthcare IT market and research firm headquartered in Glassboro, N.J.

Recruiting and retaining in radiation oncology community

Grants, distance learning programs and sign-on bonuses are helping attract more students to radiation oncology as well as retain more professionals, according to an article written by John Kresl, MD, PhD, chair of the workforce committee of the American S

Cedara approved for listing on NASDAQ

Cedara Software Corp. this week announced that NASDAQ has approved its application to list its securities on The NASDAQ National Market.

AHRA's CRA fall exam deadline Sept. 15th

This year's fall certified radiology administrator (CRA) examination offered by the American Healthcare Radiology Administrators (AHRA) will be conducted in computer-based format on Friday, Oct. 9th at 118 compUSA Testing Centers located in 35 states.

Dynamic scores PACS install

Olean General Hospital, a 186-bed hospital in western New York, has deployed Dynamic Imaging's IntegradWeb, the company's second-generation web-driven picture archiving and communication system (PACS).

Stentor welcomes Filion onboard

Medical informatics company Stentor Inc. this week announced that Scott J. Filion has joined the company as division VP of sales.

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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