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. 

Merge eFilm announces stock repurchase program

Merge eFilm this week said it has authorized a stock repurchase plan providing for the purchase of up to $10 million of common stock.

Eclipsys delivers clinical IT systems to Texas-based healthcare provider

The Methodist Hospital System in Houston, Texas, has transformed patient care with the implementation of Eclipsys Corp.'s line of clinical information technology (IT) systems.

MAIN's management group acquires diagnostic imaging business

MAIN (Mid-Atlantic Imaging Network) Medical's diagnostic imaging business has been acquired by the company's management and investment group.

Dynamic provides PACS for Medical Resources' Florida region

Dynamic Imaging Inc. will be the PACS for the Florida region of Medical Resources Inc. (MRII), a chain of 62 imaging centers.

FDA gives green light for Nucletron's Oncentra VISIR 2.0

Nucletron B.V. has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration 510k clearance for its Oncentra VISIR 2.0 record and verify system.

ScImage takes on multiphase digital imaging initiative at Alton Memorial

ScImage will roll out its PICOMEnterprise, an enterprise-wide image management system, at Alton Memorial Hospital in Alton, Ill., to give caregivers a single point of access for patients' studies generated in both the medical imaging and cardiology depart

Swearingen building new headquarters

Swearingen Software announced this week that by the end of the year it will relocate its headquarters to a soon-to-be-constructed 8,200 square foot building in Northwest Houston.

Varian highlights software for advanced radiotherapy treatments

New software for digital data management and automating quality assurance (QA) and regulatory requirements is being introduced by Varian Medical Systems in order to make it possible for cancer clinics to implement advanced radiotherapy treatments more eas

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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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